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

I don’t like talking to celebrities.

Littera scripta manet – ‚The written word will remain‘. That’s true, but it won’t be that much comfort to me.

Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.

When you have a conflict, that means that there are truths that have to be addressed on each side of the conflict. And when you have a conflict, then it’s an educational process to try to resolve the conflict. And to resolve that, you have to get people on both sides of the conflict involved so that they can dialogue.

Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.

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

Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.

I exaggerate when I’m angry, but I’ve never gone around telling people things that aren’t true about me.

I didn’t just invent saying offensive things.

Who sows virtue reaps honor.

Before I speak, I have something important to say.

I don’t want to just preach to the church. I feel like I have a broader message.

It’s never happened in history that every region in the world could affect every other region simultaneously. The Roman empire and the Chinese empire didn’t know much about each other and had no means of interacting. Now we have every continent able to reach every other.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Writing and cookery are just two different means of communication.

I don’t need therapy. I’m not going to see a therapist; comedy acts as my therapy. I put my problems out there. I talk about them. I talk about everything before anybody has a chance.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

If you can talk, you can write.

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

We don’t have to guess what Mitt Romney would have done if he were president. Because he told us. He said we should let foreclosures – and I quote – ‚hit the bottom‘ so the market could – I quote – ‚run its course.‘

He that hath knowledge spareth his words.

Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed.

Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

That old law about ‚an eye for an eye‘ leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.

When all is said and done, more is said than done.

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.

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.

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.

In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.

I never gave anybody hell! I just told the truth and they thought it was hell.

Humor is the first of the gifts to perish in a foreign tongue.

I used to stutter really badly. Everybody thinks it’s funny. And it’s not funny. It’s not.

All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I’d worry about whether it would hurt them. I would tell them: ‚Don’t hide these things from me. I’d rather you ask me these things straight out, and I’ll answer all your questions.‘

The best morale exist when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it’s usually lousy.

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

Occasionally I’ve seen children become heavy-handed and insensitive when dealing with their aging parents, and it only caused resentment and hard feelings.

Love matches, so called, have illusion for their father and need for their mother.

There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little.

Always be sincere, even if you don’t mean it.

I think it’s brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there are unintended consequences to everything. The most corrosive piece of technology that I’ve ever seen is called television – but then, again, television, at its best, is magnificent.

I’m really bad with answering questions. Usually, I don’t even answer them. I try to find inspiration inside of the question. I think, and I jump from one beam of inspiration or energy to the next, as opposed to explaining the energy.

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn both arts.

So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you.

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

The essence of lying is in deception, not in words.

I meet people overseas that know five languages – that the only language I’m comfortable in is English.

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.

I like learning more about people; I like to talk to people.

A person hears only what they understand.

What convinces is conviction. Believe in the argument you’re advancing. If you don’t you’re as good as dead. The other person will sense that something isn’t there, and no chain of reasoning, no matter how logical or elegant or brilliant, will win your case for you.

I took the vow of celibacy in 1906. I had not shared my thoughts with my wife until then, but only consulted her at the time of making the vow. She had no objection.

I always keep my guard up with guys and I guess that can get in the way sometimes. I can make them go through hell.

Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.

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.

No man was ever wise by chance.

The PC has improved the world in just about every area you can think of. Amazing developments in communications, collaboration and efficiencies. New kinds of entertainment and social media. Access to information and the ability to give a voice people who would never have been heard.