Eloquence Quotes

226 Eloquence quotes by 154 unique authors

Give me the clear blue sky over my head, and the green turf beneath my feet, a winding road before me, and a three hours'… — William Hazlitt
Wit is, in fact, the eloquence of indifference. — William Hazlitt
E? loquence quipersuade par douceur, non par empire, en tyran, non en roi. Eloquence should persuade gently, not by force or like a tyrant or… — Blaise Pascal
Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some… — John W. Gardner
Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers,… — David Hume
Indeed, there is an eloquence in true enthusiasm that is not to be doubted. — Edgar Allan Poe
It's good to keep in mind that prominence is always a mix of hard work, eloquence in your practice, good timing and fortuitous social relations.… — Barbara Kruger
Today it is not the classroom nor the classics which are the repositories of models of eloquence, but the ad agencies. — Marshall McLuhan
The notion of directing a film is the invention of critics - the whole eloquence of cinema is achieved in the editing room. — Walter Murch
Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts. — Blaise Pascal
Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm. — Blaise Pascal
To acquire immunity to eloquence is of the utmost importance to the citizens of a democracy. — Bertrand Russell
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech. — Martin Farquhar Tupper
I think public intellectuals have a responsibility - to be self-critical on the one hand, to do serious, nuanced work rigorously executed; but to also… — Michael Eric Dyson
In such business Action is eloquence, and the eyes of th’ ignorant More learned than the ears. — William Shakespeare
In Silence there is eloquence. Stop weaving and see how the pattern improves. — Unknown Author
Did I say that she was beautiful? I was wrong. Beauty is too tame a notion; it evokes only faces in magazines. A lovely eloquence,… — Clive Barker
Let eloquence be flung to the dogs rather than souls be lost. What we want is to win souls. They are not won by flowery… — Charles Spurgeon
For to accuse requires less eloquence, such is man's nature, than to excuse; and condemnation, than absolution, more resembles justice. — Thomas Hobbes
Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready. Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter? — Dashiell Hammett
Oh, how one wishes sometimes to escape from the meaningless dullness of human eloquence, from all those sublime phrases, to take refuge in nature, apparently… — Boris Pasternak
Be helpless, dumbfounded, Unable to say yes or no. Then a stretcher will come from grace to gather us up. We are too dull-eyed to… — Unknown Author
Curran grinned and my heart made a little jump. I didn’t expect that. “That’s it? That’s your witty comeback?” “Yep.” Eloquence ’R’ Us. When in… — Ilona Andrews
If then a practical end must be assigned to a University course, I say it is that of training good members of society... It is… — John Henry Newman
What more ghastly image can be called up than that of a man betrayed by his body who, simply because he did not die in… — Albert Camus

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