The poetry of this one is called philosophical, of that one philological, of a third rhetorical, and so on. Which is then… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
French rhetorical models are too narrow for the English tradition. Most pernicious of French imports is the notion that there is no… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
When I was 12 years old, my pastor came to the church: Dr. Fredrick Samson. And that was revolutionary because he mentored… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
The issue of who gets to define the future, own the nation's wealth, shape the parameters of the social state, control the… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
That sense of a life in natural objects, which in most poetry is but a rhetorical artifice, was, then, in Wordsworth the… — Walter Pater Copy Share Image
It's always an interesting thing that happens between an artist and their work. People collapse the two, and for any artist, there… — Sarah Morris Copy Share Image
Some of the worst writing around suffers from inert verbs and the unintended use of the passive voice. Yet the passive voice… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
The doctrine which, from the very first origin of religious dissensions, has been held by bigots of all sects, when condensed into… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
So there are all kinds of things that grammarian purists would argue are awkward forms of speech and sometimes they are intentional… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
I've been around so long, I can remember when it was a rhetorical question to ask, "Is the pope Catholic?" Now it's… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Every single aspect of a text requires very careful choices and rigorous evaluation. Style is employed - or deployed - for a… — C.E. Morgan Copy Share Image
Obama's rhetorical overtures to democracy, it turned out, were just a decoy to conceal his unwavering determination to govern from the far… — Sean Hannity Copy Share Image
Natural rights is simple nonsense: natural and imprescriptible rights, rhetorical nonsense—nonsense upon stilts. — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
There are occasions when the simplest and fewest words surpass in effect all the wealth of rhetorical amplification. — George Henry Lewes Copy Share Image
Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at all. This… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
The revival in religion will be a rhetorical problem - new persuasive words for defaced or degraded ones. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
“If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the rhetorical question” — Josh Stern Copy Share Image
What a wretched thing is all fame! A renown of the highest sort endures, say, for two thousand years. And then? Why,… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
When you see all that rhetorical smoke billowing up from the Democrats, well ladies and gentleman, I'd follow the example of their… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I come from a place that likes grandeur; it likes large gestures. It is not inhibited by flourish. It is a rhetorical… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
O love-why can't you leave me alone? Which is a rhetorical question meaning: for heaven's sake, don't. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Barack Obama may have found the answer to his biggest rhetorical challenge: When millions of voters are unemployed or underemployed, how does… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
What am I to do with you?" Redd asked. "M-maybe you could-" Jack began. The Cat raised a paw. "I know." "It… — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
