Quotes About Communication

When I was a kid I had a friend who worked in a radio station. Whenever we walked under a bridge, you couldn't hear what he said.

I think New Yorkers - they're media savvy. People have a sense of humor.

You can get away with saying much more with humor than you can with a straight face.

I don't like being preachy. I think using fun and humor is an excellent way to make people think.

I went into a shop and I said, "Can someone sell me a kettle." The bloke said "Kenwood" I said, "Where is he?"

Smiles, like humor, are the most serious and complex forms of communication used by human beings.

You can't just yell jokes at people.

So I got home, and the phone was ringing. I picked it up, and said 'Who's speaking please?' And a voice said 'You are.'

He's got a great sense of humor for a guy who never says anything.

When you involve people, they come out, you see them, you get to see their sense of humor.

I heard a guy tell me he liked cherries. I waited to hear if he was going to say "tomatoes", then I realized he like cherries just. That joke is ridiculous.

I've always been so intrigued by French language and how it completely changes you, because of cultural context, because of humor.

Everyone says that I have no sense of humor, then I construct a perfectly sound pun around a well-known psychological condition, and it is ignored.

Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.

That's why when I send a postcard I quiz people. "Hey, did you get that postcard?" "Yeah, yeah yeah." "Well what'd I say?" "Uh, you were havin-" "I was in jail"

I went to a 7-11 and asked for a 2x4 and a box of 3x5's. The clerk said, "ten-four."

The dentist drills some more and you hear him make a mistake. And to cover it up, they all say the same thing: "Okay, rinse."

The subtle differences in language and humor that get lost in translation, for example, make it almost impossible for big companies to do something that will appeal at home and abroad.

If humor is not present, I tend to be concerned about the artist, or distrusting of what they're presenting - unless there is an obvious tragedy being talked about.

Last night I ordered a whole meal in French. Even the waiter was amazed - it was a Chinese restaurant!

A kiss is like a fight, with mouths.

I'm making fun of myself and I think I'm making fun of all men in our desperate, desperate attempt to understand the people we're with and hopefully through humor have them understand us.

A word says more than a thousand images. Exercises for the visually inclined: illustrate "appreciation", "humor", "software", "education", "inalienable rights", "elegance", "fact".

Whenever I'm on my computer, I don't type 'lol'. I type 'lqtm' - laugh quietly to myself. It's more honest.