Subject: Communication (Page 84)

I'm thirty years old, but I read at the thirty-four-year-old level.

(1955 – ) actor & comedian
Age Communication Reading/Writing

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.

Communication Conversation Entertainment Speech

Americans don't really understand what's going on in Bosnia; to them it's the unspellables killing the unpronouncables.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist
Communication Language Places

If you were forced to read the book in high school, you’ll probably hate the movie too.

Books Education Film Murphy’s Laws School

A fly was very close to being called a “land,” cause that's what they do half the time.

(1968 – 2005) American stand-up comedian
Animals Communication Language

I wouldn't touch the metric measuring system with a 3.048m pole.

Language Science/Weather

Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.

Communication Language Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Nothing risqué, nothing gained.

(1887 – 1943) theater critic & commentator
Characteristics Language Sex

Soft as church music.

(1956 – ) born Daniel Patrick Pugh, American sportscaster & radio personality
Communication

I’m all in favor of free expression provided it’s kept rigidly under control.

English author, actor, humorist & playwright
Communication

It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment; it’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.

(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Communication Misspokements Speech

Sometimes people come up to me and they'll be like, 'In Italy, it's pronounced 'Bir-Bee-Lya’ … and I'm like, 'In America, you're annoying.

(1978 – ) American comedian & writer
Communication Language People Self

I've been in the Bible every day since I've been the president.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president
Books Communication President

In a closed mouth, flies do not enter.

Communication Proverbs Speech

Beauty is only sin deep.

(1870 – 1916) British writer
Appearance Wordplay

Violinist: A high-strung musician.

Definitions Entertainment Music Wordplay

We’ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.

(1951 – 2013) American professor & artificial intelligence expert
Communication Reading/Writing

A toastmaster is a man who eats a meal he doesn’t want so he can get up and tell a lot of stories he doesn’t remember to people who’ve already heard them.

(1898 – 1981) actor, singer, songwriter & movie producer
Communication Occupations People Work

The person who writes for fools is always sure of a large audience.

(1788 – 1860) German philosopher
Communication Reading/Writing

If pro is the opposite of con, what's the opposite of progress?

(1918 – 2009) radio broadcaster
Communication Wordplay

Everything has been said but not everyone has said it.

(1922 – 1998) U.S. Representative (Arizona) & politician
Communication Speech