7 George Bernard Shaw Quotes on Communication

George Bernard Shaw quotes on communication

2. My method is to take the utmost trouble to find the right thing to say, and then to say it with the utmost levity.

67. 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.

123. It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.[1]

164. It is impossible for an Englishman to open his mouth without making some other Englishman hate or despise him.

183. Silence is the perfect expression of scorn.

245. The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

246. 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).