Laureate Pronunciation Quotes & Sayings

Early 1990s, Deborah Tannen, a linguist at Georgetown University, attracted international notice with her book You Just Don't Understand. Her book, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for over four years, argued that men and women often talk past each other without appreciating that the other sex is almost another culture. Women, for example, are highly attentive to the thoughts and feelings of others; men are less so. Women view men's speaking styles as blunt and uncaring; men view women's as indirect and obscure. — James W. Pennebaker

Oh, by the way, you left out one step in the plan."
"What step was that?"
"The one where we pray this works, Admiral. — Jack Campbell

You can't change the feeling
but you can change your feelings about the feeling in a second or two — David Berman

I've had a life where things have worked out for me beyond my wildest dreams, and my brother's had just the opposite. — Bill Paxton

Time management is probably the biggest thing I've had to learn to deal with being on the PGA Tour, whether it be media or figuring out how many weeks to play in a row. That's been the biggest adjustment, coming from amateur and college golf. — Rickie Fowler

There's danger in thinking joy is a matter of location. If we can't find joy where we are, we probably won't find it anywhere. — Philip Gulley

Now, two things happen. One is, people know people, whether that's on Facebook or Twitter. They feel closer to the event. Secondly, people see other people doing something about it. — Pete Cashmore

Exactly. That's what's been happening here for the past ten thousand years: You've been doing what you damn well please with the world. And of course you mean to go right on doing what you damn well please with it, because the whole damn thing belongs to you. — Daniel Quinn

I want people to say, "Oh my God, I'm laughing out loud at television." — Keegan-Michael Key