Kenny Stills Quotes

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

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 thoroughly believe that any man who's got anything worthwhile to say will be heard if he only says it often enough.

Music and politics are in essence about communication. Without over-stretching the analogy I do feel a sense of rhythm is important in getting your message across.

Nobody has a magic lamp which can tell you in advance whether what you say will be effective in persuading an audience.

The principles behind explaining and educating the product or the elected official is similar, even though the actual execution of it is very, very different.

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

I made lots of talks and challenged lots of people.

I never met a microphone I didn’t like, and I plan to use this agency as a bully pulpit.

Communication and communication strategy is not just part of the game - it is the game.

In a world where audiences listen for attitudes rather than arguments or information, speakers must feel the pressure to posture rather than engage.

I understand how to deliver a message, that's my skill.

Writing is the act of saying "I," of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying "listen to me, see it my way, change your mind."

The thing that I try to remember is that in the briefing room it's not a debate. I'm not supposed to go in there and win a debate with the press corps. If that's what I try to do, then I'm going to lose.

From my perspective, you get up every day and you get out there and you make your case, and you reach as many people as possible.

I'm not in show business; I'm in the communications business. That's what it's about for me.

When Gold argues the cause, eloquence is impotant.

it makes a great difference to a speaker whether he has something to say, or has to say something.

It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.

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

It is more important to influence people than to impress them.

Words have a magical power. They can bring either the greatest happiness or deepest despair; they can transfer knowledge from teacher to student; words enable the orator to sway his audience and dictate its decisions. Words are capable of arousing the strongest emotions and prompting all men's actions.

You don't have to be a preacher to talk about what matters, and you don't have to drop the pleasures of style

In Europe, even more so than in national politics, we have to follow the principle laid down by Martin Luther: Use language that the people will understand, but don't just tell them what they want to hear.

It is easy to be disgruntled if you are denied rights and freedoms to which you feel entitled. But if you are not coherent, if you cannot put into words what it is that displeases you and why it is unfair and should change, then you are dismissed as an unreasonable whiner. You may be lectured about perseverance and patience, life as a test, the need to accept the higher wisdom of others.