Quotes About Eloquence

Or, as Nikolas had said, in tones of admiration, She can tell you to go to hell in a way that will send you running off to pack your bags.

To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy.

I've never been a shy person. I've always been able to talk pretty well.

A great many people think that polysyllables are a sign of intelligence.

The Man Without a Country, was an orator no one could silence and no one could answer.

The finest language is mostly made up of simple unimposing words.

It was the most beautiful, wicked blasphemy I'd ever heard.

he quoted a scripture from Ephesians, reciting from memory. "Slaves, be obedient to them that are your masters, with fear and trembling, in singleness of heart, as unto Christ." Then he made what many, including my mother, would call the most eloquent extemporization on slavery they'd ever heard. "Slaves, I admonish you to be content with your lot, for it is the will of God! Your obedience is mandated by scripture. It is commanded by God through Moses.

It's not 'natural' to speak well, eloquently, in an interesting articulate way. People living in groups, families, communes say little—have few verbal means. Eloquence—thinking in words—is a byproduct of solitude, deracination, a heightened painful individuality.

Like most of his countrymen, he was carried away by the sound of fine words, especially if uttered by himself.

Lo que más indigna al charlatán es alguien silencioso y digno.

Love makes a subtle man out of a crude one, it gives eloquence to the mute, it gives courage the cowardly and makes the idle quick and sharp.

Clarity is the politeness of the man of letters.

I've tried to be graceful and I've tried to make sure my arguments are grounded in reason and insight.

Where you don't have people who have strong intellectual capacity, you get demagoguery.

I would say to people of a libertarian conservative position on an issue, do not do a taped interview. You're going to come out looking really bad. No matter what you say, no matter how eloquently you answer a question, your answer is not going to be what you said.

Én... Nem... Nem gondoltam, hogy... (Hirtelen olyan ékesszóló lettem, mint Patrick Modiano.)

God welcomes our prayers. He is much more concerned about our hearts than our eloquence.

There are some who speak well and write badly. For the place and the audience warm them, and draw from their minds more than they think of without that warmth.

True eloquence takes no heed of eloquence, true morality takes no heed of morality.

Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.

Mrs. Merriweather played her voice like an organ; every word she said received its full measure:

Artists are those who can evade the verbose.

Sometimes, in this multifaceted world of ours, inconsistency can be more eloquent than consistency.