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Communication
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Is there another word for synonym?
George Carlin
(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author
Communication
Language
Synonym
Words
I used to think 'Tora! Tora! Tora!' was about a Rabbi taking inventory.
Dick Cavett
(1936 – ) television talk show host
Beliefs
Books
Communication
Reading/Writing
Religion
Rabbi
Torah
One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
(1742 – 1799) German writer
Books
Communication
Reading/Writing
Criticism
Critics
People will believe anything if you whisper it.
Whispered Rule
Beliefs
Communication
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Whispering
I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.
Benjamin Disraeli
(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author
Communication
Language
Last words
Folks that blurt out just what they think wouldn't be so bad if they thought.
Frank ‘Kin’ Hubbard
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Communication
Intelligence
Speech
Thinking
e-mail: An advertising medium which is misused for personal messaging.
Anonymous
Communication
Definitions
e-mail
He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality.
Charles Lamb
(1775 – 1834) English critic & essayist
Communication
Intelligence
Reading/Writing
Originality
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Robert Benchley
(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist
Communication
Language
Speech
Information necessitating a change of design will be conveyed to the designer after and only after the design is complete. (Often referred to as the ‘Now They Tell Me' Law)
Fyfe's First Law of Revision
Communication
Murphy’s Laws
Designs
Information
A great zircon in the diadem of American literature.
Gore Vidal
(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter
Communication
Insults
Reading/Writing
About Truman Capote
I'm writing a book… I have all the page numbers down, now I just have to fill in the rest.
Steven Wright
(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Books
Communication
Reading/Writing
Virginia Woolf’s writing is no more than glamorous knitting; I believe she must have a pattern somewhere.
Edith Sitwell
(1887 – 1964) English biographer, critic, novelist & poet
Insults
Reading/Writing
If love means never having to say you're sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice.
Estelle Getty
(1924 – 2008) American actress
Communication
Marriage
Speech
Love
The less you say, the less you have to take back.
Henderson's Homily
Communication
Murphy’s Laws
Speech
Las Vegas is the oasis of outstretched palms.
Reg Gutteridge
English boxing journalist & commentator
Boxing
Money
Sports
Wordplay
Greed
You're just wasting your breath and that's no great loss either!
S.J. Perelman
(1904 – 1979) Jewish-American humorist, author & screenwriter
Communication
Insults
I have opinions of my own – strong opinions – but I don’t always agree with them.
George H. W. Bush
(1924 – 2018) 41st U.S. president
Communication
Misspokements
Opinion
Speech
Journalism consists in buying white paper at two cents a pound and selling it at ten cents a pound.
Charles Anderson Dana
(1819 – 1897) American journalist, author & senior government official
Communication
Journalism
To write an autobiography of Groucho Marx would be as asinine as to read an autobiography of Groucho Marx.
Groucho Marx
(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host
Books
Communication
Reading/Writing
After completing his second autobiography
A clever remark is one you don’t make at the appropriate moment, but compose immediately after.
Aunt Emmie’s Second Law
Communication
Murphy’s Laws
Speech
From Owen Elliott’s Aunt Emmie
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