It may sound paradoxical, but verbal fluency is the…

“Verbal fluency is the product of hours spent writing about nothing, just as musical fluency is hte product of hours spent repeating scales.” p. 26”

— Stanley Fish

Contrary to the negative stereotype that folks who swear have poor vocabularies, a fluency in taboo language correlates with overall verbal fluency. The more…

— Faith Salie

“verbal fluency and sociability are the two most important predictors of success, according to a Stanford Business School study.”

— Susan Cain

Talkative represents the man or woman who delights in talking about divine things but has only theoretical knowledge of such things. No actual personal…

— John Bunyan

Writing doesn't come easily to anyone, I think, certainly not to me. But pressure and practice does lend a certain fluency, I think -…

— Adam Gopnik

“I knew I was developing fluency in Spanish language when I started thinking in Spanish!”

— Steven Magee

“Students who do not develop reading fluency, regardless of how bright they are, are likely to remain poor readers throughout their lives.”

— 2000 National Reading Panel

Fluency avoids hard thoughts.

— Mason Cooley

This pause in time, within time ... When did I first experience the exquisite sense of surrender that is only possible with another person?…

— Muriel Barbery

Well, to be clear, I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in Biblical Greek…

— Reza Aslan

The pupil is ... 'schooled' to confuse teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to…

— Ivan Illich

Felicity, not fluency of language, is a merit.

— Edwin Percy Whipple

Digital fluency is about basic skills.

— Julie Sweet

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Under ordinary circumstances, we learn to speak before we learn to read, and anyone who has tried to learn a foreign language knows that…

— Kory Stamper