Subject: Communication (Page 15)

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(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

I used to think 'Tora! Tora! Tora!' was about a Rabbi taking inventory.

(1936 – ) television talk show host

One of the greatest creations of the human mind is the art of reviewing books without having read them.

(1742 – 1799) German writer

People will believe anything if you whisper it.

I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.

(1804 – 1881) British prime minister, politician & author

Folks that blurt out just what they think wouldn't be so bad if they thought.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

e-mail: An advertising medium which is misused for personal messaging.

He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality.

(1775 – 1834) English critic & essayist

Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist

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)

A great zircon in the diadem of American literature.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter

I'm writing a book… I have all the page numbers down, now I just have to fill in the rest.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer

Virginia Woolf’s writing is no more than glamorous knitting; I believe she must have a pattern somewhere.

(1887 – 1964) English biographer, critic, novelist & poet

If love means never having to say you're sorry, then marriage means always having to say everything twice.

(1924 – 2008) American actress

The less you say, the less you have to take back.

Las Vegas is the oasis of outstretched palms.

English boxing journalist & commentator

You're just wasting your breath and that's no great loss either!

(1904 – 1979) Jewish-American humorist, author & screenwriter

I have opinions of my own – strong opinions – but I don’t always agree with them.

(1924 – 2018) 41st U.S. president

Journalism consists in buying white paper at two cents a pound and selling it at ten cents a pound.

(1819 – 1897) American journalist, author & senior government official

To write an autobiography of Groucho Marx would be as asinine as to read an autobiography of Groucho Marx.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

A clever remark is one you don’t make at the appropriate moment, but compose immediately after.