Communication Quotes

In reality they all lived in a kind of hieroglyphic world, where the real thing was never said or done or even thought, but only represented by a set of arbitrary signs. ~ The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton "Ah, good conversation—there's nothing like it, is there? The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing." ~ The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Her husband had archaic ideas about jewels; a man bought them for his wife in acknowledgment of things he could not gracefully utter. ~ A Lost Lady by Willa Cather "Old men only lie in wait for people to ask them to talk. Then they rattle on like a rusty elevator wheezing up a shaft." ~ Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury Often I must speak other than I think. That is called diplomacy. ~ Dune Messiah by Frank Herbert It may, indeed, be assumed that a man who loses his temper while he is speaking is endeavouring to speak the truth such as he believes it to be, and again it may be assumed that a man who speaks constantly without losing his temper is not always entitled to the same implicit faith. ~ Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope He was not witty, nor did he deal in anecdotes. ~ Phineas Redux by Anthony Trollope "With no intention to take offence, I deny your right to put words into my mouth." ~ Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson Men who think much want to speak often. ~ Phineas Finn by Anthony Trollope Our words are giants when they do us an injury, and dwarfs when they do us a service. ~ The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins