People have to talk about something just to keep their voice boxes in working order so they'll have good voice boxes in case there's ever anything really meaningful to say.
I have received no more than one or two letters in my life that were worth the postage.
If wisdom were offered me with this restriction, that I should keep it close and not communicate it, I would refuse the gift.
My opposition to Interviews lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.
If everyone knew exactly what I was going to say, then there would be no point in my saying it, would there?
How much better might human communication be if words were as precious as diamonds? If each of us were allotted only 100 words per day?
You could be the World's greatest orator and if you don't say anything while orating, they are going to walk out on you after a while.
CIVILISATION is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the value of what is communicated.
Selfish-gene theory tells us nothing about the value of interacting through language.
For my part, I could easily do without the post-office. I think that there are very few important communications made through it.
We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate.
He may well speak French and Latin and half a dozen languages, but since he has nothing to say – what good are they?
