Quotes by Oratory Truth is his inspirer, and earnestness the polisher of his sentences. He could afford to lose his Sharp's rifles, while he retained his faculty of speech,--a Sharp's rifle of infinitely surer and longer range. Henry David Thoreau oratory rifles truth The most attractive sentences are, perhaps, not the wisest, but the surest and roundest. They are spoken firmly and conclusively,as if the speaker had a right to know what he says, and if not wise, they have at least been well learned. Henry David Thoreau oratory style wise He has oratory who ravishes his hearers while he forgets himself. Johann Kaspar Lavater forget-him oratory forget Yet through delivery orators succeed, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe delivery oratory succeed Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum. John Kenneth Galbraith oratory vacuums culture Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratie, Shook the arsenal, and fulmin'd over Greece, To Macedon, and Artaxerxes' throne. John Milton oratory thrones fierce With little art, clear wit and sense Suggest their own delivery. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe oratory littles art Yet through delivery orators succeed, I feel that I am far behind indeed. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe delivery oratory succeed It is the first rule in oratory that a man must appear such as he would persuade others to be: and that can be accomplished only by the force of his life. Jonathan Swift oratory men firsts In oratory the greatest art is to hide art. Jonathan Swift oratory public-speaking art Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable. Marcus Tullius Cicero oratory persuasion philosophical Nothing is so difficult to believe that oratory cannot make it acceptable, nothing so rough and uncultured as not to gain brilliance and refinement from eloquence. Marcus Tullius Cicero oratory gains believe The aim of forensic oratory is to teach, to delight, to move. Marcus Tullius Cicero oratory delight moving To find ways of practicing democracy, not ways of orating about it, is our great problem. Mary Barnett Gilson oratory democracy way There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus. Mark Twain oratory speech world There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the emotions of an audience not practiced in the tricks and delusions of oratory Mark Twain oratory upset world Only hidden and undetected oratory is really insidious. What reaches the heart without going through the mind is likely to bounce back and put the mind out of business. Mortimer Adler oratory mind heart Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease. Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux oratory flow ease Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease. Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux oratory understanding ease I don't have any oratory skills. But I would not use them if I had. Noam Chomsky oratory skills use «123»
