John Green Quotes

I can't believe I'm about to say this," I said. "So think real careful about where this is coming from. Have you people ever considered *talking* when you've got a problem?

So what's the point of using words nobody else knows or can say comfortably? I just don't understand that.

I'd come to realize that all our troubles spring from our failure to use plain, clear-cut language.

On matters beyond his ken a gentleman speaks with caution. If names are not right, words are misused. When words are misused, affairs go wrong. When affairs go wrong, courtesy and music droop, law and justice fail. And when law and justice fail them, a people can move neither hand nor foot. So a gentleman must be ready to put names in speech, to put words into deeds. A gentleman is nowise careless of words.

The speaker must choose a comprehensible expression so that speaker and hearer can understand one another.

Already for thirty-five years he had not stopped talking and almost nothing of fundamental value had emerged.

Effective communication is a key factor in the success of your product.

Talkers have always ruled. They will continue to rule. The smart thing is to join them.

You cannot explain to someone who comes with no idea of what you are talking about without being misunderstood.

I see but one rule: to be clear. If I am not clear, all my world crumbles to nothing.

If you care about being thought credible and intelligent, do not use complex language where simpler language will do.

If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

You can't be focussed without really great communication

Your partner cannot read your mind, so talk to your partner about how you're feeling and what you need.

The art of writing is not, as many seem to imagine, the art of bringing fine phrases into rhythmical order, but the art of placing before the reader intelligible symbols of the thoughts and feelings in the writer's mind.

Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand.

Beware of the conversationalist who adds "In other words."

Communication is not saying something; communication is being heard.

You can't love what you don't know much about. You can't convince, stimulate, hold the attention, teach, if you don't know what you're talking about.

I think MTV should consider using subtitles. Half the time, even I can't understand what the fu*k I'm talking about.

Even when I was wrong, I got my point across.

Everyone striving to be witty and sought-after, everyone talking and no one listening.

Language designed to impress builds a gulf. Language to express builds a bridge.

Talk without effort is nothing.

Know how to ask. There is nothing more difficult for some people, nor for others, easier.