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Communication Quotes by Mark Twain
- If you have nothing to say, say nothing.
- One learns peoples through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect.
- Data is like garbage. You'd better know what you are going to do with it before you collect it.
- This morning arrives a letter from my ancient silver-mining comrade, Calvin H. Higbie, a man whom I have not seen nor had communication with for…
- Never miss an opportunity to shut up.
- I cannot keep from talking, even at the risk of being instructive.
- If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
- A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
- The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
- Words are only painted fire; a look is the fire itself.
- The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
- It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.
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