Quotes About Communication

BewareOf entrance to a quarrel, but, being in,Bear 't that th' opposed may beware of thee.Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy,But not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy;For the apparel oft proclaims the man.

For my voice, I have lost it with hollaing and singing of anthems.

I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts:I am no orator, as Brutus is;But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man.

Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit, And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes, I will be brief.

You tread upon my patience.

I understand thy kisses and thou mine,And that's a feeling disputation.

Give it an understanding, but no tongue.

Keep a good tongue in your head.

Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart.

Let there be gall enough in thy ink.

He was wont to speak plain and to the purpose.

She speaks, yet she says nothing.

Polonius: Do you know me, my lord?Hamlet: Excellent well; you are a fishmonger.

Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye,Not utter'd by base sale of chapmen's tongues.

William Shakespeare

Julia: They do not love that do not show their love.Lucetta: O! they love least that let men know their love.

The words of Mercury are harsh after the songs of Apollo.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

He hath a heart as sound as a bell, and his tongue is the clapper; for what his heart thinks his tongue speaks.

Though it be honest, it is never goodTo bring bad news.

A beast, that wants discourse of reason.

A good mouth-filling oath.

O! what a war of looks was then between them.

Polonius: What do you read, my lord?Hamlet: Words, words, words.