Henry David Thoreau Quotes

She had lost the art of conversation but not, unfortunately, the power of speech.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

Talking and eloquence are not the same.

I [Moses] am not a man of words.

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear

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

You see young people, or kids, and they're fascinated by the way people talk. And that's great. But eventually you get to the point where you think, 'You know what? I don't care how you talk, I'm just listening to what you're saying.'

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

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

This trial has developed in the most remarkable manner, the insane love of speaking among public men. We are wading knee deep in words, words, words ….

Leave words to them whom words, not doings, move.

Speech is the best show a man puts on.

Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.

The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts.

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

A great speech is literature.

He who talks more is sooner exhausted.

I'm a talker. I love a good debate.

What can I say? I'm a talker.

I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening.

Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.

Speech is the small change of silence.

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.