Discourse says, 'You are.' Rhetoric preserves the freedom to say, 'I am not. — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
The voice of humility is God's music, and the silence of humility is God's rhetoric. — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
There comes a time when what is needed is not just rhetoric, but boots on the ground. — Baldwin Spencer Copy Share Image
“Dresses won't worn out in the wardrobe, but that is not what dresses are designed for.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Some people wave their dogmatic thinking until their own reason is entangled. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“Making a product is just an activity, making a profit on a product is the achievement.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Hitler showed the evil that could be done by the art of rhetoric. Churchill showed how it could help to save humanity. — Boris Johnson Copy Share Image
It's very short-sighted and even dangerous to be engaging in the kind of demagogic rhetoric that Donald has about Muslims. — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I am learning by the week, but my poesy is still not my own. New rhyme, new me me me in words.… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
“He (Larry Summers) can frame arguments with such force and conviction that people think he knows more than he does.” — Ron Suskind Copy Share Image
Moral capitalism is possible; if not, its strictures are only a kind of misleading vanity, the rhetoric of a secular piety. — Stephen Young Copy Share Image
“...that out of the quarrel with others we produce rhetoric, matter for the editorial page, while out of the quarrel with ourselves… — Frank Lentricchia Copy Share Image
Democratic politicians, liberal activists and liberal news outlets routinely deploy incendiary rhetoric and wicked accusations to marginalize Republicans. — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
The actions of the University in my case make it abundantly clear that the Administration's rhetoric about Harvard's desire to attract and… — Margaret Geller Copy Share Image
To devote yourself to the creation and enjoyment of beauty, then, can be a serious business-not always necessarily a means of escaping… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
We owe our troops more than rhetoric; we owe them a real plan. The Administration has yet to put forward a strategy… — Dennis Cardoza Copy Share Image
“It was at this point that the transition was first made to the conception that rhetoric was a teachable skill, that it… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Few poets have made a more interesting rhetoric out of just fooling around: turning things upside down, looking at them from under… — Randall Jarrell Copy Share Image
Contrary to some of the rhetoric we've heard, AB5 does not automatically reclassify any ride-share drivers from independent contractors to employees. AB5… — Tony West Copy Share Image
Courses in prosody, rhetoric and comparative philology would be required of all students, and every student would have to select three courses… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
We will never meet our own expectations of public education unless the federal government is willing to play a consistent, long-term role;… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Rick Perry is the perfect candidate for those who thought George W. Bush was just too dang cerebral. And Adios, Mofo is… — Paul Begala Copy Share Image
Part of the puzzle, surely, lies in the disconnect between official rhetoric and lived realities. Americans are constantly extolling “traditions”; litanies to… — Susan Sontag Copy Share Image
We've seen hate groups rise across the country. But we've also seen an increase in the average person, who looks like your… — Christian Picciolini Copy Share Image
Law and order is a social service. Crime and the fear which the threat of crime induces can paralyse whole communities, keep… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
Contrary to the rhetoric emanating from the American left, the 'rich' are currently paying a lot more than 'their fair share.' It… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
“This explains the harsh nature of much postmodern rhetoric. The regular deployments of ad hominem, the setting up of straw men, and… — Stephen R.C. Hicks Copy Share Image
I think what is happening is that Houthis and the Iranians have common interests, but there's very little good journalism that's been… — Safa Al Ahmad Copy Share Image
When I became thoroughly acquainted with the Greek and Roman authors, I thought it incumbent upon me to do something towards the… — John Arbuthnot Copy Share Image
The bombing in Oklahoma City has focused renewed attention on the rhetoric that’s been coming from the right and those who cater… — Bryant Gumbel Copy Share Image
