I once wrote about Don Imus that 'speech is free, but consequences are not.' I never want to be the exception to… — Jemele Hill Copy Share Image
Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In the early stages of negotiation software, on your smartphone, there may be programs that listen to the pitch of a voice,… — Tyler Cowen Copy Share Image
I set my life since then attempting to figure out how to do that, basically how to have a sort of public… — Jonathon Keats Copy Share Image
“I have talents that I'm not supposed to have: I can tell who crushes on who by how they stand, I can… — Julia Bascom Copy Share Image
The idea that guys should walk into a bar and confidently initiate contact and then seduce a woman based on a short… — Tucker Max Copy Share Image
The very fact that we are having a national conversation about what we should eat, that we are struggling with the question… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Stephenson summarizes his communication policy as follows: Persons who wish to interfere with my concentration are politely requested not to do so,… — Cal Newport Copy Share Image
You may never learn the names of any of the people you talk to in a dog park, even after many, many… — Susan Orlean Copy Share Image
Leonard Cohen can give you "Leonard Cohen" - the self-deprecating wit, the slow, considered speech, the perfectly-honed anecdote - Tom Waits is… — Sylvie Simmons Copy Share Image
I know those little phrases that seem so innocuous, and, once you let them in, pollute the whole of speech. 'Nothing is… — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
If you are asking for a big thing - something about marriage, moving, or health, for example - that's when you need… — Doreen Virtue Copy Share Image
I was so uncomfortable at a party recently when the conversation droned on about women who are constantly getting married. I was… — Bette Davis Copy Share Image
“Their conversations were often charged with an excitement out of proportion to what they talked about... Their words seemed to glimmer in… — Karen Connelly Copy Share Image
Mathematical economics is old enough to be respectable, but not all economists respect it. It has powerful supporters and impressive testimonials, yet… — James R Newman Copy Share Image
“He cut short my request for something to eat, snapping out, "I don't believe you want to work." Now this was irrelevant.… — Jack London Copy Share Image
I like to remember what Michelle Obama said in her amazing speech at our Democratic National Convention: When they go low, we… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Have a vision; but it's not enough to have a vision, you have to communicate that vision to others. You have to… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
“Design is a fundamental human activity, relevant and useful to everyone. Anything humans create—be it product, communication or system—is a result of… — Maggie Macnab Copy Share Image
“Talk is only a pretext for other, subtler forms of communication. When the latter are inoperative speech becomes dead. If two people… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
“It will be seen that, as used, the word ‘Fascism’ is almost entirely meaningless. In conversation, of course, it is used even… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Fill your mouth with marbles and make a speech. Every day reduce the number of marbles in your mouth and make a… — Brooks Hays Copy Share Image
The celebrations Of secret nonmeetings are empty, Unspoken conversations, Unuttered words. Glances that don't intersect Don't know where to come to rest.… — Anna Akhmatova Copy Share Image
“I am a knitting fool. It's a quiet pastime, and a productive one. It enables one to join in the conversation or… — Elizabeth Zimmermann Copy Share Image
“Yet the possibility of information storage, beyond what men and governments ever had before, can make available at the touch of a… — Francis A. Schaeffer Copy Share Image
This is an effort to have government coerce, force speech and behavior. And it's being pushed and advocated by the gay community.… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
I appeal now to the convictions of the communicants, and ask such persons whether they have not been occasionally conscious of a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Conversation augments pleasure and diminishes pain by our having shares in either; for silent woes are greatest, as silent satisfaction leas; since… — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
I don't need to convince men that feminism is important, that just isn't a goal of mine. I can't even have that… — Kathleen Hanna Copy Share Image
Texting has definitely improved the communication between the deaf and hearing communities, but it shouldn't be... a substitute for learning the language… — Millicent Simmonds Copy Share Image
“I haven't prepared my speech yet." I sighed and Tove stood up. "What should I say about him?" "Well, if you plan… — Amanda Hocking Copy Share Image
The first listen is very important to me. Half of my favorite records just hit you in the face immediately with something… — Derek E. Miller Copy Share Image
I don't have any answers as to whether the Internet is a good or a bad thing, but it's certainly an important… — Sally Rooney Copy Share Image
“AB: It’s a great gift. It was the training: to listen, to observe. Those skills are very much what you need as… — Amy Bloom Copy Share Image
“The communications apparatus at headquarters was remarkable...It was possible to communicate directly with all important theaters of the war...They could be directed… — Albert Speer Copy Share Image
[My] interest as a writer is not in reflecting actual human speech, which, of course, does not occur in sentences and is… — John Green Copy Share Image
“At the same time, Ambrosio had given me a brief glimpse of a different, compelling sort of life, a life in which… — Michael Paterniti Copy Share Image
Obama has already demonstrated an extraordinary ability to change the limits of what one can say publicly. His greatest achievement up to… — Slavoj Žižek Copy Share Image
I live in places where, although I don't take public stands, I'm surrounded by liberals, and I've spent a lot of time… — Anand Giridharadas Copy Share Image
My family was in two businesses - they were in the textile business, and they were in the candy business. The conversations… — Karen Mills Copy Share Image