“Only half of writing is saying what you mean. The other half is preventing people from reading what they expected you to mean. ”
“I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions.”
“Half of what I say is meaningless; but I say it so that the other half may reach you.”
“They say you are not you except in terms of relation to other people. If there weren't any other people there wouldn't be any you because what you do which is what you are only has meaning in relation to other people. ”
“He wished he understood women better. It was a well-known fact that they did not mean half of what they said.But which half did they mean?”
“Believe none of what you hear. Half of what you see. And everything you write.”