Fluency Quotes

29 quotes by 26 authors

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Sometimes, perhaps, thou hearest another pray with much freedom and fluency, whilst thou canst hardly get out a few broken words. Hence thou art ready… — William Gurnall
Well, to be clear, I am a scholar of religions with four degrees, including one in the New Testament and fluency in Biblical Greek who… — Reza Aslan
When you grow up in a family of languages, you develop a kind of casual fluency, so that languages, though differently colored, all seem transparent… — David Antin
Fluency in English is something that I'm often not accused of. — George H. W. Bush
Writing with voice is writing into which someone has breathed. It has that fluency, rhythm, and liveliness that exist naturally in the speech of most… — Peter Elbow
Without numerical fluency, in the part of life most of us inhibit, you are like a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest. — Charlie Munger
As tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service. I've seen you engage… — Barack Obama
Talkative represents the man or woman who delights in talking about divine things but has only theoretical knowledge of such things. No actual personal heart… — John Bunyan
There is a warning here for true pilgrims. Beware of the talker, but also be careful not to judge too quickly those whom God has… — John Bunyan
If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest. — Xunzi
Muscles without strength, friendship without trust, opinion without risk, change without aesthetics, age without values, food without nourishment, power without fairness, facts without rigor, degrees… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world. — William Hazlitt
I have never been particularly good with languages. Despite a dozen years of Hebrew school and a lifetime of praying in the language, I'm ashamed… — Joshua Foer
Common fluency of speech in many men and most women is owing to a scarcity of matter. — Jonathan Swift
I also had this mistaken dream, fantasy really - perhaps because I'm good at languages - of being able in both Italy and France to… — Harry Mathews
A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order,… — Charles Horton Cooley
I always thought old age would be a writerâ€™s best chance. Whenever I read the late work of Goethe or W. B. Yeats I had… — Samuel Beckett
This pause in time, within time ... When did I first experience the exquisite sense of surrender that is only possible with another person? The… — Muriel Barbery
She was nervous about the future; it made her indelicate. She was one of the most unimportantly wicked women of her time --because she could… — Djuna Barnes

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