Subject: Communication (Page 6)

How much would you charge to haunt a house?

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist
Appearance Communication

Having something to say is overrated.

American writer
Beliefs Communication Opinion

I thought lacrosse was what you find in la church.

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor
Communication Language Sports

Men can say things in stores women can't believe like, "but I already have a pair of black pants.”

(1952 – ) comedian
Men People Shopping Speech Women

I wrote a script and gave it to a guy that reads scripts, and he read it and said he really likes it, but he thinks I need to rewrite it; I said, f**k that, I’ll just make a copy.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian
Communication Reading/Writing

Keir Dullea, gone tomorrow.

(1899 – 1973) English playwright, actor, composer, director & songwriter
Acting Entertainment Reviews/Criticism Wordplay

Vagina?… that sounds like something you call in sick with.

American comedian & television host
Communication Health Language

I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better.

(1904 – 1963) American journalist
Communication Reading/Writing

‘Finger Puppet’ sounds OK as a noun.

(1973 – ) American comedian
Communication Language

A beginning, a muddle, and an end.

(1922 – 1985) English poet & novelist
Communication Reading/Writing

Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.

Communication Proverbs

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
Communication

Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.

Carl Sandburg (1878 – 1967) biographer & poet
Communication Men People Reading/Writing Women

In no time, it will be a forgotten memory.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Communication Memory Misspokements Speech Time

Ever notice that George Bush doesn't speak when Dick Cheney is drinking water?

(1951 – 2014) comedian & actor
Communication People

Alarm Clock: Something that makes people rise and whine.

Definitions Wordplay

You want to go out tonight? We could grab an Italian. And then go for dinner afterwards.

(1963 – ) Canadian-American actor
TV/Movie Quotes Wordplay

1. The telephone will ring when you are outside the door, fumbling for your keys.
2. You will reach it just in time to hear the click of the caller hanging up.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Things

Few things are more irritating than when someone who is wrong is also very effective in making his point.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Beliefs Communication Opinion

Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers; my opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them.


Communication Education Reading/Writing School

If the converse of a statement is absurd, the original statement is an insult to the intelligence and should never have been said.

Intelligence Murphy’s Laws Speech