Attention Quote by Bo Bennett

Questions are often more effective than statements in moving others. Or to put it more appropriately, since the research shows that when the facts…

— Daniel H. Pink

Regardless of how lyrical or rhetorically gifted they are in conveying big ideas, any candidate can do a good job of giving a speech…

— Jon Lovett

Always, with speeches, I feel like it's an opportunity to say something.

— David Harbour

Never write down your speeches beforehand; if you do, you may perhaps be a good declaimer, but will never be a debater.

— Lord Chesterfield

“... a rhetorical question. It has a question mark at the end, but you are not meant to answer it because the person who…

— Mark Haddon

“That was a rhetorical question, one asked solely to produce an effect and not elicit a reply.”

— Paul Hoffman

Can I ask you a personal question"? Of all the rhetorical questions in the world, that is the one which irritates me most with…

— Kamila Shamsie

The duty of rhetoric is to deal with such matters as we deliberate upon without arts or systems to guide us, in the hearing…

— Aristotle

I always enjoy speaking at schools. The questions are usually direct but courteous and designed to elicit an answer rather than to simply impress…

— David Lidington

When will all the rhetorical questions end?

— George Carlin

To make our communications more effective, we need to shift our thinking from "What information do I need to convey?" to "What questions do…

— Chip Heath

Speeches are much easier if you read them. I just find when I do that, it's harder to fire up the crowd.

— Donald Trump