communication Quotes

If the great thing about the Internet is that it throws wide the doors of discussion to everyone, the bad thing about the Internet is that it throws wide the doors of discussion to everyone.

It's a weakness of mine to forget what it is I've just been talking about so that when people make witty allusions to it, I stare at them open-mouthed, not knowing what they're talking about.

Men won't read any email from a woman that's over 200 words long.

I began doing writing projects and art and design projects to explore a new way of seeing Canada. Roots is one more way of continuing this exploration. I want to present a wide-open Canadian sense of color, adventure, communication and openness that defines our country.

You don't that often see writers being sought out when there are matters of great moment to discuss. And I think that's a loss.

I am on Facebook, but mainly as a way to spy on my children. I find out more about them from their Facebook pages than from what they tell me.

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries.

We need to be around our families not because we have so many shared experiences to talk about, but instead because they know precisely which subjects to avoid.

On TV people look at your hair and then they look at your skin, and then they look at your clothes, and by the time they're listening to what you're saying, you're off the screen.

It's weird when people start sentences with 'frankly' - as if their other sentences don't count.