In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.

I am an introvert; privately I am very shy, and I don’t speak unless I have to.

I never learn anything talking. I only learn things when I ask questions.

Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards – the things we live by and teach our children – are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.

The tragedy of America is that it entered all the wars with a consensus in favor of them, but within a defined period, the legitimacy of the war became a major domestic issue, with some people arguing that withdrawal was the only legitimate objective.

People make suggestions on what to say all the time. I’ll give you an example; I don’t read what’s handed to me. People say, ‚Here, here’s your speech, or here’s an idea for a speech.‘ They’re changed. Trust me.

When I look at public opinion, I’m not far out of the mainstream. I’m in it, in many respects. In some respects, public opinion goes beyond anything I’ve ever said.

If you can’t move and talk to people that you see, it’s not really my scene.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Almost everybody will listen to you when you tell your own story.

Good leaders must communicate vision clearly, creatively, and continually. However, the vision doesn’t come alive until the leader models it.

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy.

I have an answering machine in my car. It says, I’m home now. But leave a message and I’ll call when I’m out.

I don’t understand why or how we can bully each other.

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Smiles are the language of love.

No one ever doubts that I mean what I say. The problem is I sometimes say all that I mean.

Mind your speech a little lest you should mar your fortunes.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

If you can’t answer a man’s arguments, all is not lost; you can still call him vile names.

To be treated well in places where you don’t expect to be treated well, to find things in common with people you thought previously you had very, very little in common with, that can’t be a bad thing.

A voice is a human gift; it should be cherished and used, to utter fully human speech as possible. Powerlessness and silence go together.

Normally, when someone we love is turning away from a struggle, we self-protect by also turning away. That’s definitely my first response. I think change is more likely to happen if both partners have common language and a shared lens to see problems.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

There are many times when a woman will ask another girl friend how she likes her new hat. She will reply, ‚Fine,‘ but slap her hand to her forehead the minute the girl leaves to yipe, ‚What a horror!‘

The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.

I tended to place my wife under a pedestal.

Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.

The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one has yet dared to draw.

The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

I’m the most recognized and loved man that ever lived cuz there weren’t no satellites when Jesus and Moses were around, so people far away in the villages didn’t know about them.

When we turn to one another for counsel we reduce the number of our enemies.

Be not a slave of words.

The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.

It may happen sometimes that a long debate becomes the cause of a longer friendship. Commonly, those who dispute with one another at last agree.

Suit the action to the word, the word to the action.

I make friends faster and easier than journalists.

Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.

I am rather inclined to silence.

A woman will doubt everything you say except it be compliments to herself.

Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic.

Most negotiators are trying to get their way.

I’m convinced of this: Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. For a change, start by speaking to people rather than walking by them like they’re stones that don’t matter. As long as you’re breathing, it’s never too late to do some good.

If you can’t convince them, confuse them.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

It is not only the living who are killed in war.

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

There was one incident at a movie theater where my girl got mad at these guys who were talking behind us. I never looked back there, but she was like, ‚Will you all just shut up!‘ And I just got up and moved three rows in front. She was like, ‚What are you doing?!‘ I was like, ‚You better get up here! I don’t play the fighting games.‘

I’m a people pleaser. I hold a lot of things in. I’m always making sure everybody is okay. I usually don’t rage; I usually don’t curse.

Sometimes it’s a form of love just to talk to somebody that you have nothing in common with and still be fascinated by their presence.

Journalism makes you think fast. You have to speak to people in all walks of life. Especially local journalism.

A yawn is a silent shout.

No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

I realized why directors are such horrible people – in a way – because you want things to be right, and people will just not listen to you, and there is no time to be nice to people, no time to be delicate.

All of the books in the world contain no more information than is broadcast as video in a single large American city in a single year. Not all bits have equal value.

I make a lot of expressions constantly. I’m animated.

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.

My readers – and I get 400 emails for a day, my readers normally they say, well, you understand me, and I answer, you do understand me also. We are in the same level.