#eloquent

No man was ever eloquent by trying to be eloquent, but only by being so. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

#eloquent #ever #man #only #trying

If you are feeling something, then Shakespeare felt it and wrote about it - and wrote about it so eloquently. ↗

— Richard McCabe

#eloquently #feeling #felt #shakespeare #something

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love. ↗

— Washington Irving

#deep #eloquently #grief #love #mark

When I wear high heels I have a great vocabulary and I speak in paragraphs. I'm more eloquent. I plan to wear them more often. ↗

— Meg Ryan

#great #heels #high #high heels #i

I don't do romance, in the same way I don't do heroin Russian roulette, or nude alligator wrestling. I consider all of the above self-destructive, and demeaning and these are things up with which I will not put. ↗

— D.D. Barant

#romance #urban-fantasy #urban-fantasy

Eloquent speech is not from lip to ear, but rather from heart to heart. ↗

— William Jennings Bryan

#eloquent #heart #lip #rather #speech

Later in life, I learnt that many things one may require have to be weighed against one's dignity, which can be an insuperable barrier against advancement in almost any direction. However, in those days, choice between dignity and unsatisfied curiosity was less clear to me as a cruel decision that had to be made. ↗

— Anthony Powell

#insightful #poignant #life

No compliment can be eloquent, except as an expression of indifference. ↗

— George Eliot

#eloquent #except #expression #indifference