In the end, people are persuaded not by what we say, but by what they understand.

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge.

Men are what their mothers made them.

The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.

Everybody, to some extent, manipulates. Even children learn to cry when they want something. There are all kinds of subtle things we do to get others to follow our lead, not bother us, and so on.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

What you guys want, I’m for.

A saint is tolerant and is attentive to the pleadings of other human beings, not only to spoken messages but to unspoken messages as well.

I try to speak in everyday language. I feel like God has gifted me to take Bible principles and make them practical.

We seem gradually to be groping toward an understanding of the world of subatomic particles, but we really do not know how far we have yet to go in this task.

I suppose leadership at one time meant muscles; but today it means getting along with people.

When a politician uses the word ‚folks,‘ we should brace ourselves for the deceit, or worse, that is coming.

All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.

Sisters, do you realize the breadth and scope of your influence when you speak those things that come to your heart and mind as directed by the Spirit?

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

You have to understand that people that are hurting are going to criticize.

The fact that you are willing to say, ‚I do not understand, and it is fine,‘ is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

I don’t hate women – they just sometimes make me mad.

Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.

I don’t like talking to celebrities.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

My friend has a baby. I’m recording all the noises he makes so later I can ask him what he meant.

If I’ve got a problem with one of my clients that needs to get solved, guess what I’m going to do? I’m going to call them up, and I’m going to say, ‚Hey, here’s what’s going on. This is the situation. This thing went sideways. I didn’t expect it. Now it’s going to take me some more time to get you what you need.‘ But I’m going to do that upfront.

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.

I very much believe the Internet is indeed all it is cracked up to be.

People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.

A man is more frank and sincere with his emotions than a woman. We girls, I’m afraid, have a tendency to hide our feelings.

Anybody can be specific and obvious. That’s always been the easy way. It’s not that it’s so difficult to be unspecific and less obvious; it’s just that there’s nothing, absolutely nothing, to be specific and obvious about.

I’m no longer just a candidate. I’m the President. I know what it means to send young Americans into battle, for I have held in my arms the mothers and fathers of those who didn’t return. I’ve shared the pain of families who’ve lost their homes, and the frustration of workers who’ve lost their jobs.

Do everything as in the eye of another.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.

The secret of my influence has always been that it remained secret.

In Hawaii, some of the biggest radio stations are reggae. The local bands are heavily influenced by Bob Marley.

We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.

The Internet has compromised the quality of debate.

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

Words are more powerful than some noises. Noises won’t last long. Lyrics are so important, and people don’t realise that.

At first when I heard about climate change, I was a climate denier. I didn’t think it was happening. Because if there really was an existential crisis like that, that would threaten our civilisation, we wouldn’t be focusing on anything else. That would be our first priority. So I didn’t understand how that added up.

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

Read with care, George Orwell’s diaries, from the years 1931 to 1949, can greatly enrich our understanding of how Orwell transmuted the raw material of everyday experience into some of his best-known novels and polemics.

There is nothing that living things do that cannot be understood from the point of view that they are made of atoms acting according to the laws of physics.

We’re always, by the way, in fundamental physics, always trying to investigate those things in which we don’t understand the conclusions. After we’ve checked them enough, we’re okay.

Man is always looking for someone to boast to; woman is always looking for a shoulder to put her head on.

If you’re yelling you’re the one who’s lost control of the conversation.

We hunger to understand, so we invent myths about how we imagine the world is constructed – and they’re, of course, based upon what we know, which is ourselves and other animals. So we make up stories about how the world was hatched from a cosmic egg or created after the mating of cosmic deities or by some fiat of a powerful being.

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.

I never went to school more than six months in my life, but I can say this: that among my earliest recollections, I remember how, when a mere child, I used to get irritated when anybody talked to me in a way I could not understand.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, ‚Did you sleep good?‘ I said ‚No, I made a few mistakes.‘

Broadly speaking, the short words are the best, and the old words best of all.

Culture makes people understand each other better. And if they understand each other better in their soul, it is easier to overcome the economic and political barriers. But first they have to understand that their neighbour is, in the end, just like them, with the same problems, the same questions.

I don’t think people are going to talk in the future. They’re going to communicate through eye contact, body language, emojis, signs.

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.

I was always very curious as a young man about why older writers who I met seemed so indifferent to what was going on, whereas I, in my 20s, was reading everything. Everything seemed important. But they were only interested in the writers they admired when they were young, and I didn’t understand it then, but now, now I understand it.

Well I have a microphone and you don’t so you will listen to every damn word I have to say!

Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on the front line.

Facebook is really about communicating and telling stories… We think that people can really help spread awareness of organ donation and that they want to participate in this to their friends. And that can be a big part of helping solve the crisis that’s out there.

Luckily for me, people don’t scream at me that much in my everyday life.

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

If you pour your life into songs, you want them to be heard. It’s a desire to communicate. A deep desire to communicate inspires songwriting.