Diction Quotes

Diction Quote of the day

An actor is totally vulnerable. His total personality is exposed to critical judgment - his intellect, his bearing, his diction, his whole appearance. In short, his ego.

This dark diction has become America's addiction.

You know I am an actor, and I have medals for diction.

The Little Friend is a long book. It's also completely different from my first novel: different landscape, different characters, different use of language and diction, different approach to story.

Let us, cautious in diction, And mighty in contradiction, Love powerfully.

I'm very anxious not to fall into archaism or 'literary' diction. I want my vocabulary to have a very large range, but the words must be alive.

When we are understood, we always speak well, and then all your fine diction serves no purpose.

Apostolic preaching is not marked by its beautiful diction, or literary polish, or Cleverness of expression, but Operates “in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.

However well equipped our language, it can never be forearmed against all possible cases that may arise and call for description: fact is richer than diction.

But Michael Jackson didn't have perfect diction - He said 'chamone' instead of 'come on'.

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie cutter.

Fact is richer than diction.

I like to try and mix diction and experiences.

Enunciation, diction, all that stuff. None of that is in my personality.

Voice really depends on the answer to the question, Who is telling this story? . . . That will color your diction-and determine your metaphors, your sensibility.

Jen and I were accustomed to our father's last-will-and-testament diction, and were at times free to interrupt Atticus for a translation when it was beyond our understanding.

Actually, I'm addicted to science fiction. Let me make my diction clear - I love sci-fi.

Read the dictionary from A to Izzard today. Get a vocabulary. Brush up on your diction. See whether wisdom is just a lot of language.

Funny enough, every role that I have had, I try to tone down my accent or speak with better diction.

Despite my lovely diction I am going to die.

The Press nowadays is not a literary press; classic diction and brilliancy of style do not distinguish it by any means.

[On Elizabeth Barrett Browning:] ... for finish, and melody of versification, there is nothing approaching to Miss Barrett in this day, or in any other - also for diction. Her words paint.

This is form and content and diction and tone and imagination all looking up at the exact same moment: When Molly Tanzer claps once at the front of the classroom.

Being self-owned is a state of mind.

He used a minimum of words and no inflection whatsoever. It was a policeman's manner of speaking, direct and unadorned.

Vocabulary for aggravation is large. Vocabulary for transcendence is elusive.

Lincoln on a desire to hear Horace Greeley speak: "In print, every one of his words seems to weigh about a ton.