Oratory Quotes

64 Oratory quotes by 52 unique authors

An alliterative prefix served as an ornament of oratory. — Oscar Wilde
There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king. — Winston Churchill
Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory !! — Winston Churchill
Literary qualifications have no more to do with it than oratory has with salesmanship. One must be able to express himself briefly, clearly, and convincingly,… — Claude C. Hopkins
The nature of oratory is such that there has always been a tendency among politicians and clergymen to oversimplify complex matters. From a pulpit or… — Aldous Huxley
The ancients, who in these matters were not perhaps such blockheads as some may conceive, considered poetical quotation as one of the requisite ornaments of… — Isaac D'Israeli
The art of reasoning becomes of first importance. In this line antiquity has left us the finest models for imitation; I should consider the speeches… — Thomas Jefferson
In oratory the greatest art is to hide art. — Jonathan Swift
Nothing in oratory is more important than to win for the orator the favour of his hearer, and to have the latter so affected as… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The sense of war, the extraordinary bravery of the Allied armies, the numbers, the losses, the real suffering that disappears in time and commemorative oratory,… — John Vinocur
In oratory affectation must be avoided; it being better for a man by a native and clear eloquence to express himself than by those words… — Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury
It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks. — Horace
The passions are the only orators that always persuade: they are, as it were, a natural art, the rules of which are infallible; and the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There's a wideness in God's mercy Like the wideness of the sea Oratory Hymns. — Frederick William Faber
With little art, clear wit and sense Suggest their own delivery. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Yet through delivery orators succeed, I feel that I am far behind indeed. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There is no true orator who is not a hero. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Very good orators, when they are out, they will spit; and for lovers, lacking--God warn us!--matter, the cleanliest shift is to kiss. — William Shakespeare
When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was… — Plutarch
He has oratory who ravishes his hearers while he forgets himself. — Johann Kaspar Lavater
The aim of forensic oratory is to teach, to delight, to move. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence. — Rufus Choate
There is no power like oratory. Caesar controlled men by exciting their fears, Cicero by . . . swaying their passions. The influence of the… — Henry Clay
None but those who have loved can be supposed to understand the oratory of the eye, the mute eloquence of a look, or the conversational… — Christian Nestell Bovee
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

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