“An inability to communicate has little to do with international friction-as is seen in the special ferocity of wars fought between people who speak the same language.” PeopleLittlesWarSpeakLanguageSpecialCommunicationInternationalCommunicateInabilityFrictionFerocityInability To Communicate Book:WORD PLAY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE TALK Source: WORD PLAY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE TALK
“I felt I was moving among two groups [literary intellectuals and scientists] comparable in intelligence, identical in race, not grossly different in social origin, earning about the same incomes, who had almost ceased to communicate at all, who in intellectual, moral and psychological climate had so little in common that instead of going from Burlington Hom or South Kensington to Chelsea, one might have crossed an ocean.” LittlesTwoDifferentMightMovingScienceSocialFeltCommonRaceMoralGroupsSocietyOceanIntellectualScientistSouthClimateCommunicateIncomePsychologicalEarningIdenticalChelsea Author:C.P. Snow
“Moral crusade: Public activity undertaken by middle-aged men who are cheating on their wives or diddling little boys. Moral crusades are particularly popular among those seeking power for their own personal pleasure, politicians who can't think of anything useful to do with their mandates, and religious professionals suffering from a personal inability to communicate with their god.” ThinkingMenLittlesSufferingReligiousPleasureMoralBoysWifeMiddlePoliticianActivitySeekingCommunicateCheatingInabilityLittle BoysMandatesMiddle AgedCrusadesInability To Communicate Author:John Ralston Saul
“The essence of Toryism is enjoyment?but as far as communicating and establishing your creed are concernedtrya little pleasure. The way to keep up old customs is, to enjoy old customs; the way to be satisfied with the present state of things is, to enjoy that state of things.” WayLittlesStatesEnjoyPleasureEssenceCommunicateSatisfiedEnjoymentCustomsCreeds Author:Walter Bagehot