Quotes About Communication

I get a lot of mail from men who really identify with Stuart, you know, Sparrow's boyfriend. I love that. Even though I used to say I wanted men to read the strip even though there weren't any men in it, so they'd be forced to identify with the women.

A stand-up comedian faces the audiences and gets their immediate feedback. I hide behind the comic strip, and unless people write to me, I don't know what they think.

I think increasingly I really come to appreciate the people, the politicians, the interviewees, of any stripe and size who are able to answer a question. It seems such a small, gentle thing to demand in 2019 but it has actually become the biggest ask that we can make.

My hope is to create spaces where people of all stripes can come together and speak at a lower decibel level. We make more sense that way. We sound more like our real selves that way.

Popular broadcast shows and movies have their closed captions stripped when they go to the Internet.

I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

I strive to use references that may still make some kind of sense once our age has passed into history. That robs my writing of a certain connectedness to my time, but potentially might allow it to make sense to people who are not in this time.

The thing to strive for is to get paid to talk about yourself.

As an artist, it feels good that we've created something that is connecting with the audience, which is what we always strive to do.

We strive to do stuff that connects with people.

It's the manager's job to always knock on the door, to always strive to improve, but there has to be a reasonable degree of common sense too.

Making it easier for people to connect with their doctors or medical advisors is a goal that we should strive to attain.

You want me to tell me the truth or do you want me to stroke you?

I used to be a real prince charming if I went on a date with a girl. But then I'd get to where I was likely to have a stroke from the stress of keeping up my act. I've since learned the key to a good date is to pay attention on her.

Take 'The Stroke,' for instance. Plenty of people saw sexual connotations in that song but to me it was about what goes on in the business world.

Guys need attention. They need that nourishment, that little stroke of the ego that gets them by every now and then.

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an epigram.

When people hear that I'm a neuroscientist, they ask me tough questions. 'Will grandpa learn to walk again after his stroke?' 'How can my son overcome his dyslexia?' 'What could have caused my best friend to become schizophrenic?' When I can't give satisfying answers, they look disappointed - and I feel embarrassed.

Words don't go from the brain to the lips in time. That's what a stroke does to you... and that hurts me.

When our spelling is perfect, it's invisible. But when it's flawed, it prompts strong negative associations.

If you kiss on the first date and it's not right, then there will be no second date. Sometimes it's better to hold out and not kiss for a long time. I am a strong believer in kissing being very intimate, and the minute you kiss, the floodgates open for everything else.

Sorry, public speaking isn't really my strong side.

Making a strong first impression is as important as ever, especially when meeting face-to-face.