I’ve always regretted that I never was able to talk openly with my parents, especially with my father. I’ve heard and read so many things about my family that I can no longer believe anything; every relative I question has a completely different story from the last.

I’m the most boring person to talk to.

Swearing is industry language. For as long as we’re alive it’s not going to change. You’ve got to be boisterous to get results.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

People use irony as a defense mechanism.

Speak low, if you speak love.

But I’m pretty good with collaborative thinking. I work well with other people.

Most women in my family start to get sick and start dying in their 40s, and I am going to be very happy to become 50 and 60. I love getting older.

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art.

In the normal flow of a conversation, our attention is divided. We hear parts of what other people are saying, in order to follow and keep the conversation going. At the same time, we’re planning what we’ll say next, some exciting story of our own.

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

Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.

Write in such a way as that you can be readily understood by both the young and the old, by men as well as women, even by children.

I have made the mistaken assumption – and I will attempt to be better at this – of thinking that because somebody is on Twitter and is attacking me that it is open season. And that is my mistake.

Part of what confuses people in times of upheaval is that you’re getting so many different points of view and directions and so and so, how to do this and do that. And a lot of it is written in a language that honestly most people cannot understand.

Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to trust your team. It’s a lesson I’ve had to relearn quite a few times.

One must steer, not talk.

To find out your real opinion of someone, judge the impression you have when you first see a letter from them.

Music helps me tell my story. That’s where I can really be heard. But there’s so much focus on the things that aren’t music.

These technologies can make life easier, can let us touch people we might not otherwise. You may have a child with a birth defect and be able to get in touch with other parents and support groups, get medical information, the latest experimental drugs. These things can profoundly influence life. I’m not downplaying that.

I wish I could shut up, but I can’t, and I won’t.

A state of society where men may not speak their minds cannot long endure.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.

My father? I never knew him. Never even seen a picture of him.

Words may show a man’s wit but actions his meaning.

Diplomacy is the art of saying ‚Nice doggie‘ until you can find a rock.

It’s pretty hard to be efficient without being obnoxious.

Me is a common sense man. That mean when me explain things, me explain it in a very simple way; that mean if I explain it to a baby, the baby will understand too, you know.

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.

You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.

Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.

The first time you say something, it’s heard. The second time, it’s recognized, and the third time it’s learned.

Because the Internet is so new, we still don’t really understand what it is. We mistake it for a type of publishing or broadcasting, because that’s what we’re used to. So people complain that there’s a lot of rubbish online, or that it’s dominated by Americans, or that you can’t necessarily trust what you read on the Web.

I let the dog out, or I let him in, and we talk some. I let him know I like him, and he lets me know he likes me.

You have to listen very carefully and tell the truth if you are going to get a paranoid person to open up to you.

Prayer is such a basic foundation of a Christian’s relationship with God. It’s how we communicate and fellowship with Him. But a surprising number of people, young and old, new and even long-time Christians, say they’re not satisfied with their prayer life.

I will listen to anyone’s convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

It’s considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelise. I don’t see why that’s considered a normal thing.

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

I don’t mind how much my Ministers talk, so long as they do what I say.

Young people these days don’t trust anything at all. They want to be free.

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.

I have a family, loving aunts, and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything except my one true friend. All I think about when I’m with friends is having a good time. I can’t bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don’t seem to be able to get any closer, and that’s the problem.

My grandfather lived to be late 90s on one side and on the other side, 70s or something. And my father died young, at 63. But he didn’t take very good care of himself.

Writing and cookery are just two different means of communication.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

It’s tough to negotiate from a position of weakness.

I would impress upon your minds the fact that if you want to do a man justice, you should believe what a man says himself rather than what people say he says.

I guess the toughest things in translations are word play, which can never be reproduced exactly.

When you have good friends you’ve been around, every time they talk, you don’t give them your full attention. You don’t look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you’re listening, half the time, you are ignoring them.

We have wasted History like a bunch of drunks shooting dice back in the men’s crapper of the local bar.

Who hears me, who understands me, becomes mine, a possession for all time.

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.

Naturally, everybody has certain things they wish they hadn’t done in life. They wish they hadn’t kicked their dog when they were ten or something.

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’ll think I have a few wonderful friends and all of a sudden, ooh, here it comes. They do a lot of things. They talk about you to the press, to their friends, tell stories, and you know, it’s disappointing.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

I’m trying to make God more relevant in our society. And I think talking in everyday terms and making sure people can understand it – I think that’s important.

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