George Bernard Shaw Quotes on Communication
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My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.
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In short, the way to avoid misunderstanding is for everybody to lie and slander and insinuate and pretend as hard as they can. That is what obeying your mother comes to.
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It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.[1]
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It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.
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Silence is the perfect expression of scorn.
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The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
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If you're going to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh; otherwise they'll kill you. (cited in the lead credits to the movie C.S.A. Confederate States of America; also sometimes attributed to Oscar Wilde).