"Language is the principal tool with which we communicate; but when words are used carelessly or mistakenly, what was intended to advance mutual understanding may in fact hinder it; our instrument becomes our burden"

-- Irving Copi

#Communication Quotes #Understanding Quotes #May Quotes

“I give a percentage of the earnings to the Motion Picture Home.”
“Kisses should not leave you satisfied.”
“The genius of the French language, descended from its single Latin stock, has triumphed most in the contrary direction - in simplicity, in unity, in clarity, and in restraint.”

Source : Lytton Strachey (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Lytton Strachey (Illustrated)”, p.22, Delphi Classics
“I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in a compelling way in a three-hour play.”
“The pursuit of perfection often impedes improvement.”
“What has always made a Hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his Heaven.”
“You can make change or it can make YOU. Change is to keep us on our toes. Change is to make us look more closely. What doesn't change are the arms you use to hug with. Those stay the same.”
“When you see a woman who can go nowhere without a staff of admirers, it is not so much because they think she is beautiful, it is because she has told them they are handsome.”

Source : Jean Giraudoux (1964). “Collected Plays of Jean Giradoux”

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