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Eloquence: saying the proper thing and stopping. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
There is at least as much eloquence in the voice, eyes, and air of a speaker as in his choice of words. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is most difficult to speak when we are ashamed of being silent. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We may hope that machines will eventually compete with men in all purely intellectual fields. But which are the best ones to start with? Many… — Alan Turing
Learned conversation is either the affectation of the ignorant or the profession of the mentally unemployed. — Oscar Wilde
When people talk to us about others they are usually dull. When they talk to us about themselves they are nearly always interesting. — Oscar Wilde
A speaker who is attempting to move people to thought or action must concern himself with Pathos. — Aristotle
Let thy carriage be such as becomes a man grave settled and attentive to that which is spoken. Contradict not, at every turn, what others… — George Washington
Among provocative, the next best thing to good preaching is bad preaching. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated. — W. Somerset Maugham
Eloquence is the language of nature, and cannot be learned in the schools; but rhetoric is the creature of art, which he who feels least… — Charles Caleb Colton
To speak in literature with the perfect rectitude and insouciance of the movements of animals and the unimpeachable of the sentiment of trees in the… — Walt Whitman
I'm going to make a long speech because I've not had the time to prepare a short one. — Winston Churchill
My philosophy is that you can't motivate players with speeches, you have motivated players that you draft. That's where they come in and those are… — Phil Jackson
I mean, I'm 6-foot-11, I've got red hair, freckles, I'm a goofy, nerdy-looking guy, I've got a speech impediment-I stutter and stammer all the time-and… — Bill Walton
Attitudes are the real figures of speech. — Edwin H Friedman
Albert Einstein, who discovered that a tiny amount of mass is equal to a huge amount of energy, which explains why, as Einstein himself so… — Dave Barry
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by a great deal… — Mark Twain
The truth is libraries are raucous clubhouses for free speech, controversy and community. — Paula Poundstone
Speeches are not magic and there is no great speech without great policy. — Peggy Noonan

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