Subject: Communication (Page 69)

A victim of the use of water as a beverage.

(1793 – 1863) American politician, statesman & soldier
Characteristics Communication Insults

Thinly sliced cabbage.

Communication Murphy’s Laws Wordplay

Parents: People who bear infants, bore teenagers, and board newlyweds.

Definitions Family Parents Wordplay

A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinter legs; it is not done well; but you are surprised to see it done at all.

(1740 – 1795) Scottish lawyer, diarist & author
Communication People Speech Women

When people ask me what sign I was born under, I say "I'm not certain, but it could have been the one that says 'Dining Car in opposite direction'."

(1946 – 1994) writer & humorist
Communication People Self

My wife and I had words, but I never got to use mine.

Jim Jordan (1896 – 1988) American radio comedian (of Fibber McGee & Molly)
Communication Marriage Speech

Polygamy – the art of  parrot-folding.

comic actor-writer
Communication Definitions Wordplay

It was while making newspaper deliveries, trying to miss the bushes and hit the porch, that I first learned the importance of accuracy in journalism.

(1933 – ) American telejournalist
Communication Language Reading/Writing

Tissue: Your daily nosepaper.

Definitions Wordplay

Men like phones with lots of buttons; it makes them feel important.

(1953 – ) comedian, dancer & writer
Communication Men People Things

Quadruplets: Four crying out loud.

Children Definitions Wordplay

"No comment" is a comment.

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

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence to never practice either of them.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
America Communication Language Places Speech

Oral contraceptive: The word "no."

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian
Communication Language Sex

Brain: An apparatus with which we think we think.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Intelligence Language

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist
Communication Reading/Writing Success

That woman, got a mouth like an outboard motor.

cartoon character (Mel Blanc)
Speech TV/Movie Quotes

Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.

(1942 – 2018) English physicist
Books Communication

Don’t make a long story short just so you can tell another one.

Communication Conversation Speech

She was another of his near Mrs.

Communication Language Marriage Relationships Wordplay

Even those who call Mr. Faulkner our greatest literary sadist do not fully appreciate him, for it is not merely his characters who have to run the gauntlet but also his readers.

(1904 – 1999) author, editor, radio host
Reading/Writing Reviews/Criticism