Wherever the title of streets and parks may rest, they have immemorially been held in trust for the use of the public… — Jason Epstein Copy Share Image
It usually takes more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech. Overnight success is a fallacy. It is preceded by… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“The evidence for the cognitive interpretation of the above-average effect is that when people are asked about a task they find difficult… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
An unsuccessful manager blames failure on his obligations; the effective manager turns them to his own advantage. A speech is a chance… — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
In place of presidential addresses, stump speeches, or town halls, we have Trump's demagogic mass rallies. In place of the usual jousting… — Bret Stephens Copy Share Image
People are talking about sex. They're talking about sex with their husbands. They're talking about sex with their girlfriends. They're talking about… — E. L. James Copy Share Image
“My conduct with my friends is motivated: each being is, I believe, incapable on his own, of going to the end of… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
Your internal dialogue has got to be different from what you say. And, you know, in film, hopefully that registers and speaks… — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Dad could talk about peace and love out loud to the world, but he could never show it to the people who… — Julian Lennon Copy Share Image
We Liberal Democrats believe in dialogue. We believe in cooperation with both sides of industry and between both sides of industry. And… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
“In one way or another everything communicates. Human are the only creatures on earth, with the exception of cats, that are certain… — Cindy Cruciger Copy Share Image
“Two gallons is a great deal of wine, even for two paisanos. Spiritually the jugs maybe graduated thus: Just below the shoulder… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
Several speeches were made by the chiefs during the council, all expressive in the highest degree of their friendly disposition towards our… — William Henry Ashley Copy Share Image
“Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else ... Knowledge can… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Between Malraux, Balzac, and Montaigne, I choose Montaigne. Montaigne will survive all the others, because the essay, meaning direct communication between the… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I see everybody arguing about what the value of music should be instead of what I think the bigger conversation is, which… — Amanda Palmer Copy Share Image
“Listening is a rare happening among human beings. You cannot listen to the word another is speaking if you are preoccupied with… — William Stringfellow Copy Share Image
Our debt to tradition through reading and conversation is so massive, our protest so rare and insignificant-and this commonly on the ground… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If the church could catch a vision for using video technology to present an authentic presentation of the life of the church… — Frank Minis Johnson Copy Share Image
“Searching for a mentor is similar to searching for a spouse: you two need to share common values, concerns, experiences, communication style,… — Anna Stevens Copy Share Image
“Left identitarians who think of themselves as radical creatures, contesting this and transgressing that, have become like buttoned-up Protestant schoolmarms when it… — Mark Lilla Copy Share Image
Ill be honest with you if you were to ask me when was the last time I cried I'd say last night… — Talyiah Copy Share Image
Because TV is mostly close up, it has to be fast. And because it has to be fast, you don't have time… — Claire Denis Copy Share Image
“Something not going well, Mr. Boxley?" The novelist looked back at him in thunderous silence. "I read your letter," said Stahr. The… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
Communication. It's important to be completely open and fearless when it comes to communication. Good, bad, happy, sad. Talk it out, hug,… — Ethan Zohn Copy Share Image
I spend so much time with the brightest and most talented and well-rounded people. I've had the privilege of having long and… — Hayden Panettiere Copy Share Image
Through a lot of conversations with the Minister [Louis Farrakhan] you've got to know when to say something. But if you are… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
You don't need to know this - but here goes: due to some acquired infantilism, I feel compelled to fall asleep listening… — Will Self Copy Share Image
When anyone is going wrong, it is a mistake to warn him not to go further. It is also a mistake to… — Christian D. Larson Copy Share Image
As far as people communicating with each other well I think that listening is important. You know really trying to read between… — Joy Behar Copy Share Image
“As an officer of the court, I’m taking the fifth,” he said jokingly before adding, “I think this is a conversation we… — Anna Wells Copy Share Image
“My friends, what is evil? It is to give in to three kinds of action — murder, theft and lust; to indulge… — Lakshmi Holmstrom Copy Share Image
“..think back through your own life, to when you were eight or nine years old. See if the memories you have are… — Nathan Filer Copy Share Image
“All things considered, I’ve learned more from talking to painters than talking to writers. Not that painters are smarter than writers, such… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
Even in dialogue, your own style rules your selection. Do not give yourself a blank check of this kind: 'I'll merely reproduce… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Between capitalist and communist society there lies the period of the revolutionary transformation of the one into the other. Corresponding to this… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
“No peace among the nations without peace among the religions. No peace among the religions without dialogue between the religions No dialogue… — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
It sucks when you're being ignored by the only person you want attention from. It hurts getting absolutely no love from the… — Francine Chiar Copy Share Image
“I want to listen to accomplished women scarred by sexism that still walk in elegance and kindness; hear powerful men that have… — Lee Goff Copy Share Image
“Love is a house with many rooms, this room to feed the love, this one to entertain it, this one to clean… — Yann Martel Copy Share Image