Quotes About Eloquence

The word "God" is used in most cases as by no means a term of science or exact knowledge, but a term of poetry and eloquence, a term thrown out, so to speak, as a not fully grasped object of the speaker's consciousness -- a literary term, in short; and mankind mean different things by it as their consciousness differs.

And long we try in vain to speak and actOur hidden self, and what we say and doIs eloquent, is well—but 'tis not true!

Style… is a peculiar recasting and heightening, under a certain condition of spiritual excitement, of what a man has to say, in such a manner as to add dignity and distinction to it.

The word 'God' is used in most cases as by no means a term of science or exact knowledge, but a term of poetry and eloquence, a term thrown out, so to speak, as a not fully grasped object of the speaker's consciousness — a literary term, in short; and mankind mean different things by it as their consciousness differs.

He rang'd his tropes, and preach'd up patience;Back'd his opinion with quotations.

I'm smart and I can be really funny and interesting and I can go toe-to-toe with anybody in a conversation.

As the belletrist extraordinaire Christopher Hitchens once told me, mastering the pen and the podium means never having to dine or sleep alone.

No quieres entender que para ser algo en esta vida se necesita más labia que saber. ¿Qué ganas con estudiar? ¿Qué ganas con estudiar? ¡Nada!

Attend to me, Sancho, I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and seasonably applied; but to be for ever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar.

Tu sei un grande amico di Mo Yan e potresti suggerirgli questo espediente letterario: se, in un punto della trama, non si possiede una perfetta padronanza dei personaggi o un'adeguata tecnica espressiva, basta spingere tutti nell'acqua. In quel mondo il silenzio è più eloquente delle parole, è un elemento incolore più vivido dei colori stessi: per un momento lui dovrebbe far finta che l'azione si stia svolgendo sul fondo dell'acqua

C'est un parleur étrange, et qui trouve toujours L'art de ne vous rien dire avec de grands discours.

Quand on sait entendre, on parle toujours bien.

He's a wonderful talker, who has the art of telling you nothing in a great harangue.

We always speak well when we manage to be understood.

What orators lack in depth, they make up to you in length.

Do not fight verbosity with words: speech is given to all, intelligence to few.

There were so many fellows ranked over me I couldn't just whoop them all. I had to out-shadow them by talking.

Where did you learn your charm—the gulag?

Anything said in upper-crust British automatically sounded intelligent.

Before books, there were stories. In them was distilled the knowledge each generation wished to pass on to the next. Storytelling was (and is) a form of power. It was time binding: it linked then to now. Told eloquently, at the right time to the right listeners, a story shaped the future." -The Real Valkyrie

It is astonishing what power words have over men.

Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.

Then he will talk—good gods! how he will talk!

quand il parle, ses mots s'apparentent à des perles enfilées sur un fil de soie ... quand il parle, il est comme le lustre répandu par un rubis ... quand il parle, c'est comme des éclaboussures de cristal qui fendent le bleu ....