Communication Quotes by Mark Twain

“It takes three weeks to prepare a good ad-lib speech.”

— Mark Twain

Never miss an opportunity to shut up.

— Mark Twain

None but the dead have free speech.

— Mark Twain

“There are ten parts of speech and they are all troublesome.”

— Mark Twain

I cannot keep from talking, even at the risk of being instructive.

— Mark Twain

Eloquence is the essential thing in a speech, not information.

— Mark Twain

In America-as elsewhere-free speech is confined to the dead.

— Mark Twain

A better idea than my own is to listen.

— Mark Twain

A good memory and a tongue tied in the middle is a combination which gives immortality to conversation.

— Mark Twain

There are laws to protect the freedom of the press's speech, but none that are worth anything to protect the people from…

— Mark Twain

Data is like garbage. You'd better know what you are going to do with it before you collect it.

— Mark Twain

Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.

— Mark Twain

If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

— Mark Twain

The best and most telling speech is not the actual impromptu one but the counterfeit of it.

— Mark Twain

“It usually takes me two or three days to prepare an impromptu speech.”

— Mark Twain

Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.

— Mark Twain

There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus and upset the convictions and debauch the…

— Mark Twain

...the circumstances and the atmosphere always have so much to do in directing a conversation, especially a German conversation, which is only…

— Mark Twain

Sufficient unto the day is one baby. As long as you are in your right mind don't you ever pray for twins.…

— Mark Twain

“It made one mad, for pleasure; and we could not take our eyes from him, and the looks that went out of…

— Mark Twain

It is by the fortune of God that, in this country, we have three benefits: freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and…

— Mark Twain

India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and…

— Mark Twain

If you want me to give you a two-hour presentation, I am ready today. If you want only a five-minute speech, it…

— Mark Twain

“It is by the goodness of god that in our country we have those 3 unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom…

— Mark Twain

“As a rule it will listen to neither a dull speaker nor a bright one. It refuses all persuasion. The dull speaker…

— Mark Twain

Written things are not for speech; their form is literary; they are stiff, inflexible, and will not lend themselves to happy and…

— Mark Twain

“Wherever he found his speech growing too modern -- which was about every sentence or two -- he ladled in a few…

— Mark Twain

“I've just come to my room, Livy darling, I guess this was the memorable night of my life. By George, I never…

— Mark Twain

“Look at the tyranny of party-- at what is called party allegiance, party loyalty-- a snare invented by designing men for selfish…

— Mark Twain

“The reason that certain tender subjects are avoided and forbidden in all other clubs is because those clubs consist of more than…

— Mark Twain

This morning arrives a letter from my ancient silver-mining comrade, Calvin H. Higbie, a man whom I have not seen nor had…

— Mark Twain

If you have nothing to say, say nothing.

— Mark Twain

One learns peoples through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect.

— Mark Twain

Definite speech means clarity of mind.

— Mark Twain

There is nothing in the world like persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.

— Mark Twain

Whenever the human race assembles to a number exceeding four, it cannot stand free speech.

— Mark Twain

It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.

— Mark Twain

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.

— Mark Twain

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere. Lee Iacocca Love is…

— Mark Twain

“India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and…

— Mark Twain