Nipsey Russell Quotes

There are people who have tremendously important things to say, but they say it so poorly that nobody would ever want to read it.

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

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

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

I always encourage people in the early parts of their career to focus on writing. If you can communicate clearly, if you can articulate a thought, if you can write a great story, then you're going to be successful.

The ability to speak well is the shortcut to distinction.

An orator is a good man who is skilled in speaking.

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.

The subject is said to have the property of making dull men eloquent.

If I went back to college again, I'd concentrate on learning to write and to speak before an audience . Nothing is more important than the abillity to communicate effectively.

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

An orator is the worse person to tell a plain fact.

A great speech is literature.

I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

I'm a reasonably articulate individual.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

To speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do is style.

Now I see that going out into the testing ground of men it is the tongue and not the deed that wins the day.

The art of the parenthesis is one of the greatest secrets of eloquence in Society.

Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.

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

To speak and to speak well, are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Talking and eloquence are not the same.

Use your logick, and then your rhetorick. Rhetorick without logick, is like a tree with leaves and blossoms, but no root; yet I confess more are taken with rhetorick than logick, because they are catched with a free expression, when they understand not reason. Logick must be natural, or it is worth nothing at all: Your rhetorick figures may be learned.