the more humdrum aspects of life do not make for gripping reading. To render them compelling, a writer must describe the universal… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The orator puts off his individuality, and is then most eloquent when most silent. He listens while he speaks, and is a… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was… — Walter Murch Copy Share Image
America remained a land of promise for lovers of freedom. Even Byron, at a moment when he was disgusted with Napoleon for… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Secular intellectuals may wax eloquent about 'true Islam' being humane and peaceful, on TV programmes, but it is clear that they have… — Subramanian Swamy Copy Share Image
If wealth come, beware of him, the smooth, false friend! There is treachery in his proffered hand; his tongue is eloquent to… — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
Delicate, gracious, and eloquent, John Brandi's poems reveal that he remains an extraordinary profound poet of prayer and praise. His is the… — David St. John Copy Share Image
Literature is a vast forest and the masterpieces are the lakes, the towering trees or strange trees, the lovely, eloquent flowers, the… — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
Is there a more pitiable spectacle than that of a wife contending with others for that charm in her husband's sight which… — Ouida Copy Share Image
I wanted to feel the blood running back into my veins, even at the cost of annihilation. I wanted to shake the… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Writing is eternal, For therein the dead heart liveth, the clay-cold tongue is eloquent, And the quick eye of the reader is… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Daughter to that good Earl, once President Of England's Council, and her Treasury, Who lived in both, unstained with gold or fee,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Neil Shepard's (T)RAVEL/ UN(T)RAVEL takes us from the sublime -- Paris in Spring, sunset on Corfu -- to an unscheduled toilet stop… — Charles Harper Webb Copy Share Image
He [Osama bin Laden] is clearly an odd combination of a 12th-century theologian and a 21st-century CEO. He runs an absolutely unique… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
They dream of men with gentle hands, eloquent with tenderness, fingers that brushed along a cheek, that outlined open lips in the… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
“In the campaign of 1876, Robert G. Ingersoll came to Madison to speak. I had heard of him for years; when I… — Robert M. La Follette Copy Share Image
“When he moves, he gives the impression of somebody leaning into the wind, or charging a hill, as if the world with… — Michael Ian Black Copy Share Image
I am feeling easy now, and you will well understand that after undergoing pain this ease is opening paradise. Invalids must be… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects...… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
James Taylor is the kind of person I always thought the word 'folksinger' referred to. He writes and sings songs that are… — Jon Landau Copy Share Image
Type is one of the most eloquent means of expression in every epoch of style. Next to architecture, it gives the most… — Peter Behrens Copy Share Image
One would think that the record of already existing regulatory agencies is sufficiently eloquent in showing that it is Big Business that… — Paul A. Baran Copy Share Image
Alcohol, I had learned, was an eloquent if somewhat inaccurate interpreter. I had placed my trust that December night in glass after… — Monique Truong Copy Share Image
We believe a scientist because he can substantiate his remarks, not because he is eloquent and forcible in his enunciation. In fact,… — I. A. Richards Copy Share Image
Please don't refer to me as "channeling Mark Twain." I'm an actor. Not a channeler. That word is an iPhone shortcut. Acting… — Hal Holbrook Copy Share Image
“I don't know very many people who can piece together eloquent prayers when their souls are wounded. Words don't come at those… — Susan Meissner Copy Share Image
It is quite possible that the truest and most eloquent art is a successful fusion of both the visible and visionary worlds,… — Edward Betts Copy Share Image
President Trump has never been accused of being an eloquent or charismatic speaker. In fact, his rough-edged style has roiled commentators and… — Katie Pavlich Copy Share Image
What wonders does not wine! It discloses secrets; ratifies and confirms our hopes; thrusts the coward forth to battle; eases the anxious… — Horace Copy Share Image
In religion all words are dirty words. Anybody who gets eloquent about Buddha, or God, or Christ, ought to have his mouth… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I consider the opportunity to bear witness to the eloquent beauty of Baikida's music a distinct honor. Baikida Carroll is polarized; poised;… — Julius Hemphill Copy Share Image
Andy Anderson has written an autobiography in pictures, a life on the water. Salt is an eloquent modern paean to the strength… — Guy De la Valdene Copy Share Image
But why wasn't I born, alas, in an age of Adjectives; why can one no longer write of silver-shedding Tears and moon-tailed… — Logan Pearsall Smith Copy Share Image
Nima Shirazi is a rare voice of rational analysis and political insight that provides an eloquent counter to the pervasive absurdities that… — Susan Abulhawa Copy Share Image
“Eloquent words can mask much mischief. The court’s opinion today is akin to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic—the orchestra is… — Phillips v. AWH Corporation Copy Share Image
There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the clearest proof that… — Augustus Hare Copy Share Image
What we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do. There are people we trust because we know their… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
Wealth makes an ugly person beautiful to look on and an incoherent speech eloquent; and wealth alone can enjoy pleasure even in… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
I would feel pretty embarrassed if I was doing what I do and I wasn't at least attempting the eloquent translation of… — El-P Copy Share Image
The Eucharist is the bread that gives strength... It is at once the most eloquent proof of His love and the most… — Father Damien Copy Share Image