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Philosophical literature2 quotes
The medium is the message. — Marshall McLuhan · 1964When I communicate my thought and my sentiments to a friend with whom I am in full sympathy, so that my feelings pass into him and I am conscious of what he feels, do I not live in his brain as well as in my own-most literally! — Charles Sanders Peirce · 1966Comedy1 quote
So me think, why waste time say lot word, when few word do trick. — Kevin Malone · 2011Comedy (TV)1 quote
So me think, why waste time say lot word, when few word do trick. — Kevin Malone · 2011Drama1 quote
What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. Some man you just can’t reach. — Captain (Cool Hand Luke) · 1967Drama (film)1 quote
What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. Some man you just can’t reach. — Captain (Cool Hand Luke) · 1967Historical literature1 quote
For over against the convenience of instantaneous communication is the fact that the great economical abstractions of writing, reading, and drawing, the media of reflective thought and deliberate action, will be weakened. — Lewis Mumford · 1934Prison drama1 quote
What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. Some man you just can’t reach. — Captain (Cool Hand Luke) · 1967Prison drama (film)1 quote
What we’ve got here is failure to communicate. Some man you just can’t reach. — Captain (Cool Hand Luke) · 1967Religious literature1 quote
Words easy to be understood do often hit the mark, when high and learned ones do only pierce the air. — John Bunyan · 1665Romantic drama1 quote
Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating. — Joel Barish · 2004Romantic drama (film)1 quote
Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating. — Joel Barish · 2004Science fiction1 quote
Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating. — Joel Barish · 2004Science fiction (film)1 quote
Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating. — Joel Barish · 2004Sociology1 quote
Ideal conversation is an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory. — Emily Post · 1922