Subject: Communication (Page 13)

Just because your voice reaches halfway around the world doesn't mean you are wiser than when it reached only to the end of the bar.

(1908 – 1965) American broadcast journalist & newscaster
Communication Intelligence Speech Wisdom World

She takes everything I say out of contest.

television character, All In the Family (Carroll O’Connor)
Communication Malaprops

Groan: An expression of appreciation for the horrible.

Communication Definitions Speech

Don’t say yes until I finish talking.

(1902 – 1979) American film studio executive & producer
Characteristics Communication

Rhetoric: Language in a dress suit.

Definitions Language

Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.

Communication Insults Murphy’s Laws

The baby wakes up in the wee wee hours of the morning.

Children Family Wordplay

That's not writing, that's typing.

(1924 – 1984) American author
Communication Insults Reading/Writing

The marvelous thing about a joke with a double meaning is that it can only mean one thing.

(1929 – 2005) British actor & comedian
Communication Entertainment Language

Foresight is knowing when to shut your mouth before someone suggests it.

Communication Speech

You can wait here in the sitting room, or you can sit here in the waiting room.

American comedy troupe
Communication Wordplay

Every book is a children's book if the kid can read.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian
Books Children Reading/Writing

People who use selfie sticks really need to have a good, long look at themselves.

British stand-up comedian, writer & actor
Communication Things Wordplay

When you are right, be logical; when you are wrong, be-fuddle.

Communication Murphy’s Laws

You have the right to remain silent; anything you say will be misquoted then used against you.

Communication Law Speech

The minute you read something that you can’t understand, you can almost be sure that it was drawn up by a lawyer.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
Communication Government Intelligence Law Lawyers Understanding

Oh, if I could piss the way he speaks!

(1841 – 1929) French statesman, physician & journalist
Insults Speech

The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

Samuel Clemens (1835 – 1910) author & humorist
Language Past Time

Apex: A gorilla’s old girlfriend.

Definitions Wordplay

Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your mouth is moving.

Communication Education Learning Speech

One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author
Communication People Speech