Quotes About Eloquence

If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?

For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that - is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?

Silence is more eloquent than words.

I'm not some ditzy moron who has no idea how to deal with a diplomat as if they're some exotic animal.

At their most eloquent, proponents of neoliberalism sound as if they are doing poor people, the environment, and everybody else a tremendous service as they enact policies on behalf of the wealthy few. The

She started to speak, to ask politely for a glass of white wine. Then he smiled, a slow, lazy curving of lips that inexplicably set her insides a fluttering and turned her mind into a buzzing mess of static.

nemo enim umquam est oratorem, quod Latine loqueretur, admiratus; si est aliter, inrident neque eum oratorem tantum modo, sed hominem non putant.

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A propagandist doesn't have to know what he is talking about, just so he talks convincingly

Words are sexier than flesh.

It's always what may not be shown that shows the most. Forbidden words are always the most eloquent.

Their perfect English accents. As if serving all their vowels on a fine set of tongs.

Language is wine upon the lips.

I love tremendous and sonorous words.

But language is wine upon his lips

She stood by the fireplace talking in that beautiful voice which made everything she said sound like a caress.

that beautiful voice which made everything she said sound like a caress

Spontaneous eloquence seems to me a miracle.

The repetition of words and phrases, the intonation of obsession, the hundred percent banality of every word, the vulgar soapbox eloquence mark these elements of Dostoevski's style.

Successful people who cannot express themselves well? I can't think of one.

Libri faciunt labia, maese Zacarius, libri faciunt labia. Lo cual, en lengua vulgar, significa que 'la lectura perfecciona la elocuencia'.

the ability to charm, to amuse, to inflame a crowd of ten thousand voters with voice and gesture did not necessarily carry with it the ability to think sensibly, to debate soberly and to vote wisely on the nation's business.

Persuasion hung upon his lips.

Be charming, and shut up!