Subject: Communication (Page 3)

Hou know what always captures my eye… short people with umbrellas.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian

A dying man enjoys free speech.

(1431 – 1463) French rogue, vagabond, outlaw, bohemian & poet

Actress: I enjoyed your book. Who wrote it for you?

Chase: I'm so glad you liked it. Who read it to you?

(1900 – 1978) American actress & novelist

Virginia Woolf’s writing is no more than glamorous knitting; I believe she must have a pattern somewhere.

(1887 – 1964) English biographer, critic, novelist & poet

‘Pessimist’ is a word used by optimists to describe someone who sees the world for what it really is.

(1948 – ) English novelist

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

Hector Torres, how can you communicate with Enzo Hernandez when he speaks Spanish and you speak Mexican?

(1924 – 2014) American baseball player & announcer

I once knew a woman who offered her honor, so I honored her offer, and all night long I was on her and off her.

Among my most prized possessions are words that I have never spoken.


A priest, a rabbi and a vicar walk into a bar: the barman says, “Is this some kind of joke?”

(1973 – ) English comedian, writer, actor, director & producer

The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

(1947 – ) novelist, screenwriter

Sex Education: Sermon on the mount.

They stayed away in droves.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

We need a president who's fluent in at least one language.

(1930 – ) actor, writer, film & television director

Carp in denim – There's a fish in my pants!

[British politician Thomas Macaulay] has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation perfectly delightful.

(1771 – 1845) English writer & Anglican clergyman

Military intelligence is a contradiction in terms.

(1890 – 1977) comedian, actor & television host

Some people are widely read – I'm thinly read.

(1962 – ) English stand-up comedian & actor

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

If I had a bookstore I would make all the mystery novels hard to find.

(1973 – ) American comedian