Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Quotes

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.

How was I to know? ... You didn't say anything.""I said lots of things," he corrected gently. "You just didn't hear them.

The more you explain it, the more I don't understand it.

Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.

I cannot be understood in three minutes.

When men understand what each other mean, they see for the most part, that controversy is either superfluous or hopeless.

If I do not speak in a language that can be understood there is little chance for a dialogue.

Did you hear that? I didn't hear anything. Put that question another way.

I am not very good at expressing myself in a simple way so it can create mis-understandings and I hate that.

When I'm explaining something to you, if I'm being long-winded, and twisty in a non-productive way, I could make you feel vaguely insulted. And you'd have a right to be.

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.

If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.

If you hear the question wrong, you will answer wrong.

Any order that can be misunderstood, will be misunderstood

Metaphors are fine if they aid understanding, but sometimes they get in the way.

I'm really interested in how we understand each other - and whether we can understand each other.

Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne.

Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?

i can't understand her" well son, you might as well try to understand the sun". derived form the book:fires of heaven by robert jordan.

An expert is someone who takes something you already know and makes it sound confusing.

Explanations are clear but since no one to whom a thing is explained can connect the explanations with what is really clear, therefore clear explanations are not clear.

Don't assume you're always going to be understood. I wrote in a column that one should put a cup of liquid in the cavity of a turkey when roasting it. Someone wrote me that 'the turkey tasted great, but the plastic cup melted.