George Bernard Shaw Quotes

Tone is everything.

The words that are coming out of my mouth and how I mean them, it's so much different.

You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different.

Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

Tone has the living soul.

The quality of what is said inevitably influences the way in which it is said, however inexperienced the writer.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

I don't think of any sentence as a "one-liner", but I do pay attention to how people actually speak when they are being funny. Rhythm is key.

It's the periods and the commas that you have to forget about. The words never change, but the intonations change.

All the fun is in how you say a thing.

Hey can mean anything. It can mean yes, it can mean maybe, it could mean no, it could mean next week. Hey, the bottom line is you have to understand me to understand hey.

It is the man determines what is said, not the words.

The challenge was that it was harder to be subtle than strident.

Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.

I think that words are often extraneous to what I do.

A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.

Uttering a word is like striking a note on the keyboard of the imagination.

It’s not what you say; it’s what people hear.

I discovered that it's not really about the language. It's about how the words are pronounced and the delivery. We have plenty of good English-speaking comedians. It's O.K. if I have my accent, my gestures, my way of speaking.

Words are only as good as the response to those words.

Tone is very important to me.

It's not just what you say that stirs people. It's the way that you say it.

If it sounds good as you say it, likely as not it'll sound good when an actor's saying it.

If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times. Reason is language - Logos; I gnaw on this marrowbone and will gnaw myself to death over it. It is still always dark over these depths for me: I am still always awaiting an apocalyptic angel with a key to this abyss.

Great things only require to be simply told, for they are spoiled by emphasis; but little things should be clothed in lofty language, as they are only kept up by expression, tone of voice, and style of delivery.