Language upon a silvered tongue affords enchantment enough.
Interpretation
This quote suggests that eloquence and mastery of language have the power to captivate and charm.
Salman Rushdie's quote highlights the beauty of language and its ability to enchant listeners or readers. The metaphor of a 'silvered tongue' implies a certain finesse and artistry in speech or writing, suggesting that those who can wield language skillfully can create a magical experience for others. This reflects the profound impact that words can have in conveying emotions, stories, and ideas.
In practice
During a poetry reading, one might say this quote to emphasize the beauty of spoken word.
I've been fascinated by Machiavelli since I was very young. I've always felt that he had a bad rap from history, and that he was actually a person quite unlike what we now think of as Machiavellian. He was a republican. He disliked totalitarian government.
Killing people because you don't like their ideas - it's a bad thing.
faith without doubt is addiction
I am clearly vulnerable to these more passionate and volatile unstable relationships. I am trying to not be so vulnerable.
In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence is no excuse. Yet we go on skating around this issue, speaking of religion in the fashionable language of 'respect.' What is there to respect in any of this, or in any of the crimes now being committed almost daily around the world in religion's dreaded name?
Reality is a question of perspective; the further you get from the past, the more concrete and plausible it seems - but as you approach the present, it inevitably seems more and more incredible.
One has to guard against a formula that is good for everything, that can interpret reality in addition to the other arts, and that rather than creating can only result in a style, or a stylization.
Jazz is like blues with a shot of heroin!
I don't know why so many artists talk about the mainstream's problems from the fringe. I think, unfortunately, it's almost like our education makes us too safe and terrified to step into the world.
Never be ashamed to write a melody that people remember.
People don't understand the kind of fight it takes to record what you want to record the way you want to record it.
A jazz musician is not a jazz musician when he or she is eating dinner or when he or she is with his parents or spouse or neighbors. He's above all a human being . . . the true artform is being a human being.
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