Subject: Communication » Reading/Writing (Page 17)

I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me.

fictional character from the book series by A. A. Milne
Communication Language Reading/Writing

Just between you and I, case is important.

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If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that’s read by persons who move their lips when they’re reading to themselves.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author
Communication Reading/Writing

Tabloid: A screamlined newspaper.

Communication Definitions Reading/Writing

If pregnancy were a book they would cut the last two chapters.

(1941 – 2012) American novelist, producer, screenwriter & director
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This is the best biography by me I have ever read.

(1903 – 1992) American bandleader & TV host
Books Communication Misspokements Reading/Writing

Abbreviation: Long word with, ironically, no obvious shorter alternative.

British writer, cartoonist, poet & performer
Definitions Language Reading/Writing

There’s very little advice in men’s magazines, because men think, I know what I’m doing; just show me somebody naked.

(1954 – ) comedian & television actor
Communication Reading/Writing Sex

First time I ever read the dictionary, I thought it was a poem about everything.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Books Communication Reading/Writing

Anyone who eats three meals a day should understand why cookbooks outsell sex books three to one.

(1927 – 2007) American newspaper columnist
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She was a bilingual illiterate… she couldn't read in two different languages.

(1955 – ) comedian, actor & writer
Communication Language Reading/Writing

If at first you don’t succeed, read the manual.

Murphy’s Laws Reading/Writing

I want to write a mystery novel… or do I?

Canadian stand-up comedian, actor & writer
Communication Reading/Writing

For Muhammad Ali to compose a few words of real poetry would be equal to an intellectual throwing a punch.

(1923 – 2007) American novelist, journalist & playwright
Communication Reading/Writing

I have been told by hospital authorities that more copies of my works are left behind by departing patients than those of any other author.

(1889 – 1945) actor, author & humorist
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If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.

(1928 – ) American psychologist & advice columnist
Communication Reading/Writing Time

George Moore wrote excellent English until he discovered grammar.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet
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I love being a writer; what I can't stand is the paperwork.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist
Communication Reading/Writing

Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.

Communication Reading/Writing Taxes

A beginning, a muddle, and an end.

(1922 – 1985) English poet & novelist
Communication Reading/Writing

When in doubt, ascribe all quotations to Bernard Shaw.

(1944 – ) English writer & broadcaster
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