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Rhetoric Quotes

I have known writers who paid no damned attention whatever to the rules of grammar and rhetoric and somehow made the language behave for them Picture Quote #1

Eternity is a depth which no geometry can measure, no arithmetic calculate, no imagination conceive, no rhetoric describe Picture Quote #1

Children cannot eat rhetoric and they cannot be sheltered by commissions. I don’t want to see another commission that studies the needs of kids. We need to help them Picture Quote #1

Assuredly it would be a pity if laughter should ever become, like rhetoric and the arts, a habit Picture Quote #1

I come from a world where accountability and accomplishments matter, and where titles and rhetoric take a back seat to results Picture Quote #1

Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion Picture Quote #1

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Despite fearful rhetoric to the contrary, terrorism is not a transcendent threat. A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy our country’s way of life; it’s only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage Picture Quote #1

The communication has evolved to such a degree that kids under 25 can connect to each other so quickly and so immediately that they really don’t have the patience or understanding for inherited rhetoric Picture Quote #1

In every conflict, some rhetoric and posturing, so we should take that aside. When facts is that everybody is exhausted and that no one believes that there is a military solution to this. The solution must be a political one Picture Quote #1

Vulgarism in language is the distinguishing characteristic of bad company, and a bad education. A man of fashion avoids nothing with more care than that. Proverbial expressions, and trite sayings, are the flowers of the rhetoric of vulgar man Picture Quote #1

We used to actually kill each other before we discovered rhetoric in words. If you look at other countries, there are people attacking each other in parliament and stuff Picture Quote #1

The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force Picture Quote #1

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Men have sacrificed and crippled themselves physically and emotionally to feed, house, and protect women and children. None of their pain or achievement is registered in feminist rhetoric, which portrays men as oppressive and callous exploiters Picture Quote #1

Eloquence is the language of nature, and cannot be learned in the schools; but rhetoric is the creature of art, which he who feels least will most excel in Picture Quote #1

There is a truth and beauty in rhetoric; but it oftener serves ill turns than good ones Picture Quote #1

People want guidance, not rhetoric. They need to know what the plan of action is, and how it will be implemented. They want to be given responsibility to help solve the problem and authority to act on it Picture Quote #1

How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch on and stop getting swept away by rhetoric? Picture Quote #1

The quality of rhetoric emanating from the psychedelic community must improve radically. If it does not, we will forfeit the reclamation of our birthright and all opportunity for exploring the psychedelic dimension will be closed off Picture Quote #1

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A man or a race either if he’s any good can survive his past without even needing to escape from it and not because of the high quite often only too rhetorical rhetoric of humanity but for the simple indubitable practical reason of his future: that capacity to survive and absorb and endure and still be steadfast Picture Quote #1

What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power. Nothing much of lasting value ever happens at the head table, held together by a familiar rhetoric. Those who already have power continue to glide along the familiar rut they have made for themselves Picture Quote #1

Thus rhetoric, it seems, is a producer of persuasion for belief, not for instruction in the matter of right and wrong... And so the rhetorician’s business is not to instruct a law court or a public meeting in matters of right and wrong, but only to make them believe Picture Quote #1

We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn’t a body of knowledge and thought to fall back on in this regard Picture Quote #1

He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through, someone is lying wounded and thousands of others are either angry or consoled Picture Quote #1

That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen Picture Quote #1

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There comes a time when what is needed is not just rhetoric, but boots on the ground Picture Quote #1

There is always an analogy between nature and the imagination, and possibly poetry is merely the strange rhetoric of that parallel Picture Quote #1

Rhetoric in its truest sense seeks to perfect men by showing them better versions of themselves, links in that chain extending up toward the ideal Picture Quote #1

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend Picture Quote #1

Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry Picture Quote #1

Everyone was tired with the old style politicians and their flowery rhetoric. I just told them there are tough times ahead, but that they would be less tough with me in charge Picture Quote #1

