For most women, the language of conversation is primarily a language of rapport: a way of establishing connections and negotiating relationships.

The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.

Part of the reason images of women in positions of authority are marked by their gender is that the very notion of authority is associated with maleness.

Male-female conversation is cross-cultural communication

Many men honestly do not know what women want, and women honestly do not know why men find what they want so hard to comprehend and deliver.

We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has

Cooperation isn't the absence of conflict but a means of managing conflict.

The desire for freedom and independence becomes more of an issue for many men in relationships, whereas interdependence and connection become more of an issue for many women.

More men feel comfortable doing "public speaking," while more women feel comfortable doing "private" speaking.

We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups.

Words can be like weapons of destruction: It takes so much effort, and the cooperation of so many people, to build something - and so little effort of so few to tear it down.

Your breaking point will be a bloody refuge, not a clean slate.

her grass seemed greener until a drought cameand cracked the earth beneath you.

I did not get to where I am backstabbing people. If you want what I have, you must earn it like I did.

His dad said if you did something wrong to someone in public, you ought to admit it in public, too.

The expectation of intelligent gossip is a powerful motive for serious self-criticism, more powerful than New Year resolutions to improve one's decision making at work and at home.

The delicate thought, that cannot find expression, For ruder speech too fair, That, like thy petals, trembles in possession, And scatters on the air.

If a horse has four legs, and I'm riding it, I think I can win.

As an athlete you've got to watch your hydration and your nutrition, and use the right kinds of fuel to help you perform your best.

There is no way the American public will sit still for the banning of or putting any significant restrictions on the kinds of guns they want.

Give a man religion without reminding him of his filth, and the result will be arrogance in a three- piece suit.