Subject: Communication (Page 6)

Goldarn it, Mr Lamarr, you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore.

(1919 – 1983) American rodeo performer & actor
Speech TV/Movie Quotes

If I could say a few words… I would be a better public speaker.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)
Communication Speech TV/Movie Quotes

In Medieval times most of the people were alliterate.

Communication Malaprops Reading/Writing

Books are no more threatened by Kindle than stairs by elevators.

(1957 – ) English actor, writer, journalist, comedian & film director
Books Communication

Man was predestined to have free will.

Beliefs Wordplay

Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
Communication Happiness Language People

It takes a real talent to be able to apologize in a manner that makes the offended person feel guilty.

Characteristics Communication

Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument is an exchange of ignorance.

(1887 – 1948) American journalist & humorist
Communication Conversation

You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.

(1879 – 1955) German-born physicist
Communication Intelligence Understanding

Elector: One who enjoys the sacred privilege of voting for the man of another man’s choice.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Elections/Voting Government Language

They stayed away in droves.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Communication Misspokements Speech

Say what you want about the deaf…

(1972 – ) Anglo-Irish comedian, writer & actor
Communication People Speech

Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.

(1880 – 1956) journalist, essayist, editor & satirist
Communication Conversation Husbands Marriage Wives

American Language: English run over by a musical comedy.

Communication Definitions

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

Definition: A statement intended to put a word in its place.

Communication Definitions Language

This bloke said to me: ‘I’m going to attack you with the neck of a guitar;’ I said: ‘Is that a fret?’

(1967 – ) English actor, writer & comedian
Miscellaneous Wordplay

Coward: One who in a perilous emergency thinks with his legs.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Language

There is no thief like a bad book.

Books Communication Proverbs Reading/Writing

As far as I'm concerned, "whom" is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler.

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist
Communication

You have the right to remain silent; anything you say will be misquoted then used against you.

Communication Law Speech