Communication Quote by Anthony McCarten

Churchill wrote his own speeches. When a leader does that, he becomes emotionally invested with his utterances. If Churchill had had a speech writer…

— Anonymous

At some point early on, I realized that three of the greatest speeches ever delivered were by Winston Churchill, and they were written and…

— Anthony McCarten

Before Churchill had done anything else, he was a writer. He believed to the core that words matter. They count. They can change the…

— Anthony McCarten

Given that his rousing speeches play on a perpetual loop somewhere in the back of the national psyche, and the bulk of the country…

— David Olusoga

It is true that despite occasional gleams of Churchillian eloquence he [Gen. Douglas MacArthur] usually spoke poorly. He was far more effective in conversations…

— William Manchester

It's so easy to use tired, shopworn figures of speech. I love using long, fancy words but have learned - mostly from writing my…

— Gretchen Rubin

Now, forty years after his passing, Winston Churchill is still quoted, read, revered, and referred to as much, if not more, than when he…

— Mac Thornberry

“A good speech should be a like a woman’s skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest. —WINSTON CHURCHILL”

— Bill McGowan

There are occasions when the simplest and fewest words surpass in effect all the wealth of rhetorical amplification.

— George Henry Lewes

Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may please the…

— Owen Feltham

“In one great case a man [Winston Churchill] who had been considered too brilliant and too reckless ever to be trusted with major office…

— Graham Greene

“Blenkinsop sighed. "As usual, those of you who can think of better ways to win the war are invited to write directly to Mr.…

— Ken Follett