Subject: Communication (Page 20)

Champagne for my real friends, and real pain for my sham friends.

(1949 – ) American singer-songwriter, composer & actor
Communication Friends People Wordplay

A bird in the hand is safer than one overhead.

Language Murphy’s Laws

Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Health Misspokements Speech

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

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

The most beautiful words in the English language are not “I love you,” but … “benign.”

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
Health Speech

She's generous to a fault… if it's her own.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist
Characteristics Communication

The next best thing to being clever is being able to quote someone who is.

author
Communication Intelligence Wisdom

The real reason Milton went blind was to avoid reading unsolicited manuscripts.

1944) is an American writer & screenwriter
Communication Reading/Writing Situations

One good turn gets most of the blanket.

Communication Murphy’s Laws

Linguist: A person who can be misunderstood in many languages.

Communication Definitions Language

Women should be obscene and not heard.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host
Language Speech Women

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

(1936 – ) television talk show host
Beliefs Books Communication Reading/Writing Religion

Just between you and I, case is important.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

With the birth of a child you lose two novels.

(1955 – ) Scottish writer
Books Children Communication Family Reading/Writing

They told me how Mr Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
Characteristics Insults Reading/Writing

Matrimony: The splice of life.

Definitions Marriage Wordplay

A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted.

(1592 – 1644) English writer
Communication Fools Intelligence Speech

Rock journalism is people who can’t write, interviewing people who can’t talk, in order to provide articles for people who can’t read.

(1940 – 1993) composer, guitarist, record producer & film director
Communication Reading/Writing Reviews/Criticism

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.

(1884 – 1962) diplomat & reformer & first lady
Communication Speech

I rang up British Telecom, I said 'I want to report a nuisance caller,' he said 'Not you again.’

(1926 – 2012) Irish comedian & actor
Communication

The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

Communication Reading/Writing