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Quotes having the keyword Eloquent
No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.
by Fisher Ames (Statesman, American , born in 1758) keywords: admirer, became, become, being, bible, eloquent, ever, language, purity, reader, sublimity, truly , without For, if a good speaker, never so eloquent, does not see into the fact, and is not speaking the truth of that - is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?
by Thomas Carlyle (Philosopher, Scottish , born in 1795) keywords: creation, does, eloquent, fact, good, horrid, into, kind, more, never, object, see, speaker, speaking , truth If an eloquent speaker speak not the truth, is there a more horrid kind of object in creation?
by Thomas Carlyle (Philosopher, Scottish , born in 1795) keywords: creation, eloquent, horrid, kind, more, object, speak, speaker , truth There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the clearest proof that it is out of its element.
by Augustus Hare (Writer, English , born in 1834) keywords: atheism, being, cannot, clearest, element, eloquent, exhausted, mind, out, proof, receiver, use , wings Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.
by Thomas Hobbes (Philosopher, English , born in 1588) keywords: acknowledge, believe, eloquent, hardly, learned, many, may, men, more, nature, others, such, themselves, will, wise, witty , yet Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth. By simply not mentioning certain subjects... totalitarian propagandists have influenced opinion much more effectively than they could have by the most eloquent denunciations.
by Aldous Huxley (Novelist, English , born in 1894) keywords: certain, could, effectively, eloquent, great, greater, influenced, mentioning, more, most, much, opinion, point, practical, propagandists, silence, simply, still, subjects, than, totalitarian, truth , view The dinosaur's eloquent lesson is that if some bigness is good, an overabundance of bigness is not necessarily better.
by Eric Johnston (Businessman, American , born in 1896) keywords: better, bigness, dinosaur, eloquent, good, lesson, necessarily, overabundance , some I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was symphonic music and the novel. For various technical and artistic reasons, film became that eloquent medium for the 20th century.
by Walter Murch (Celebrity, American , born in 1943) keywords: age, artistic, became, century, eloquent, eloquently, every, film, medium, more, music, novel, others, reasons, symphonic, talks, technical, than, think , various Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.
by Gloria Naylor (Novelist, American , born in 1950) keywords: becomes, eloquent, only, song, story, telling, told, words, worth , your Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.
by Emily Post (Author, American , born in 1872) keywords: believe, conversation, eloquent, exchange, exhibition, ideal, many, most, must, oratory, shortcomings, their, those, thought, wit , worry When I wear high heels I have a great vocabulary and I speak in paragraphs. I'm more eloquent. I plan to wear them more often.
by Meg Ryan (Actor, American , born in 1961) keywords: eloquent, great, heels, high, more, often, paragraphs, plan, speak, them, vocabulary , wear Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
by George Washington (President, American , born in 1732) topics: Government keywords: dangerous, eloquent, fearful, fire, force, government, master, reason , servant
