Effective Communicator Pillows

The importance of listening

"I'm going to bombard you with graphs until you agree with me."

"Can I borrow the car keys?"

The writer: something who devotes a lifetime of solitude to the same of communication.

'Complete sentences?? Jeez, how verbose can you get?'

Ninedency: A budding tendency

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Wordplay: Export.

"Hire me and I'll bring in orders. Big orders. You're gonna need a bigger door."

'I sort of thought your presentation was going to be in powerpoint.'

"I'll be there in three 'All Too Well's."

"Abbreviations here, abbreviations there, and one is more incomprehensible than the next!"

Teacher getting the childrens attention by pretending to be on television.

You can't fool all of the people all of the time, especially with our advertising budget.

'Of course, this social contract will have to remain hypothical until someone invents writing.'

"So no bases are uncovered, Sister Ann gives the sermon to the deaf and Brother Brooks blogs it."

"I think I know what your problem is. Not enough PR."

Time for speeches

"Can you teach me to really bark? I only seem to be able to yap..."

We can do ANYTHING if we all work TOGETHER.

Unfortunately, Lyle had already sent nasty e-mails to his boss, three vice-presidents and the CEO.

"See! Thousands of new listeners."

"I'm not great at communication, but my little buddy is."

"Your lasagna was dismal, as was the coffee, but you, Sofi, are fabulous at Pictionary!"

"I appreciate succinct memos, Phillips, but stop writing them all in Haiku!"

'According to the blood tests, x-rays and EKG... You're fat.'

'Actually, when I asked you to bring something fresh to the table, I was talking about ideas!'

The Curse of Rhadamanthus (For Pete's Sake)

"I'm just posting something to my wall."

'Don't jump. It's a book publisher!'