Diction Quotes

• English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously.

  

  Vivien Leigh
  • People
  • Age
  • France

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

  

  will.i.am
  • Perfect
  • Said
  • Diction

• No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can atone for lack of fire. Prayer ascends by fire. Flame gives prayer access as well as wings, acceptance as well as energy. There is no incense without fire; no prayer without flame.

  

  Edward McKendree Bounds
  • Energy
  • Prayer
  • Fire

• 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.

  

  Arthur Wallis
  • Expression
  • Preaching
  • Diction

• You don't want a diction gathered from the newspapers, caught from the air, common and unsuggestive; but you want one whose every word is full-freighted with suggestion and association, with beauty and power.

  

  Rufus Choate
  • Air
  • Common
  • Newspapers

• I think the hardest thing about doing an accent, especially with a Missouri accent, is making sure that you're not mumbling with the words so your diction is clear.

  

  Julia Garner
  • Clear
  • Accent
  • Diction

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

  

  Moliere
  • Purpose
  • Understood
  • Diction