Verbal Skill Quotes

Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty.

I did a lot of fast talking as a youth; I was pretty good at it. I was never talked into it - I was always the one doing the talking.

I'm not very articulate.

The ability to speak well is the shortcut to distinction.

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

There's zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.

Mastery of language affords remarkable power.

Even so, sometimes I wish I did have a little bit more flair in my language.

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.

...to swear with a ferocity that can only be described as a talent.

When I speak, I am well articulated.

Words were another sword for the man who wielded them well.

Bright is the ring of words When the right man rings them.

I'm always a bit suspicious of writers who have the gift of the gab.

I've always had a certain facility with words.

Talking and eloquence are not the same.

word thrower … phrase maker

There is no talent so pernicious as eloquence to those who have it under command.

I like it when people have good flow, but I also like it when people actually say stuff. Because sometimes that's a very good distraction, like, to have impeccable flow, but you're saying a lot without saying anything.

We have three things in common: Irish wives, the ability to speak for 17 minutes without a verb, and the fact that we both speak with an accent.

My brother's really well-spoken.

I have this thing. I can rap really fast. I can rap really, really fast. It's a thing I'm good at and I've trained myself to do; it's a thing I do in the Bay Area.

I learned from my father how to swear right and how to string it together for optimum effect/affect. I use it like karate. I bring it out when it's needed.

As a comic, I think I'm very verbally oriented about a lot of the stuff that I've written or thought up and how I say it.

There are only two sorts of doctors; those who practise with their brains, and those who practise with their tongues.