Jonathan Swift Quotes

The legal profession, politics and acting are very closely tied: the whole point is to have an idea and get it across to a listener, whether it is one person or five thousand in a hall.

When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action.

With my natural communication abilities, I could probably gather a crowd even without the Spirit.

I wish I could talk like Donald Trump or Steve Wynn. Hell, I'd love it.

My dad wasn't the best speaker like a Bill Clinton, or a Henry Kissinger, but he had character.

The longer I live, the more I have come to value the gift of eloquence. Every American youth, if he desires for any purpose to get influence over his countrymen in an honorable way, will seek to become a good public speaker.

When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'

Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory !!

Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them.

The Orator persuades and carries all with him, he knows not how; the Rhetorician can prove that he ought to have persuaded and carried all with him.

I know that one is able to win people far more by the spoken that by the written word, and that every great movement on this globe owes its rise to the great speakers and not to the great writers.

There is nothing like oratory, it is a skill that can turn a commoner into a king.

Some politicians that I've seen have been brilliant with the public. They almost speak with the skill of an actor.

Trust me, I have never written a speech in my life, and if I have my way, I never will.

The gifts of nature are necessary; but they are not sufficient to make a complete orator without art and study.

A candidate for office can have no greater advantage than muddled syntax; no greater liability than a command of language.

The truth isn't the truth until people believe you, and they can't believe you if they don't know what your saying, and they can't know what you've saying if they don't listen to you, and they won't listen to you if you're not interesting, and you won't be interesting until you say things imaginatively, originally, freshly.

The capacity to persuade is an essential part of being a great leader.

Kennedy understood something that is not so obvious, and that is that words are more important than deeds. You can’t govern 300 million people—or 180 million when Kennedy was president—by doing things. You can only do it by rhetoric.

Knowing what to say, in the right way - at the perfect moment - can mean the difference between a world-class life and an average one.

People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly. Make that person you.

Some directors have the gift of the gab, but I don't.

I know what to say, how to say it, how to bring profile to the issues I care about and people want to listen to me.

I consider myself to be quite persuasive when I want.

When I talk, people listen.