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I have known writers who paid no damned attention whatever to the rules of grammar and rhetoric and somehow made the language behave for them (Rhetoric Quotes) Eternity is a depth which no geometry can measure, no arithmetic calculate, no imagination conceive, no rhetoric describe (Rhetoric Quotes) Children cannot eat rhetoric and they cannot be sheltered by commissions. I don’t want to see another commission that studies the needs of kids. We need to help them (Rhetoric Quotes) Assuredly it would be a pity if laughter should ever become, like rhetoric and the arts, a habit (Rhetoric Quotes) I come from a world where accountability and accomplishments matter, and where titles and rhetoric take a back seat to results (Rhetoric Quotes) Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion (Rhetoric Quotes) Despite fearful rhetoric to the contrary, terrorism is not a transcendent threat. A terrorist attack cannot possibly destroy our country’s way of life; it’s only our reaction to that attack that can do that kind of damage (Rhetoric Quotes) The communication has evolved to such a degree that kids under 25 can connect to each other so quickly and so immediately that they really don’t have the patience or understanding for inherited rhetoric (Rhetoric Quotes) In every conflict, some rhetoric and posturing, so we should take that aside. When facts is that everybody is exhausted and that no one believes that there is a military solution to this. The solution must be a political one (Rhetoric Quotes) Vulgarism in language is the distinguishing characteristic of bad company, and a bad education. A man of fashion avoids nothing with more care than that. Proverbial expressions, and trite sayings, are the flowers of the rhetoric of vulgar man (Rhetoric Quotes) We used to actually kill each other before we discovered rhetoric in words. If you look at other countries, there are people attacking each other in parliament and stuff (Rhetoric Quotes) The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force (Rhetoric Quotes) Men have sacrificed and crippled themselves physically and emotionally to feed, house, and protect women and children. None of their pain or achievement is registered in feminist rhetoric, which portrays men as oppressive and callous exploiters (Rhetoric Quotes) Eloquence is the language of nature, and cannot be learned in the schools; but rhetoric is the creature of art, which he who feels least will most excel in (Rhetoric Quotes) There is a truth and beauty in rhetoric; but it oftener serves ill turns than good ones (Rhetoric Quotes) People want guidance, not rhetoric. They need to know what the plan of action is, and how it will be implemented. They want to be given responsibility to help solve the problem and authority to act on it (Rhetoric Quotes) How long do politicians have to keep on promising heaven and delivering hell before people catch on and stop getting swept away by rhetoric? (Rhetoric Quotes) The quality of rhetoric emanating from the psychedelic community must improve radically. If it does not, we will forfeit the reclamation of our birthright and all opportunity for exploring the psychedelic dimension will be closed off (Rhetoric Quotes) A man or a race either if he’s any good can survive his past without even needing to escape from it and not because of the high quite often only too rhetorical rhetoric of humanity but for the simple indubitable practical reason of his future: that capacity to survive and absorb and endure and still be steadfast (Rhetoric Quotes) What is interesting and important happens mostly in secret, in places where there is no power. Nothing much of lasting value ever happens at the head table, held together by a familiar rhetoric. Those who already have power continue to glide along the familiar rut they have made for themselves (Rhetoric Quotes) Thus rhetoric, it seems, is a producer of persuasion for belief, not for instruction in the matter of right and wrong... And so the rhetorician’s business is not to instruct a law court or a public meeting in matters of right and wrong, but only to make them believe (Rhetoric Quotes) We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn’t a body of knowledge and thought to fall back on in this regard (Rhetoric Quotes) He steps on stage and draws the sword of rhetoric, and when he is through, someone is lying wounded and thousands of others are either angry or consoled (Rhetoric Quotes) That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen (Rhetoric Quotes) There comes a time when what is needed is not just rhetoric, but boots on the ground (Rhetoric Quotes) There is always an analogy between nature and the imagination, and possibly poetry is merely the strange rhetoric of that parallel (Rhetoric Quotes) Rhetoric in its truest sense seeks to perfect men by showing them better versions of themselves, links in that chain extending up toward the ideal (Rhetoric Quotes) Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend (Rhetoric Quotes) Out of the quarrel with others we make rhetoric; out of the quarrel with ourselves we make poetry (Rhetoric Quotes) Everyone was tired with the old style politicians and their flowery rhetoric. I just told them there are tough times ahead, but that they would be less tough with me in charge (Rhetoric Quotes)

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