Clear Speech Quotes

I have always liked to speak to people very directly.

Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.

I believe most things can be said in a few lines.

Do not put cleverness in front of the communication.

When I speak, I am well articulated.

If you do talk dirty, make sure that you enunciate because there's nothing more embarrassing than having to repeat yourself.

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.

A scientist sounds like a scientist because the things that come out of their mouth don't stumble, that's all. If they [said], "And the, um, a microwave, uh," you know, then you don't sound right, but if you can just get it out without stumbling then you're going to sound fine.

'Dialogue' is not a dirty word; it's our word.

Speak to men according to their mental capacities, for if you speak all things to all men, some cannot understand you and so fall into errors.

Speak in such a way that others love to listen to you. Listen in such a way that others love to speak to you.

The social consequence of the psychedelic experience is clear thinking -which trickles down as clear speech. Empowered speech.

If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loudly. Do not compound mispronunciation with inaudibility

The world expects of Christians that they will raise their voices so loudly and clearly and so formulate their protest that not even the simplest man can have the slightest doubt about what they are saying. Further, the world expects of Christians that they will eschew all fuzzy abstractions and plant themselves squarely in front of the bloody face of history. We stand in need of folk who have determined to speak directly and unmistakably and come what may, to stand by what they have said.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak, and to speak well, are two things.

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.

We always speak well when we manage to be understood.

My basic rule is to speak slowly and simply so that my audience has an opportunity to follow and think about what I am saying.

If you want what you're saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. You might save somebody's life. Your own, first.

Anybody who has something sensible or worthwhile to say should be able to say it calmly and soberly, relying on the words themselves to convey his meaning, without resorting to yelling.

I call a spade a spade.

I try to be as clear and straight as I can in what I am putting forward. I think people are fed up with politicians where there are lots of bland lines to take.

Read critically, write consciously; speak clearly; tell your truth!

I try to speak in a manner that allows people to tell me apart from my political adversaries. And I speak in a manner that the people can understand. For me, that isn't populism.

As the base rhetorician uses language to increase his own power, to produce converts to his own cause, and to create loyal followers of his own person - so the noble rhetorician uses language to wean men away from their inclination to depend on authority, to encourage them to think and speak clearly, and to teach them to be their own masters.