Bad acting comes in many bags, various odors. It can be performed by cardboard refugees from an Ed Wood movie, reciting their… — James Wolcott Copy Share Image
In every conversation I've had - with housewives in Mumbai, with middle-class people, upper-class, in the slums - everyone says there is… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“We had this angry phone conversation where he said something like, "We've been working on this thing for a whole month, and… — Jessica Livingston Copy Share Image
We remake the world through our technologies, and these in turn remake and extend us, in ever spiraling lattices of complexity. McLuhan… — B. W. Powe Copy Share Image
I've been divorced and I had to get back out there be single again and do some of that in the genuinely… — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
Grandad has a long and earnest conversation with his grandchild. He says, you are noisy and wiggly and will be sent back… — Pam Brown Copy Share Image
I'm greedy about cities - I like to form my impressions of them on my own, and on foot as far as… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
“From that moment on, I never had another heated argument or conversation about my sexuality because my mother could not understand how… — Charles Benedict Copy Share Image
A reason to have computers understand natural language is that it's an extremely effective way of communicating. What I came to realize… — Terry Winograd Copy Share Image
I find it difficult to remember lines. When I'm doing a long speech for television, I sometimes have an earpiece with someone… — Michael Gambon Copy Share Image
A flower is a miracle, but it does not have the sight or speech to describe us. And our own ability is… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
It was very tough with Madonna at the beginning of the meeting because I was very embarrassed. But I'm a strong woman… — Frida Giannini Copy Share Image
“Here were these two, bandying little phrases, drawing purses, looking at cards, and both unconscious of how inarticulate all their real feelings… — Theodore Dreiser Copy Share Image
Is there anything else you need from me?" Ranger asked. "Not right now." "There will come a time," Ranger said. "Let me… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
“Though her grasp of English was modest and his Italian non-existent, their rapport was at once intuitive and intimate, founded more on… — Robert Radcliffe Copy Share Image
“books are the most powerful tool in the human arsenal, that reading all kinds of books, in whatever format you choose -… — Will Schwalbe Copy Share Image
“Rather, Dolto insisted that the content of what you say to a baby matters tremendously. She said it was crucial that parents… — Pamela Druckerman Copy Share Image
Before Gutenberg, there was this really very strong oral storytelling culture where being able to relay stories from person to person was… — Khoi Vinh Copy Share Image
We must take the best from the left and the best from the right to devise new strategies for the global twenty-first… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
True listening is another way of bringing stillness into the relationship. When you truly listen to someone, the dimension of stillness arises… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
George Bernard Shaw of England stopped over just long enough to make one speech in Bombay, India, started a war and 100… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Let us not look east and west for materials of conversation, but rest in presence and unity. A just feeling will fast… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“That's what this little conversation is all about. The talk about my knives, the stroll on the terrace, the handholding and come-on… — Jennifer Estep Copy Share Image
In order for critical pedagogy, dialogue, and thought to have real effects, they must advocate the message that all citizens, old and… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
An unusual thing happened after that great first vision. The Prophet Joseph received no additional communication for three years. However, he did… — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
“As I have heard said, a person’s success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or… — Timothy Ferriss Copy Share Image
“If I release you, you won't scream? I'd rather not continue the conversation like this." She shook her head, and he freed… — Jaime Rush Copy Share Image
I explained to the president that I've been pleased with my conversations with the Attorney General and Civil Rights Division regarding their… — Roy Blunt Copy Share Image
Truly speech has wonderful strength and power, that through a mere word, proceeding out of the mouth of a poor human creature,… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Something that you should take particular notice of is the fact that the best scripts have very few explanatory passages. Adding explanation… — Akira Kurosawa Copy Share Image
“People wandered in for books and conversation. They brought their stories to her, some bound, and some known by heart. She recognized… — Louise Penny Copy Share Image
New York is safer than it has been - and it's getting safer. But it's never safe. As the financial and communications… — Raymond Kelly Copy Share Image
“They say instant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bombardment of clichés, threats, fads, fashions, gibberish… — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
I do not communicate by words alone. In fact, rarely do I do so. My most common form of communication is through… — Neale Donald Walsch Copy Share Image
Maybe I don't need a relationship after all, she thought. Maybe thinking about these conversations was just as good as having them.… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
In World War II, a British mathematician named Alan Turing led the effort to crack the Nazis' communication code. He mastered the… — Alan K. Simpson Copy Share Image
When I get up to speak tonight, it's kind of a monologue. When I am talking with someone one-on-one, it's a dialogue.… — Greg Laurie Copy Share Image
Sometimes during a conversation with a journalist - where you are answering things you never normally talk about, not even with some… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Would I be happy just practicing law? No. Would I be happy just doing TV and speeches? No. I want to do… — Ed Rendell Copy Share Image
