Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle.
The passions are the only orators which always persuade.
Whatever poet, orator or sage may say of it, old age is still old age.
Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
Christopher Hitchens was a great warrior, a magnificent orator, a pugilist and a gentleman. He was kind, but he took no prisoners when arguing with idiots.
In the past, great communicators were great orators, but great communicators today sound conversational, and interrupting is common in conversation. And public discourse is now more about entertainment than enlightenment.
Oratory is the masterful art. Poetry, painting, music, sculpture, architecture please, thrill, inspire - but oratory rules. The orator dominates those who hear him, convinces their reason, controls their judgment, compels their action. For the time being, he is master.
