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oratory speech foxes
The greatest and truest models for all oratorsis Demosthenes. One who has not studied deeply and constantly all the great speeches of the great Athenian, is not prepared to speak in public. Only as the constant companion of Demosthenes, Burke, Fox, Canning and Webster, can we hope to become orators. Woodrow Wilson
oratory argument adversaries
Oratory is the power of beating down your adversary's arguments and putting better in their place. Samuel Johnson
oratory firsts action
When Demosthenes was asked what was the first part of Oratory, he answered, "Action," and which was the second, he replied, "action," and which was the third, he still answered "Action. Plutarch
oratory speech vacuums
Speeches in our culture are the vacuum that fills a vacuum. John Kenneth Galbraith
oratory speech firsts
All the great speakers were bad speakers at first. Ralph Waldo Emerson
oratory succeed delivery
Yet through delivery orators succeed, I feel that I am far behind indeed. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
oratory forget forget-him
He has oratory who ravishes his hearers while he forgets himself. Johann Kaspar Lavater
oratory succeed delivery
Yet through delivery orators succeed, I feel that I am far behind indeed. [Ger., Allein der Vortrag macht des Redners Gluck, Ich fuhl es wohl noch bin ich weit zuruck.]
oratory poet orators
The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator. Ben Jonson
speech politician
There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician. Richard M. Nixon
speech twisted figures
A figure of speech is a shifty thing; it can be twisted or it can be straight. Salman Rushdie
speech censorship free-speech
Free speech is life itself.
speech honest emotion
Humor is the most honest of emotions. Applause for a speech can be insincere, but with humor, if the audience doesn't like it there's no faking it. Robert Orben
speech language willing
All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer. Robert Louis Stevenson
speech free-speech
We shouldn't have free speech. Robin Quivers
speech firsts wells
They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one's behind me, anyway. Wislawa Szymborska
speech great-wisdom contentious
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous. Zhuangzi
speech whisky havens
Haven't you learned yet that I put something more than whisky into my speeches. Winston Churchill
foxes would-be lions
If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning. William Blake
foxes lions traps
The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves. Niccolo Machiavelli
foxes lions snares
Therefore, it is necessary to be a fox to discover the snares and a lion to terrify the wolves
foxes lions traps
One must be a fox to recognize traps and a lion to frighten wolves
foxes pudge looking-for-alaska-book
Because no one can catch the motherfucking fox. John Green
foxes hills found
I finally found something that can stop the fox. The fox cannot summit Strawberry Hill.” - Takumi
foxes actresses ridiculous
And I love Jennifer Lawrence. She's a total fox. And such a good actress. It's ridiculous. Evan Peters
foxes cunning effects
To make women learned and foxes tame has the same effect - to make them more cunning. King James I
foxes principles moral
Placing the state in charge of moral principles is equivalent to putting the proverbial fox in charge of the chicken coop. Murray Rothbard