The 1960s was a period when writers in the West began to be aware of the extraordinary eloquence and popular attraction of… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
It is the doctrine of the popular music-masters, that whoever can speak can sing. So, probably, every man is eloquent once in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the eloquence of… — Joan Miro Copy Share Image
True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary. — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
Not by mere eloquence, nor by handsome appearance, does a man become good-natured, should he be jealous, selfish and deceitful. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
Eloquence dwells quite as much in the hearts of the hearers as on the lips of the orator. — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Of the modern critics, although I disagree with almost everything she says, I admire Mary McCarthy's eloquence and social observation in 'Sights… — John Lahr Copy Share Image
The eloquence of one stimulates all the rest, some up to the speaking-point, and all others to a degree that makes them… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Today it is not the classroom nor the classics which are the repositories of models of eloquence, but the ad agencies. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
Of all eloquence a nickname is the most concise; of all arguments the most unanswerable. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
If then a practical end must be assigned to a University course, I say it is that of training good members of… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
A man of distinguished, beautiful eloquence, and persistent, over pressing thought... Ameen Rihani was one of the foremost pioneers of modern illumination.… — Mikhail Naimy Copy Share Image
My heart always timidly hides itself behind my mind. I set out to bring down stars from the sky, then, for fear… — Edmond Rostand Copy Share Image
Eloquence shows the power and possibility of man. There is one of whom we took no note, but on a certain occasion… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
from you, my dear Erasmus, let me obtain this request, that just as I bear with your ignorance in these matters, so… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Eloquence.— We need both what is pleasing and what is real, but that which pleases must itself be drawn from the true.” — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
“I try to think of things to say but nothing comes, and if something did come I probably couldn’t say it. This… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
I promised myself that I would write as well as I can, tell the truth, not to tell everything I know, but… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Yep.” Eloquence ’R’ Us. When in trouble, keep it monosyllabic—safer that way. — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
I think public intellectuals have a responsibility - to be self-critical on the one hand, to do serious, nuanced work rigorously executed;… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
There prevails among men of letters, an opinion, that all appearance of science is particularly hateful to Women; and that therefore whoever… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
