Costumes Quote by Ernest Newman

If I had the power, I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period, with the possible exception of…

— Ernest Newman

The orator, who may be silent without danger, may praise without difficulty and without reluctance; and posterity will confess that the character of Theodosius…

— Edward Gibbon

The singing of hymns and the rendition of selections from the great sacred oratorios by ward choirs all enhance the spirit of worship.

— Gordon B. Hinckley

The orator is thereby an orator that keeps his feet ever on a fact.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“[f]ortune is the lease capricious of deities, and arranges things on the just and rigid system that no one shall be very happy for…

— Evelyn Waugh

The orator is the mouth (os) of a nation.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

“...There is a tale, as old as the Ancient Ones themselves, that one would arise who has that gift: to sing all the chantments,…

— Kate Constable

The greatest and truest models for all oratorsis Demosthenes. One who has not studied deeply and constantly all the great speeches of the great…

— Woodrow Wilson

I'm an orator, a raconteur.

— Ron Shock

If you want to be an orator, first get your great cause.

— Wendell Phillips

“Every period had its style: why was it that our period was the only one to be denied a style? By “style” was meant…

— Adolf Loos

An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.

— Cato the Elder