Quotes About Communication

People still assume the White House Correspondents' Association works for the White House, when in reality, it's a group of journalists who cover the White House. It's a branding thing, but because it has the 'White House' before it, people think they're just King Joffrey's goons.

I appreciate the power of a White House bully pulpit - but kids listen and learn primarily from other kids. If your son's friend tells him that the apple is better than the fries, he's more likely to listen.

Twitter provides a platform that allows anyone on the planet - from a political activist in the Middle East to an intemperate golfer in the White House - to broadcast his or her thoughts.

While the Obama White House is completely incompetent and weak, they know how to spin everyday Americans.

The White House isn't the only platform with a voice. ABC has a pretty big voice, too.

You know, when you get the White House operator and they say, 'Just a moment for the president of the United States,' that's a pretty heady moment.

I asked tough questions of the Obama White House when I was at CNN and nobody freaked out. I start asking tough questions at Fox and everybody freaked out.

I have a running conversation with a couple of colleagues. Mike Schmidt's one of them; some on my White House team are others; Alex Burns on the politics team is another. That just helps me not lose my place, right? We're just constantly talking about what we're hearing and where things are.

You can't be too far away from your BlackBerry because if there's a development anywhere around the world, it impacts the White House.

If I'm going to the White House, my alarm goes off at 5:00 A. M. Typically there is no snoozing; jump out of bed, text my producer, often start texting with sources if there's breaking news that's happened overnight, and I'm off and running from that moment on.

On the 'Face the Nation' platform we are pretty consistently talking to White House officials most Sundays.

When I went back to the White House to be the communication director under Obama, I was six-months pregnant.

When we tell little white lies, we become progressively color-blind. It is better to remain silent than to mislead.

I suppose everyone tells little white lies. Quite often they're necessary to make someone feel better or prevent feelings from being hurt. Whoppers? No, that's dangerous and they'll boomerang.

The average person tells a few white lies.

I lie to my children every day. Just little things to get them out the door when the school run is happening. White lies.

When you love someone, or when someone is special to you, there are situations where little white lies are necessary.

A degree of lying - you know, white lies - seems to be inherent in all languages and all forms of communication.

White lies keep social dignity intact and are far more prevalent than most people realize. Several studies have found that an average person is lied to from 10 to 200 times a day - mostly just to keep a conversation going, to avoid conflict, or to establish a connection with someone.

The whites, who are educated and civilized, swindle me, and I am not hard to swindle because I do not know how to read and write.

Whites know never tell blacks what you really think and what you really feel because you risk being seen as a racist. And the result of that is that to a degree, we as blacks live in a bubble. Nobody tells us the truth. Nobody tells us what they would do if they were in our situation. Nobody really helps us.

We were once friends with the whites but you nudged us out of the way by your intrigues, and now when we are in council you keep nudging each other.

After Civil Rights, it was very awkward for whites and blacks. We didn't know how to talk to each other.

People must not believe in rumours. Even those who are spreading rumours and fake news must realize that they are not only disturbing others, but also putting their own lives at risk.