communication Quotes

A good style must, first of all, be clear. It must not be mean or above the dignity of the subject. It must be appropriate.

Persuasion is effected through the medium of the hearers, when they shall have been brought to a state of excitement under the influence of speech; for we do not, when influenced by pain or joy, or partiality or dislike, award... ...

Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion.

Maybe crying is a means of cleaning yourself out emotionally. Or maybe it's your last resort; the only way to express yourself when words fail, the same as when you were a baby and had no words.

The duty of rhetoric is to deal with such matters as we deliberate upon without arts or systems to guide us, in the hearing of persons who cannot take in at a glance a complicated argument or follow a long... ...

A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything.

Saying the words that come from knowledge is no sign of having it.

A speaker who is attempting to move people to thought or action must concern himself with Pathos.

How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms

All communication must lead to change