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“G-rated language is making me a less angry person. Behavior shapes emotion.”
“Typography is what communication looks like.There is beauty in the language and beauty in the way it is presented.”
“Tell someone to do something, and you change their lifefor a day; tell someone a story and you change their life.”
“Typography is the use of type to advocate, communicate, celebrate, edu- cate, elaborate, illuminate, and disseminate. Along the way, the words and pages become art.”
“Touch is the most basic, the most nonconceptual form of communication that we have. In touch there are no language barriers; anything that can walk, fly, creep, crawl, or swim already speaks it.”
“Civilization is communication. When that which should be expressed and transmitted is lost, civilization comes to an end.”
“Lyndon Johnsons sentences were the sentences of a man with a remarkable gift for words, not long words but evocative, of a man with a remarkable gift for images, homey images of a vividness that in...”
“So much of what we read and write these days is disposable.”
“Johnson had a sense of humor, and he could kid with me, he would say. Johnson didnt enjoy talking with most liberals. He didnt think they had a sense of humor.”
“If the Times gave readers far more news, then Lippmann at the Trib made the world seem far more understandable.”
“Always speak first to the toughest person in the room.”
“Linguist say parties in the conversation will tolerate silence for four seconds before interjecting anything, however unrelated.”
“It's far more important why is being said, than what.”
“Bridge miscommunications by talking to parents, hearing their stories, and learning how theyve shaped yours.”
“Think about it: send SLASH receive. Email is the frenzied killer of proper communication.”
“That one, Ferox said, pointing at Johann with a claw. I can see hes communicated like that before and I think I can speak to his mind. Let me see.After a moment, Johann broke from the line and appr...”
“I was always amazed at Cambridge how quickly people appeared to take offence at everything I said, but now I see plainly that it was not my words they hated - it was this fairy face. The dark alche...”
“Just as he was slowly bringing order to his own internal life, he would also bring order to his language.”
“He was a stylist, not a thinker. He spent time trying to say things in as complicated a way as possible.”
“Reagan is described as "delivering Barry Goldwater's doctrine with John F. Kennedy's technique.”
