The actual communicative value of what we say is usually quite small. I've lived for times in small, isolated fishing villages, where everyone knows everyone each other and everyone knows what's going on and everyone's watched the same TV programs and, really, there's not a whole lot of new information to convey. But there's still a lot of talking. What's said doesn't seem to matter; that you say it, and who you say it to, and how you say it is what matters.
Advertising doesn't create a product advantage. It can only convey it.
One of the hardest things in the world is to convey a meaning accurately from one mind to another.
Often the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth.
I want to convey how beautiful it is to close your eyes and dream. And then to open them and make that dream a reality.
When you have a gown, there's much more to be concerned about. Where is this crease falling? Are you making a weird shape with the dress? Are you doing the designer justice? With a bathing suit, it's more about you and the mood you convey.
I want to convey that I'm crazy about the Kardashians - but I'm not sure which is which.
Sometimes you don't want to be a slapstick clown in order to convey a funny perception of the world.
You used to have to sing and convey emotion, and now, well, technically you can do anything with technology. It sucks for music today, but that's why that old music feels so good to me.
Although music appeals simply to the emotions, and represents no definite images in itself, we are justified in using any language which may serve to convey to others our musical expressions. Words will often pave the way for the more subtle operations of music, and unlock the treasures which sound alone can rifle, and hence the eternal popularity of song.
You can't rely on your face or body to convey emotion.
It's too difficult to convey tone in electronic communication. And we can solve this my friends. All we need is some new fonts. 'Great party Arj. Best party ever. ' What a jerk! How do you know he wasn't being sincere, Arj? Because he wrote it in Sarcastica! If he had enjoyed himself, he would have used Good Times Roman.
I feel the world is over-saturated with [brand] products, and it isn't about what you're wearing as much as it is about what message you are trying to convey.
A novel should be an experience and convey an emotional truth rather than arguments.
The propositions of mathematics are devoid of all factual content; they convey no information whatever on any empirical subject matter.
If we are not careful, we will convey the message that investigators have to be perfect. Not true!
The doctrines of the Bible are often not clothed in the language of strict truth, but in that which was fittest to convey to a rude and ignorant people the practical essentials of the doctrine.
Lies are told only to convey to someone that one has no need either of him or his good opinion.
You have to see a building to comprehend it. Photographs cannot convey the experience, nor film.
I don't convey that I can be moody or a perfectionist or that I'm a nervous person, but I am all those things. It's just not going to shine through when you're posting a picture.