"Anybody who thinks that getting a communication from a voter in your district is spam - that guy is pork. Roast pork unless he changes his point of view."
"A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation."
Mark Twain on Communication"Truthful words are not beautiful beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive persuasive words are not good."
Lao Tzu on Communication"The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place."
George Bernard Shaw on Communication"Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true."
Charles Dickens on Communication"I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in."
Bill Gates on Communication"No candidate can win a presidential race advocating gay marriage and opposing the military action in Iraq."
"Public-opinion polls show that Americans split about evenly on civil unions. But when the words 'gay marriage' are presented, they break 3-to-1 against it."
"'Yes' is a far more potent word than 'no' in American politics. By adopting the positions which animate the political agenda for the other side, one can disarm them and leave them sputtering with nothing to say."
"Spontaneous combustion of grassroots politics is the future."
"As Bob Dole found out, you can't keep a positive image while being your party's mouthpiece in Congress. That's why no legislative leader since James Madison has ever been elected president."