“The girl talks to me but I can’t understand her anymore. Naturally, I say yes in my most sincere tone of voice.… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“Authentic communication is much more than just talking. It is understanding and being understood; identifying a tone of voice; detecting nonverbal cues;… — David Boehi Copy Share Image
Bran was the only person I knew who could use words like "blackguard" and make them sound like swear words-but then he… — Patricia Briggs Copy Share Image
“when i think 'dave eggers' in my head it's in the same tone of voice jerry seinfeld uses to say 'hello newman'… — Megan Boyle Copy Share Image
“he does not wear a twitching, mobile, human face, but rather a mask, as it were, with its features in dignified equilibrium;… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
Listen, I was the first black manager in baseball and there was incredible pressure. I don't blame anyone else. I was too… — Frank Robinson Copy Share Image
Carter was so taken aback by her attack he dropped his knife. “You knocked him stupid,” he bellowed. “No,” Emily corrected in… — Julie Garwood Copy Share Image
Everything in our background has prepared us to know and resist a prison when the gates begin to close around us .… — Neil Postman Copy Share Image
“The tone of voice cut through him like a diamond saw. He could dimly remember being scolded by his mother when he… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“A phrase (it often happened when he was exhausted) kept cycling round and round, preconsicously, just under the threshold of lip and… — Thomas Pynchon Copy Share Image
“The situation Larch was thinking of was war, the so-called war in Europe; Larch, and many others, feared that the war wouldn’t… — John Irving Copy Share Image
“For an immature little preppy guy, you're pretty smart." "An immature little preppy guy ?" he repeated in an outraged tone of… — Nick Wilgus Copy Share Image
Some people who experience a religious conversion seem to undergo a personality change. They can be quite congenial and easygoing when talking… — Darrel Ray Copy Share Image
“They let you drive now?" he said in a wondering tone of voice calibrated to get under her skin. "I leave for… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
“ Do you have an audience in mind when writing? (March 2010 Bookgeeks interview ) In terms of story, the only audience… — Celine Kiernan Copy Share Image
“Joyce has also come to appreciate Isabel’s sensitive ways. “Isabel is an old soul,” she says. “You forget that she’s only a… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
“What happen to ladies first?" Lilly teased, just trying to expel her nervous energy. She knew what the answer was but she… — Quinn Loftis Copy Share Image
“At the end of that class Demian said to me thoughtfully: "There’s something I don’t like about this story, Sinclair. Why don’t… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Even without world wars, revolutions and emigration, siblings growing up in the same home almost never share the same environment. More accurately,… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
I want men to admire me, but that's a trick you learn at school--a movement of the eyes, a tone of voice,… — Graham Greene Copy Share Image
When doing theater, you have to find great satisfaction in the small things. There's going to be a repetition and a redundancy… — James Spader Copy Share Image
I particularly admire are Mark Twain and Jerome K. Jerome who wrote in a certain tone of voice which was humane and… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“He never even talked of love; but there are modes of making it more eloquent than language, and which convey it subtilely… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
“The world needs people like you,' Simmon said in the tone of voice that let me know he was turning philosophical. 'You… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Her eyes blinked unfocused several times, then she leaned towards him. “You know what?” He frowned at the sudden change in her… — Mila Rossi Copy Share Image
How you use your voice is really important, and it's really driven by context more than anything else, and your tone of… — Christopher Voss Copy Share Image
I do not like the Broadway theatre because it does not know how to say hello. The tone of voice is false,… — Julian Beck Copy Share Image
When talking w/kids its not what we say but how we say it! Think about your tone of voice & non-verbal communication.… — Kevin Heath Copy Share Image
I am sometimes referred to as Excuse Me in an annoyed tone of voice, because apparently I am in the way. I… — Demetri Martin Copy Share Image
You can make your hair perfect, buy a $700 dress. But you are still you. You still do crazy things when no… — Levita Charin Copy Share Image
Murphy nodded, frowning at the road ahead of her. "The reason treachery is so reveiled," she said in a careful tone of… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“You'll come to learn that many times, the people you have problems with are not really the people you have problems with;… — C. JoyBell C Copy Share Image
“Why are you so keen to get rid of us, Munshi sahib?” “Because, Morrison sahib, we wish to order our own affairs.… — Simon Raven Sound the Retreat Copy Share Image
“Myths tend to spiral out of control. Do you howl at the full moon and steal maidens to devour?" "Depends on the… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
“So in case you were wondering, I had no idea her friend was you,” Gael said. “I wouldn’t have tried to rope… — Leah Konen Copy Share Image
“One of the study’s major findings was that in the successful relationships, positive attention outweighed negative on a daily basis by a… — Robert Maurer Copy Share Image
“My job is not to sell the books - my father does that - but to look after them. Every so often… — Diane Setterfield Copy Share Image
