Subject: Communication » Language (Page 14)

Physician: One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Health Language

George Moore wrote excellent English until he discovered grammar.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet
Communication Language Reading/Writing Reviews/Criticism

A writer mustn’t shift your point of view.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

If you can wave a fan, and you can wave a club, can you wave a fan club?


Communication Language Things

Clairvoyant: A person, commonly a woman, who has the power of seeing that which is invisible to her patron, namely, that he is a blockhead.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Language

If it’s sent by ship then it’s a cargo, if it’s sent by road then it’s a shipment.

(1936 – 2005) Irish comedian
Communication Definitions Language

It was so quiet, you could hear a pun drop.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist
Communication Language

What do people mean when they say the computer went down on me?

comedian, commentator, radio host, reporter & writer
Computers Language Sex Things

I don’t give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Communication Language People

This is the sort of English up with which I will not put.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
Communication Language

As Doris Day used to sing Que Seroo Seroo.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Communication Language Malaprops

A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men, and I just want to say to the authors of that study "Duh."

(1963 – ) television host & comedian
Communication Language Men People Women

Loquacity: A disorder which renders the sufferer unable to curb his tongue when you wish to talk.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Conversation Definitions Language Speech

I speak two languages, Body and English.

(1893 – 1980) actress, playwright, screenwriter & sex symbol
Body Communication Language

We need a president who's fluent in at least one language.

(1930 – ) actor, writer, film & television director
Communication Government Language President

Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting.

(1867 – 1936) author & humorist
Communication Language

Deliberation: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Language

A metaphor is like a simile.


Communication Language

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn’t study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Communication Language Misspokements Places

Americans don't really understand what's going on in Bosnia; to them it's the unspellables killing the unpronouncables.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist
Communication Language Places

They should call fishing what it really is… tricking and killing!

(1973 – ) American comedian
Activities Animals Language Sports