Pathos Example Quotes & Sayings

The probability of success is difficult to estimate; but if we never search the chance of success is zero. — Philip Morrison

Aristotle writes that persuasion is based on three things: the ethos, or personal character of the speaker; the pathos, or getting the audience into the right kind of emotional receptivity; and the logos, or the argument itself, carried out by abbreviated syllogisms, or something like deductive syllogisms, and by the use of example. — Randal Marlin

The world isn't as supposed as the world is supposed to be. — Arunabh Das

If dolphins are so intelligent, how come they ain't got Walkmans? — John Lydon

I love weddings: happy people coming together to celebrate in great clothes. — Brad Goreski

Reform is like morning glories; they look great early in the day and then they disappear. — George W. Plunkitt

Great works of art in all cultures succeed in capturing within the constraints of their form both the pathos of anguish and a vision of its resolution. Take, for example, the languorous sentences of Proust or the haiku of Basho, the late quartets and sonatas of Beethoven, the tragicomic brushwork of Sengai or the daunting canvases of Rothko, the luminous self-portraits of Rembrandt and Hakuin. Such works achieve their resolution not through consoling or romantic images whereby anguish is transcended. They accept anguish without being overwhelmed by it. They reveal anguish as that which gives beauty its dignity and depth. — Stephen Batchelor

Mom's always telling me to smile and hoping I'll turn into a smiley person, which, to be honest, is kind of annoying. — Rebecca Stead