Rik Mayall Quotes

It's really important how you say things because people won't necessarily remember what words you used, but they'll remember how you made them feel.

It is one of the worst things of sentiment that the voice grows to be more important than the words, and the speaker than that what is spoken.

The communication is in the work and words are no substitute for this.

I've always believed the words that came out of my mouth were most comfortable when I'd written them.

The voice is a second face.

It's very easy to imagine someone online in a positive way, but it's only when you sit down, with all five senses in play, that you can really tell, 'Do I find this person attractive?'

It's not just about the words you use, but the way you use them, and the message that puts over. Also your face too and the way you project your message. If you're telling the group to stay calm, be good, and you have beads of sweat dripping down your forehead, you're in trouble.

Ninety-eight per cent of all human communication is non-verbal.

How you use your voice is really important, and it's really driven by context more than anything else, and your tone of voice will immediately begin to impact somebody's mood and immediately how their brain functions.

I think my music is a way of communicating very directly with people and with people's emotions. I try to make music that doesn't need layers of complexity or obfuscation to speak to people.

Body language and tone of voice - not words - are our most powerful assessment tools.

If you can run around the corner and say hello to someone do that instead of emailing. It's always more rewarding; the connection is always more authentic. If you've got something to say and you can say it someone's face, it's so much better, healthier.

I can watch anybody all day long if they're really doing what they're doing. I have a fascination with human behavior, watching people talk, when they pick at their face or how they hold their hand or if they're listening to you, if they're not listening to you.

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words.

Our spouse will usually interpret our message based on our tone of voice, not the words we use.

The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing... there are times when the simple dignity of movement can fulfill the function of a volume of words. There are movements which impinge upon the nerves with a strength that is incomparable, for movement has power to stir the senses and emotions, unique in itself. This is the dancer's justification for being, and his reason for searching further for deeper aspects of his art.

Saying you love something out loud with the wrong intonation in your face can damn you and destroy what you're working on.

In the finished article, the only thing that is important is whether it moves you or not. There is nothing else that is important at all.

...it is not the big events that hurt the most but rather the smallest questionable shift in tone at the end of a spoken word that can plow most deeply into the heart.

I'd like to do something that hits close to home.

You can never tell about a person by guessing...that's why language was invented. Otherwise, we'd all be like dogs, sniffing each other to find out where we stood.

People are buying only one thing from you: the way the engagement (hiring you, working with you, dating you, using your product or service, learning from you) makes them feel.

My work is immaterial. It's not painting, it's not sculpture, it's emotions. I'm giving you something to experience yourself.

I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself.