Enunciation, diction, all that stuff. None of that is in my personality. — Shaquille O'Neal Copy Share Image
When I was writing 'You Suck,' in 2006, I constructed the diction of the book's narrator, perky Goth girl Abby Normal, from… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
But wise men pierce this rotten diction and fasten words again to visible things; so that picturesque language is at once a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Jen and I were accustomed to our father's last-will-and-testament diction, and were at times free to interrupt Atticus for a translation when… — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
How can one talk in a classical language about a child who's torn apart in an explosion in the market near his… — Hassan Blasim Copy Share Image
I think your conversations are indicative of your tastes - even your diction. — Miguel Copy Share Image
Many of the finest and most interesting emotions perish forever, because too complex and fugitive for expression. Of all things relating to… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
Apostolic preaching is not marked by its beautiful diction, or literary polish, or Cleverness of expression, but Operates “in demonstration of the… — Arthur Wallis Copy Share Image
When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose. — Moliere Copy Share Image
Actually, I'm addicted to science fiction. Let me make my diction clear - I love sci-fi. — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
When I'm on television, I'm talking to millions of people, so the conversation is totally different. My words are different. My diction… — Keyshawn Johnson Copy Share Image
“He used a minimum of words and no inflection whatsoever. It was a policeman's manner of speaking, direct and unadorned.” — Davis Bunn Copy Share Image
The idea of 'talking white,' a lot of people grew up around that, just the idea that if you speak with proper… — Chance the Rapper Copy Share Image
For whatever reason, thus far it's been important to me not to write that kind of collection. Which means that I've spent… — Roy Kesey Copy Share Image
If you string together a set of speeches expressive of character, and well finished in point and diction and thought, you will… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The Little Friend is a long book. It's also completely different from my first novel: different landscape, different characters, different use of… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
With impeccable timing and a fine instinct for the telling detail, Francesca Abbate evokes the plenitudes and the deprivations of human habitation,… — Linda Gregerson Copy Share Image
However well equipped our language, it can never be forearmed against all possible cases that may arise and call for description: fact… — J. L. Austin Copy Share Image
As a 13, - 14-year-old kid, I'd sit on my bed with a tape recorder and a newspaper. I would do my… — Lester Holt Copy Share Image
English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an… — Vivien Leigh Copy Share Image
Voice really depends on the answer to the question, Who is telling this story? . . . That will color your diction-and… — Philip Gerard Copy Share Image
