Marc Maron Quotes

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

I'm not very articulate.

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me understand something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.

Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.

I am not good at making people understand certain things.

If you can't get yourself understood, you may have trouble, so you need some interpretation every now and again wherever you might be.

What I mean and what I say is two different things," the BFG announced rather grandly.

If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.

It's technically extremely difficult to get down what you really mean, not what you think you mean, or what you think sounds good, but what's really there, what you really have to express, in words that somehow convey that meaning in an approximate way.

The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

If you're a preacher, you talk for a living, so even if you don't make sense, you learn to make nonsense eloquently.

Talking and eloquence are not the same.

No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.

If you don't know what is being said, the rest of the actor's work is wasted.

When I speak, I am well articulated.

I want people to hear what I have to say, and I want to be able to get a lot of points across.

Ordinary people can be very articulate and very eloquent.

Eloquence is the child of knowledge.

My words itch at your ears till you understand them

You have to put up with the risk of being misunderstood if you are going to try to communicate.

If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue.

I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.

It is not enough that a man has clearness of vision, and reliance on sincerity, he must also have the art of expression, or he will remain obscure.

No man pleases by silence; many I please by speaking briefly.