Humour is a way of relating and connecting to people, especially when you're a minority or misunderstood. It has the power that… — Haroon Moghul Copy Share Image
But in reality the point of free speech is for the stuff that’s over the line, and strikingly unbalanced. If free speech… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
We discovered this halfway through the process. When we started making the film there were some lines of dialogue in Portuguese, but… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
One of the tricks is to have the exposition conveyed in a scene of conflict, so that a character is forced to… — Ernest Lehman Copy Share Image
power... Military success is not sufficient to win: economic development, institution-building and the rule of law, promoting internal reconciliation, good governance, providing… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
“Eloquent speakers, communication experts, seasoned actors, and musicians all understand the transforming power of the pause. They know all too well that… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“By the way, both the men of my regiment and the friends I had made in the old days in the West… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Every year the memory vomits up again, especially after every move. Love of our kind requires so much amnesia. Despite his eternal… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
“Love has its own communication. It's the language of the heart, while it has never been transcribed, has no alphabet, and can't… — Charles Martin Copy Share Image
“We clutter the earth with our inventions, never dreaming that possibly they are unnecessary — or disadvantageous. We devise astounding means of… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Really good acting is not about dialogue. It's really just about small moments that really make the whole entire scene and the… — Bella Thorne Copy Share Image
By speech first, but far more by writing, man has been able to put something of himself beyond death. In tradition and… — Julian Huxley Copy Share Image
“One of the many things I failed to understand about so-called “normal” people was their inability to just enjoy the quiet. Were… — Julie Johnson Copy Share Image
The whole world is a theatre for the display of the divine goodness, wisdom, justice, and power, but the Church is the… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
“The universe is listening. You get back what you put in. Negative shit gets you negative shit. Positive energy begets positive energy.… — Emma Scott Copy Share Image
“On Twitter, people who had read my book followed me and I could see what else they were reading, why they'd liked… — Sara Sheridan Copy Share Image
“That we should establish ourselves in a sense of GOD'S Presence, by continually conversing with Him. That it was a shameful thing… — Brother Lawrence Copy Share Image
“...as if the fullness of the soul did not sometimes overflow in the emptiest metaphors, since no one can ever give the… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
None has more frequent conversations with a disagreeable self than the man of pleasure; his enthusiasms are but few and transient; his… — James Goldsmith Copy Share Image
Reading is always a way of forming a bond with other people. I'm not very good at socializing - I quite like… — Stuart Franklin Copy Share Image
There's great power in deference. You ask somebody 'what' or 'how' questions. People love to be asked how to do something. They… — Christopher Voss Copy Share Image
The right procedure: You begin at the wrong end if you first dispute about your election. Prove your conversion, and then never… — Joseph Alleine Copy Share Image
Watch the speech. Really, watch: if this man gets his party's nomination, he's going to be the next president. By a landslide.… — Rod Dreher Copy Share Image
“They walked on in silence. Katie's heart was beating with a rapidity that forbade speech. Nothing like this very direct young man… — P.G. Wodehouse Copy Share Image
God is great"). Conversations about the practical impossibility of God's existence and the science-based irrationality of an afterlife slid seamlessly into xenophobia… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Politics and religion are topics that people tend to stay away from in their conversations, because they're polarising. But they are important… — Matt Lindland Copy Share Image
“I'm reminded of a conversation I had with your father when you wanted to go to Arrida to ransom Erak. I told… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
“There was an unwritten rule that hearing people who knew sign should identify themselves whenever they were around Deaf people. Otherwise the… — Mary Carter Copy Share Image
“Listening is one thing; however, ACTIVE listening is quite another. The first is a passive act which does not require great involvement,… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
“Linguistic and musical sound systems illustrate a common theme in the study of music-language relations. On the surface, the two domains are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Here we were, Father and I, shut up in a plain little room, and for the first time in my life having… — Alan Bradley Copy Share Image
In the age of the internet, with all of its problems, over time, the very fact that individuals can join the conversation… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“ Giorno ,” says one of the girls working behind the counter. She looks like she’s around my age, maybe a year… — Kristin Rae Copy Share Image
If you ever run into a contractor that tells you he's never screwed up, run the other way. In fact if anyone… — Bryan Baeumler Copy Share Image
“the blasé religiosity of most…teenagers is not the result of poor communication but the result of excellent communication of a watered-down gospel… — Duffy Robins Copy Share Image
“How do people, like, not curse? How is it possible? There are these gaps in speech where you just have to put… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
If I can listen to what he can tell me, if I can understand how it seems to him; if I can… — Carl Rogers 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
On the set, everybody is different, so you have to deal with different sensibilities. I don't have a method. Usually, I try… — Quentin Dupieux Copy Share Image
All writing is an antisocial act, since the writer is a man who can speak freely only when alone; to be himself… — Kenneth Tynan Copy Share Image
