Every word we speak calls on 37 muscles and thousands of nerves. It's not surprising that sometimes these nerves and muscles fail us.
It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
Our aversion to lying is commonly a secret ambition to make what we say considerable, and have every word received with a religious respect.
When thought is too weak to be simply expressed it's clear proof that it should be rejected.
I regret often that I have spoken never that I have been silent.
When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.
Wit is the salt of conversation, not the food.
Now that he was semidressed, I recovered enough to say, Not really. But I guess if you want me to hold a conversation with you, you should keep your clothes on. He gestured for me to follow him...
The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.
It's been a long time since we both talked properly. I guess it's because many things went wrong between us and I know that now it's difficult to get back on the road.
Share, share, share your experience, feelings, anxiety.
He was pointing at the moon, but I was looking at his hand.
Peace requires the provision of a platform for discussion and the exchange of information on matters and activities relevant to the prevention of armed violence.
As we ride the elevator Gale finally says "You're still angry." "And you're still not sorry," I reply. "I will stand by what I said. Do you want me to lie about it?" he asks. "No, I want you to...
Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen though... that's the problem.
Silence is not a language, it's a weapon to make your dear one to feel
Patience is a virtue as they say and listening is an exercise in patience.
For some reason I was reluctant to ask anybody what had happened. I hate being the person who always doesn't know what's going on and has to ask somebody; it always seems like everybody else knows...
In every one of your relationships, you are on a continuum between intimacy and separation. You stand on a slide that tilts you toward either intimacy or separateness. Exactly where you stand at any...
Illusion of transparency: We always know what we mean by our words, and so we expect others to know it too. Reading our own writing, the intended interpretation falls easily into place, guided by our...
Compromising is the only path that all happy couples travel on.
Do you really want to know how I feel?
Mr Hawkins said nothing
All words, in every language, are metaphors.
Dancing as if language had surrendered to movement - as if this ritual, this wordless ceremony, was now the way to speak, to whisper private and sacred things, to be in touch with some otherness....
The Words We Speak Influence What We See Influences The Actions We Take Gives Us The Results We Get... The Words We Speak Influence What We See Influences The Actions We Take Gives Us The Results We...
I fight evil, and words are my weapons of choice.
Words, with their multiple meanings and nuances are like trees and oral communication like a forest. Trees are good for hiding, forest for losing the path. When one is trying to contemplate the...
The seductive power of sex and money is nothing compared to that of words.
The conception of two people living together for twenty - five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep
The Red Lion was a four-ale bar with a handful of lowbrowed sons of toil who looked as though they...
What could you do? Major Major asked himself again. What could you do with a man who looked you...
If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order...
We all had to pay, but not for the crimes we were accused of. There were other scores to settle.
Havermeyer was a lead bombardier who never missed. Yossarian was a lead bombardier who had been...
Why are they going to disappear him? I don't know. It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good...
the full fury of his storming countenance with its rugged overhang of gullied forehead and huge crag...
Keep in mind that when we talk of a great painting we are not really talking about anything great....
Read me back the last line. 'Read me back the last line,' read back the corporal who could take...