Diction Quotes

26 quotes by 26 authors

No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can atone for lack of fire.… — Edward McKendree Bounds
But Michael Jackson didn't have perfect diction - He said 'chamone' instead of 'come on'. — will.i.am
With impeccable timing and a fine instinct for the telling detail, Francesca Abbate evokes the plenitudes and the deprivations of human habitation, the nurturing richness… — Linda Gregerson
I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or 'literary' diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must… — James Agee
Exactness is first obtained, and afterwards elegance. But diction, merely vocal, is always in its childhood. As no man leaves his eloquence behind him, the… — Samuel Johnson
Fact is richer than diction. — J L Austin
Apostolic preaching is not marked by its beautiful diction, or literary polish, or Cleverness of expression, but Operates â€œin demonstration of the Spirit and of… — Arthur Wallis
The Little Friend is a long book. It's also completely different from my first novel: different landscape, different characters, different use of language and diction,… — Donna Tartt
The idea of 'talking white,' a lot of people grew up around that, just the idea that if you speak with proper diction and come… — Chance the Rapper
This is form and content and diction and tone and imagination all looking up at the exact same moment: When Molly Tanzer claps once at… — Stephen Graham Jones
There is an inimitable grace in Virgil's words, and in them principally consists that beauty which gives so inexpressible a pleasure to him who best… — John Dryden
English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped… — Vivien Leigh
You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction. — Paul Robeson
This dark diction has become America's addiction. — Kanye West
Jen and I were accustomed to our father's last-will-and-testament diction, and were at times free to interrupt Atticus for a translation when it was beyond… — Harper Lee
Read the dictionary from A to Izzard today. Get a vocabulary. Brush up on your diction. See whether wisdom is just a lot of language. — Carl Sandburg
When you write, itâ€™s like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring them unity. Your fingers have still… — Edwidge Danticat
An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short,… — Alec Guinness
Funny enough, every role that I have had, I try to tone down my accent or speak with better diction. — Djimon Hounsou
In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes.… — Aristotle

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