Philosophy Quote by Tom Stoppard

“Art is a terrible preacher, but a tremendous conversationalist.”

— Melanie Dale

“The art of mentalism moves and motivates the audience.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Whether it's trying to convince others that something is more true, more virtuous, or more desirable--all communication is rhetoric in action.”

— Leonard Koren

“How can a man who, for a significant phase of his formation, shared his master’s opposition to rhetoric have in maturity composed a masterpiece…

— Aristotle

“It was at this point that the transition was first made to the conception that rhetoric was a teachable skill, that it could, usually…

— Aristotle

“Any one may mouth out a passage with theatrical cadence or get upon stilts to tell his thoughts. But to write or speak with…

— William Hazlitt

“Success went fizzily to Bernard's head, and in the process completely reconciled him (as any good intoxicant should do) to a world which, up…

— Aldous Huxley

Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of…

— Aristotle

“Bernard had become, not so much important to her as he was natural to her whole being. He was as much a part of…

— Jim Butcher

Do I know what rhetorical means?

— Homer

I remember somebody saying something to me about Frost/Nixon, when Anthony Hopkins does his famous speech, and the difference in the way Anthony did…

— Vanessa Kirby

The rhetoric is the key to the character. It's the verbal music of the piece.

— Peter Shaffer