Manner Quotes

The miracle is the adverbs, the way things are done.

The most important things must be said simply, for they are spoiled by bombast; whereas trivial things must be described grandly, for they are supported only by aptness of expression, tone and manner.

Henry Clay's eloquence did not consist, as many fine specimens of eloquence do, of types and figures, of antitheses and elegant arrangements of words and sentences, but rather of that deeply earnest and impassioned tone and manner which can proceed only through conviction in the speaker of the justice and importance of his cause. This it is that truly touches the chords of sympathy; and those who heard Mr. Clay never failed to be moved by it, or ever after forgot the impression. All his [oratorical] efforts were made for practical effect. He never spoke merely to be heard.

We cannot always oblige; but we can always speak obligingly.

When I think of God, when I think of him as existent, and when I believe him to be existent, my idea of him neither increases nordiminishes. But as it is certain there is a great difference betwixt the simple conception of the existence of an object, and the belief of it, and as this difference lies not in the parts or composition of the idea which we conceive; it follows, that it must lie in the manner in which we conceive it.

In classic Trump fashion, the president is pursuing a reasonable idea in the most jarring manner possible.

We can generally read a man's purpose towards us in his manner, if his purposes are of much moment to us.

A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.

Manner is personality—the outward manifestation of one’s innate character and attitude toward life.

I found the speech, after listening to it in context, vile in manner, repugnant, malicious, mean-spirited and spoken in mockery of individuals and people, which is against the spirit of Islam. While I stand by the truths that he spoke, I must condemn in the strongest terms the manner in which those truths were represented.

Men are not to be judged by what they do not know, but by what they know, and by the manner in which they know it.

Nothing resembles a person as much as the way he dies.

It is better to remain silent than to speak the truth ill-humoredly, and spoil an excellent dish by covering it with bad sauce.

It's not what you give, it's the way you give it.

In love we do not think of moral qualities, and scarcely of intellectual ones. Temperament and manner alone, with beauty, excite love.

It's not what you can do, but the way you do it that counts.

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

As a general rule, a reputation is built on manner as much as on achievement.

It matters more how one gives than what one gives.

It is not what I do, it is the way I do it, that will get me in the end.

It is not the diamonds or the birds, the people or the potatoes, it is not any of the nouns. The miracle is the adverbs, the way things are done. It is the way love gets done despite every catastrophe.

But it doesn't matter what you're doing, it matters how you're doing it.

While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team's victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent.

What you do is not as important as how you do it.

It is a point that I repeat over and over again in teaching public speaking. It is not so much what you say as it is the tone and manner in which you say it that makes a lasting impression.