“A screen of some kind had appeared between people, and they had started regarding one another as objects. Investment objects. What kind… — Arne Dahl Copy Share Image
“German wasn’t good for conversation because you had to wait to the end of the sentence for the verb, and so couldn’t… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
I used to be a teacher, and I know how difficult it is to strike a balance between focused conversation and an… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speech by something outside himself-like, for instance,… — Jean Kerr Copy Share Image
I grew up to have my father's looks, my father's speech patterns, my father's posture, my father's opinions, and my mother's contempt… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
The First Amendment defends all forms of speech including hate speech, which is why groups like Ku Klux Klan are allowed to… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I respect the Japanese and especially like their execution and communication styles. Unlike the Koreans, they will not hit you from behind. — Terry Gou Copy Share Image
“She could not explain the subtleties of her feeling as clearly as he could state his opinion, even though she had skill… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
I think a good relationship that Mexico could maintain with the United States and vice versa should be based on trust, on… — Enrique Pena Nieto Copy Share Image
The Creation speaks a universal language, independent of human speech or human language, multiplied and various as they be. It is an… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Industry stakeholders have said to us, which we've heard loud and clear, as we move forward on the climate change discussions we… — Rachel Notley Copy Share Image
“The intellectually insecure drop the word “pretentious” to shut down a conversation they don’t understand, when simply saying “I don’t know” or… — Dan Fox Copy Share Image
As a whole, the managers today are different in temperament. Most have very good communication skills and are more understanding of the… — Jim Evans Copy Share Image
With communication technology in general, there's a kind of certain critical mass of people. Once you get to 15% of the world's… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
“We speak, and write, in one of the most diverse, gloriously ecumenical tongues on the planet. In English, there is a word… — Jeff Deck Copy Share Image
Be politically correct, but please don't bother other people with conversation about being politically correct, because that's the end of everything. You… — Karl Lagerfeld Copy Share Image
Genius awaits him who listens. The messages of genius are for the Soul of man. The senses of man comprehend them not. — Walter Russell Copy Share Image
I have never resisted the lord in my life, and I never will. But I'm not so hungry for dialogue with him… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“exformation, which is a certain quantity of vital information removed from but evoked by a communication in such a way as to… — David Foster Wallace Copy Share Image
I find that, for me, personally - and this is in everyday life - if I'm not growing, if I can't be… — Farrah Fawcett Copy Share Image
I'm very open and never write what I'm going to say. Speeches bore everybody else. I have to freestyle. Every time, from… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
It is very helpful to me, in my job, for people to know me better. A lot of that is, it's a… — Ben Horowitz Copy Share Image
I never prepare a speech. I never think when I give a speech, except for "don't embarrass yourself or others," meaning "remember… — Roger Ballen Copy Share Image
Our most valuable resources - creativity, communication, invention, and reinvention - are, in fact, unlimited. — David Grinspoon Copy Share Image
Adolescents sometimes say..."My friends listen to me, but my parents only hear me talk." Often they are right. Familiarity breeds inattention. — Laurence Steinberg Copy Share Image
“The new President’s speech was dark and dystopian. I heard it as a howl straight from the white nationalist gut.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
The first amendment is freedom of speech of what you believe in, if you speak something its your right to say what… — Jenny The Jawbreaker Copy Share Image
Songs wont save the planet, but neither will books or speeches. Songs are sneaky things; they can slip across borders. — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue... I once noticed Mary McCarthy ending a line of dialogue with "she… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
Great leaders communicate a vision that captures the imagination and fires the hearts and minds of those around them. — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Memory is like glass. A person who has died is still visible, very close. But we can no longer contact each other.… — Henning Mankell Copy Share Image
Too many times nowadays the picture is expected to tell the whole story, when in truth there's only one picture in a… — Roy Stryker Copy Share Image
“Laugh and fear not, creatures. Now that you are no longer dumb and witless, you need not always be grave. For jokes… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“What you look for in the world influences what materializes. What you perceive in the people around you influences how they show… — Niurka Copy Share Image
There are three things in speech that ought to be considered before some things are spoken--the manner, the place and the time. — Robert Southey Copy Share Image
“While yet a boy I sought for ghosts, and sped Through many a listening chamber, cave and ruin, And starlight wood, with… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“The quality of your communication shapes the quality of your life. Every cell in your being aligns with what you declare.” — Niurka Copy Share Image
As actors, we have the best job in the world, but occasionally it can be made difficult by ego and by not… — Freddie Fox Copy Share Image
“And there I sit, listening to it all. It’s wonderful how much you can learn by just being quiet and listening. Sometimes… — Avi Copy Share Image
“Everyone should have a form of a diary it’s a great release Most people’s Diaries are called "My Diary" Mines called "Conversations… — Stanley Victor Paskavich Copy Share Image
