Rereading one's own novels after many years is always a fraught business, but when a novel has fallen out of print -… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
To listen is very hard, because it asks of us so much interior stability that we no longer need to prove ourselves… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Art is humanity's most essential, most universal language. It is not a frill, but a necessary part of communication. The quality of… — Ernest L. Boyer Copy Share Image
Citizens United is a disgrace of a decision, holding that corporate money is corporate speech and entitled to the same First Amendment… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The idea that the Internet favors the oppressed rather than the oppressor is marred by what I call cyber-utopianism: a naive belief… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
If... deceit is fundamental to animal communication, then there must be strong selection to spot deception and this ought, in turn, to… — Robert Trivers Copy Share Image
Wine to me is something that brings people together. Wine does promote conversation and promote civility, but it's also fascinating. It's the… — Robert M. Parker, Jr Copy Share Image
Everything I make is with intention. I'm not very haphazard with my artist work, although I wish I was sometimes. I'm very… — Xaviera Simmons Copy Share Image
So, I think that for the authorities to say now that calling for sanctions will prevent dialogue is a ploy to stop… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
“Six months earlier, my ice breaker concerned a stripper who became a quadriplegic and eventually had her vagina eaten away by bedsores,… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
The interpretation of thought as ""inner speech" has taken different forms, and has been used to clarify a variety of problems--thus problems… — Wilfrid Sellars Copy Share Image
“The term used by linguists to describe what Klotz was engaging in in that moment is “mitigated speech,” which refers to any… — Malcolm Gladwell Copy Share Image
The First Amendment is really at the very core of political speech, and political speech is at the core of the First… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
“Art is a communication informing man of his own dignity, and of the value of his life, whether in joy or grief,… — Robert Nathan Copy Share Image
“Among the Huguenots he learned to be gentle and courteous; to bear himself among his elders respectfully, but without fear or shyness;… — G. A. HENTY Copy Share Image
In the 'Disruptive Broadcasting' space, TV on IP networks is now just another application in a broadband world. We have already seen… — Jeff Pulver Copy Share Image
“First of all, why in this free country of ours has "free speech" turned into "anything goes"? Why isn't it necessary to… — Lynne Spears Copy Share Image
I would love to create a piece of theater that is devised by a company of actors and creators that I'd put… — Michael Arden Copy Share Image
Commercials are not the only junk food in the speech market - indeed, when compared to shallow news reporting, vacuous television shows,… — Rodney A. Smolla Copy Share Image
I was having a conversation with my father and he was talking about this thing - strangeness and charm. It's actually the… — Florence Welch Copy Share Image
“No doubt he must very soon realize that his own faith is in direct opposition to the assumptions on which all the… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“How often have I noticed or, indeed, listened to him? We talk, but do I actually listen, or is our conversation mainly… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
Once I spoke the language of the flowers, Once I understood each word the caterpillar said, Once I smiled in secret at… — Shel Silverstein Copy Share Image
When talking with a set designer the dialogue is more centered on locations, interior design, what I like and what doesn't work.… — Marc Forster Copy Share Image
And I have Julian. I found him, and he followed me. I reach out in the half dark, wordlessly, and find his… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
I didn't write my speech until the night before, and even then I refused to write it out like I would say… — Corey Taylor Copy Share Image
“How do you listen? Do you listen with your projections, through your projection, through your ambitions, desires, fears, anxieties, through hearing only… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
“I have always loved being behind the camera. I love how it sets you apart in a crowd, so that you can… — Yudhanjaya Wijeratne Copy Share Image
“You've changed my mind,' she said shyly. I noted her curious choice of words but refused to let her say any more.… — Mike Gayle Copy Share Image
Wolf," said Ran, enunciating it very carefully. "What an unusual name. Did your parents give it to you?" "Does it matter?" said… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
The most common misperception is the word 'design'. People think of primarily pretty pictures or forms. They don't understand the depth to… — Sam Farber Copy Share Image
“Once a critical mass of conversation is on Facebook, then it’s hard to get conversation going elsewhere. What might have started out… — Jaron Lanier Copy Share Image
Often it takes more time to explain a task than to do it yourself, and when you do it yourself there is… — Grant David McCracken Copy Share Image
“When one turns seventeen and begins to experience that first period of real independence, one's senses are so alert, one's sentiments so… — Amor Towles Copy Share Image
We've all had those phone conversations. Things are heated, you're in a position where you're gonna say something nasty. Instead, you say,… — Joe Manganiello Copy Share Image
“When you’re ready to have the conversation, pick the time and place very carefully. Most people choose to terminate people at the… — Erika Andersen Copy Share Image
I have a daily call thats 2.5 hrs with the entire team: from materials, sourcing, manufacturing, design, sensor, firmware... mechanical engineering - all together… — Hosain Rahman Copy Share Image
I'm a huge proponent of exchanges, student exchanges, cultural exchanges, university exchanges. We talk a lot about public diplomacy, .. It's extremely… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
My definition of art has always been the same. It is about freedom of expression, a new way of communication. It is… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
When I first got the call to do 'Britain's Got Talent', it was actually Amanda who was one of the first people… — Alesha Dixon Copy Share Image
