Subject: Communication (Page 85)

He has left off reading altogether, to the great improvement of his originality.

(1775 – 1834) English critic & essayist
Communication Intelligence Reading/Writing

Just seen the grave of the woman from My Fair Lady… it says ‘Here lies a Doolittle’.

(1973 – ) English writer & stand-up comedian
Communication Wordplay

Interesting: A word a man uses to describe a woman who lets him do all the talking.

Communication Definitions Speech

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


Communication Speech

If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.

(1925 – 2013) British prime minister & politician
Communication

George Moore wrote excellent English until he discovered grammar.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet
Communication Language Reading/Writing Reviews/Criticism

Show me an archaeologist, and I’ll show you a man who practices skull drudgery.

Science/Weather Wordplay

At no time is freedom of speech more precious than when a man hits his thumb with a hammer.

(1922 – 2010) American writer & magazine editor
Communication

My boss told me to get my butt in gear… I told him I was shiftless.

(1966 – ) American stand-up comic
Communication Language Work

Let’s bring it up to date with some snappy nineteenth century dialogue.

(1879 – 1974) film producer
Communication Misspokements Speech

A great zircon in the diadem of American literature.

(1925 – 2012) author, playwright, essayist & screenwriter
Communication Insults Reading/Writing

Scholarly Debate: Feud for thought.

Communication Definitions

Castration: A eunuch experience.

Definitions Wordplay

Aardvark: In the beginning was the word. And the word was ‘Aardvark.’

Communication Definitions Language

What's that up the road? … a head?

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer
Communication Wordplay

If you had a million Shakespeares, could they write like a monkey?


Communication Reading/Writing

Radios will fail as soon as you need fire support desperately

Corollary: Radar tends to fail at night and in bad weather, and especially during both

Communication Murphy’s Laws

Plagiarize: To take the thought or style of another writer whom one has never, never read.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
Communication Definitions Language Reading/Writing

For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.

(1925 – 2005) television host
Communication Death Hair Time

No matter which book you need, it's on the bottom shelf.

Books Communication Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

Greeting Cards: When you care enough to send the very best but not enough to actually write something.


Communication Reading/Writing