Communication Quote by Oliver Herford

“A kiss is a course of procedure cunningly devised, for the mutual stopage of speech at a moment when words are superfluous.”

Oliver Herford

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Modesty is the gentle art of enhancing your charm by pretending not to be aware of it.

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Actresses will happen in the best regulated families.

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To babble is to make a feminine noise somewhat resembling the sound of a brook, but with less meaning.

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Bigamy is one way of avoiding the painful publicity of divorce and the expense of alimony.

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Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

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An epicure is one who gets nothing better than the cream of everything but cheerfully makes the best of it.

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A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: She changes it more often.

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True love; an old fashioned sentiment.

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Song is the licensed medium for bawling in public things too silly or sacred to be uttered in ordinary speech.

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“At evening when the lamp is lit, The tired Human People sit And doze, or turn with solemn looks The speckled pages of their books. Then I, the Dangerous Kitten, prowl And in the Shadows softly growl, And roam about the farthest floor Where Kitten never trod before. And, crouching in the jungle damp, I watch the Human Hunter’s camp,…

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Diplomacy is living in state.

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We should have a conversation when we hang up.

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Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth.

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In dialogue, there is opposition, yes, but no head-on collision. Smashing heads does not open minds.

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A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an answer. Thus the question is suspended between the two persons involved in this answer and question. It is like a bud with untouched blossoms . . . If the question is left totally untouched by thought,…

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Life as we know it is fundamentally unsatisfying. I think most folks feel this to be true. They know that a life of aimless consumption isn't much of a life. And work offers us very little satisfaction. Plus our work and consumption is destroying the environment. And this is in the rich countries. Add starvation, etc. to the mix, and…

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