An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.
Charles BukowskiTact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Abraham LincolnSometimes 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.
David ByrneI’ll never make it, it will never happen, because they’re never going to hear me ‚cause they’re screaming all the time.
Elvis PresleyForeign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.
Joe BidenIf 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.
BonoIf you’ve heard this story before, don’t stop me, because I’d like to hear it again.
Groucho MarxThe instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the property of all.
VoltaireWhen I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.
Bob UeckerOne great use of words is to hide our thoughts.
VoltaireI like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
Ernest HemingwayToo often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.
Winston ChurchillYou’re never going to kill storytelling, because it’s built into the human plan. We come with it.
Margaret AtwoodEffective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
Jim RohnI 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.
Alexander Graham BellWhen a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out.
Ruth Bader GinsburgThe idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
Maya AngelouI am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction.
George WashingtonTalking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.
Robert FrostAnyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.
Leonardo da VinciThe common thread for everything I do is this idea of a Web-services architecture. What does that mean? It means taking components of software and systems and having them be self-describing, so that you can aim them, ask them what their capabilities are, and communicate with them using a standard protocol.
Bill GatesIf you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see.
Henry David ThoreauA friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.
Friedrich NietzscheA mother defends herself with a heart filled with love before doing so with words. I wonder whether there is any love for the church in the hearts of those who pay so much attention to the scandals.
Pope FrancisThe best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
Winston ChurchillThe difficulty with this conversation is that it’s very different from most of the ones I’ve had of late. Which, as I explained, have mostly been with trees.
Douglas AdamsIf you’re talking to a man who wouldn’t fight with you under any circumstances whatsoever, then you’re talking to someone for whom you have absolutely no respect.
Jordan PetersonThe more you explain it, the more I don’t understand it.
Mark TwainRational discussion is useful only when there is a significant base of shared assumptions.
Noam ChomskyIn argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
Franz KafkaWhen you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb.
J. Robert OppenheimerWe can’t just choose to tell some facts and not others because we don’t want to upset people. We have to tell it like it is.
Greta ThunbergPeople use irony as a defense mechanism.
David ByrneSpeeches that are measured by the hour will die with the hour.
Thomas JeffersonOur most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don’t think the press has understood me.
Lyndon B. Johnson‚No comment‘ is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.
Winston ChurchillAll our words from loose using have lost their edge.
Ernest HemingwayUnderstanding is a two-way street.
Eleanor RooseveltHow to drive a guy crazy: send him a telegram and on the top put ‚page 2.‘
Henny YoungmanWhen he speaks to you he speaks with an earnest vibe and an earnest energy.
Dwayne JohnsonIn 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.
Robert GreeneTell the audience what you’re going to say, say it; then tell them what you’ve said.
Dale CarnegieYes, I, well, when I write, as often as I can, I try to write as if I’m talking to people. It doesn’t always work, and one shouldn’t always try it, but I try and write as if I am talking, and trying to engage the reader in conversation.
Christopher HitchensFacebook 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.
Mark ZuckerbergI’ve always wanted male friends that I could be real intimate with and talk about important things with and be as affectionate with that person as I would be with a girl.
Kurt CobainAll 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.
Carl SaganWhen the people we love stop paying attention, trust begins to slip away and hurt starts seeping in.
Brene BrownWords can be said in bitterness and anger, and often there seems to be an element of truth in the nastiness. And words don’t go away, they just echo around.
Jane GoodallWhat 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.
Lyndon B. JohnsonYou never need an argument against the use of violence, you need an argument for it.
Noam ChomskyWords are more powerful than some noises. Noises won’t last long. Lyrics are so important, and people don’t realise that.
Billie EilishUsing e-mail, I can communicate with scientists all over the world.
Stephen HawkingWhen you make as many speeches and you talk as much as I do and you get away from the text, it’s always a possibility to get a few words tangled here and there.
Dan QuayleI 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.
Anne FrankYou aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.
Lyndon B. JohnsonI had to resign myself, many years ago, that I’m not too articulate when it comes to explaining how I feel about things. But my music does it for me, it really does.
David BowieThe issues a president faces are not black and white, and cannot be boiled down into 140 characters. Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military at your command, you can’t make snap decisions. You can’t have a thin skin or the tendency to lash out.
Michelle ObamaSpeak low, if you speak love.
William ShakespeareFear not those who argue but those who dodge.
Dale CarnegieTo be sure I must; and therefore I may assume that your silence gives consent.
Plato