Liturgy Quote by Jon Meacham

“Everything in the service involved communication,” he says with gentle exasperation. “Greeting people, the lengthy sermon, the singing. There was no emphasis on quiet,…

— Susan Cain

“I often think of the set pieces of liturgy as certain words which people have successfully addressed to God without their getting killed.”

— Annie Dillard

“Celebration toward the east fosters silence. Indeed, there is less temptation for the celebrant to monopolize the conversation. Facing the Lord, he is less…

— Robert Sarah

“But the best presentations—the ones that inspire action—are those where the same journey is portrayed, except the audience is the focus. It’s not about…

— Adam Braun

“Listen to the speeches, one after another telling the audience what it already knows, evoking applause with necessary cliches, no longer shocking anybody with…

— Paul Krassner

There's always the cliche of the choir shouting and clapping. OK, you have to do that, but there's also introspective parts, parts where you…

— Wynton Marsalis

“The Anglican service today was more familiar to me from movies. Like one of the great Shakespeare speeches, the graveside oration, studded in fragments…

— Ian McEwan

“We don’t just show up on stage; we bring along the oil of praise in jars of practice and rehearsal so that when the…

— Gangai Victor

“As we watched, the regulations imposed by our government, churches, and press; combined to establish our country’s new internal warfare. Fought on the podiums,…

— James W. Scott

“Many presentations follow a traditional hero’s journey, with the presenter portraying himself or herself as the hero to win over the audience. But the…

— Adam Braun

“Delivering the speech was a surreal experience. The delegates sat silent, almost frozen in place. It was like speaking to a wax museum.”

— George W. Bush

Speeches made to the people are essential to the arousing of enthusiasm for a war.

— Benito Mussolini