Ron White Quotes

We think of speaking as something we do naturally, without any effort. But like playing music, it requires attention and knowledge and practice.

When you're writing, you are robbed of your delivery.

If you want to get across an idea, wrap it up in person.

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.

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

When I speak, I am well articulated.

The pitch is the most important thing for us: not the words, not on paper.

When the public doesn't understand me, it's a battle. So when I choose words, I choose them for their musicality, rhythm, and sense, and I choose the right dialect to express that.

It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it.

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

Personally, just as an actor, I love accents; they're fun.

Expressive speech, with modulation in pitch and volume, and a minimum of noticeable pauses, boosts credibility and enhances the impression of intelligence.

The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

Whatever story you want to tell, tell it at the right size.

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

It's not what I do, but the way I do it. It's not what I say, but the way I say it.

You must be loud but you must also be understandable. There’s no point in being loud if you can’t be understood.

I think, for me, one of the things I've been blessed with is the ability to speak with clarity.

Ordinary people can be very articulate and very eloquent.

One of the important things about familiar form and metricality is that it draws attention to the physical nature of language: the spell-binding nature of it and the ceremony of articulation.

Ideas are only as good as your ability to communicate them.

I do pauses, pauses work for me

Great things only require to be simply told, for they are spoiled by emphasis; but little things should be clothed in lofty language, as they are only kept up by expression, tone of voice, and style of delivery.