#kin

But if you never did anything you couldn't undo you'd end up doing nothing at all. ↗

— Anne Tyler

#regret #risk-taking #change

How would your life be different if…You pretended those around you were deaf to your words? Let today be the day…You let your actions speak and communicate your feelings and intentions. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#communication #compassion #inspirational #intentions #kindness

Now, 75 years [after To Kill a Mockingbird], in an abundant society where people have laptops, cell phones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books. [Open Letter, O Magazine, July 2006] ↗

— Harper Lee

#communication #computers #critical-thinking #modern-life #reading

A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren't quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate them. ↗

— Criss Jami

#articulation #communication #controversy #disapproval #emotions

Mouths are longer than they are wide, to ensure words don’t come out sideways. Even the word “sideways” comes out straight.
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— Jarod Kintz

#mouth #mouths #speaking #talking #words

I can talk for a long time only when it's about something boring. ↗

— Lydia Davis

#communication #humor #talking #communication

Do you want me to sing to you? I'll sing all night if it will keep the bad dreams away. ↗

— Stephenie Meyer

#cullen #edward #stephenie-meyer #dreams

It's much easier to be convincing if you care about your topic. Figure out what's important to you about your message and speak from the heart. ↗

— Nicholas Boothman

#persuasion #public-speaking #business

If I went back to college again, I'd concentrate on two areas learning to write and to speak before an audience. Nothing in life is more important than the ability to communicate effectively. ↗

— Gerald R. Ford

#learning #speaking #writing #communication

In order to get [Mean Streets] made I had to learn how to make a movie," says Scorsese. "I didn't learn how to make a movie in film school. What you learned in film school was to express yourself with pictures and sound. But learning to make a movie is totally different. ↗

— Peter Biskind

#filmmaking #movies