Quotes About Eloquence

Lincoln warned, the lawyer must not rely on rhetorical glibness or persuasiveness alone. What is well-spoken must be yoked to what is well-thought. And such thought is the product of great labor, "the drudgery of the law." Without that labor, without that drudgery, the most eloquent words lack gravity and power.

It's a bully speech," encouraged Roosevelt in reply.

There is the natural liar...Always says the thing that sounds best.

Mademoiselle, se non è sposata, vuol dire che nessuno del mio sesso è stato abbastanza eloquente: per scelta e non per necessità, si resta nubili.

I figured out once that if you decide to have fun when you give a public talk, then you relax. It is psychologically impossible to have fear and fun at the same time. When I am relaxed, ideas flow freely into my mind during my talk, then leave through my mouth with the smoothness of eloquence. Moreover, the audience doesn't get bored when it is fun.

I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it.

It was said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things, and himself of anything.

Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art.

Most people don't have the power of persuasion.

I consider myself a persuasive person. With the ability to persuade comes a certain level of power.

I do like to turn a phrase, but it's all about how you turn it.

Churchill had a marvelous way with words, and greatness accompanied him like a shadow, but in certain ways, he was a 19th-century man wandering, confounded, in the 20th.

Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.

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.

No orator can top the one who can give good nicknames.

Knowledge is the only elegance.

The eloquent man is he who is no beautiful speaker, but who is inwardly and desperately drunk with a certain belief.

The next thing to saying a good thing yourself, is to quote one.

People want to follow someone with convictions, not questions. Smooth eloquence can never take the place of unwavering belief.

I believe if a sentence is to retain its strength over time, it needs to be carefully made.

I don't think Batman should spend a whole movie yapping, you know? He should choose his words carefully and speak low.

The mouthier I got, the more I'd be celebrated.

I like writing that's smart on the page.

And if you had no tongue, no celebrating language, you'd do this: cross your hands at the wrist with palms facing towards you; place your crossed wrists over your heart (the middle of your chest, anyway); then move your hands outwards a short distance, and open them towards the object of your love. It's just as eloquent as speech.