Nawal El Saadawi Quotes

You can convey a lot of emotion with just some eyebrows and mouth movement.

I think you can actually express a lot more in ways without words.

I don't think people are going to talk in the future. They're going to communicate through eye contact, body language, emojis, signs.

You can know who a person is simply by staring into their eyes.

To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes

The eyes of men converse as much as their tongues, with the advantage that the ocular dialect needs no dictionary, but is understood all the world over.

An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy. ... One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity.

The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes—never!

You can almost read any emotion through someone's eyes.

Directors have a tendency to use their hands like orchestra conductors. They don't realize that the actor is looking at their faces, anyway.

You can tell a lot from someone's eyes.

The eyes have one language everywhere.

When you have a nonverbal conversation with a total stranger, then he can't cover himself with words, he can't create a wall.

Research shows that making eye contact is a powerful draw for guys - even in photos. Just don't mistake duck face for flirty.

I have these big brown eyes, so ever since I was a baby, you could tell what I was feeling and thinking based on my eyes.

The tongue is more easily controlled than the features of the face; and though the heart may be secret, the face is transparent.

Mind not only what people say, but how they say it; and if you have any sagacity, you may discover more truth by your eyes than by your ears. People can say what they will, but they cannot look just as they will; and their looks frequently (reveal) what their words are calculated to conceal.

The eye speaks with an eloquence and truthfulness surpassing speech. It is the window out of which the winged thoughts often fly unwittingly. It is the tiny magic mirror on whose crystal surface the moods of feeling fitfully play, like the sunlight and shadow on a still stream.

Body language is more powerful than words.

When articulation is impossible, gesticulation comes to the rescue.

Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink.

Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80% of what you understand in a conversation is read through the body, not the words.

It is really hard to completely re-learn how to express yourself without using words. When you take away speech, you have to re-invent the way you express yourself. You have to exaggerate your body language and your facial expressions.

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.