Subject: Communication (Page 15)

Love: Woman’s eternal spring and man’s eternal fall.

(1876 – 1950) journalist & humorist
Emotions Love Wordplay

It was a dark and stormy night…

cartoon character in, Peanuts, by Charles Schulz (1922 – 2000)
Books Communication Reading/Writing

One could not even dignify him with the name of a stuffed shirt; he was simply a hole on the air.

Eric Arthur Blair (1903 – 50) English author & journalist
Communication Insults

Me and my wife met at a Castanet class… we clicked.

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer
Communication Language Marriage Wives

… when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humor, the writing is on the wall.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright
Communication Reading/Writing

Having something to say is overrated.

American writer
Beliefs Communication Opinion

I had a job drilling holes for water… it was well, boring.


Communication Wordplay

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

(1924 – 2018) 41st U.S. president
Communication Misspokements Opinion Speech

English As She is Spoke

Book Titles Communication Language

Corporation: An ingenious device for obtaining profit without individual responsibility.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Language

Where would we be without rhetorical questions?

Communication

He could sell socks to a rooster.

Communication Expressions

When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.

(1902 – 1991) Polish Jewish American author
Communication Lies Occupations Reading/Writing Work

If you explain it so clearly that nobody can misunderstand, somebody will.

Communication Murphy’s Laws

Public speaking is the art of diluting a two-minute idea with a two-hour vocabulary.

(1899 – 1995) humorist
Communication Speech

My father was a man of few words and I remember him saying to me, “Son…

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer
Communication Family Fathers Speech

Autobiography is now as common as adultery and hardly less reprehensible.

(1924 – 2001) British writer
Books Communication

I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

(1928 – ) humorist, singer, songwriter & satirist
Communication Situations Speech

If I had known the difference between the words 'antidote' and 'anecdote,' one of my good friends would still be living.

comedian
Communication Death Health Language

Some people pay a compliment as if they expected a receipt.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
Characteristics Communication People

Cat: A soft, indestructible automaton provided by nature to be kicked when things go wrong in the domestic circle.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Animals Cats Communication Definitions Language