If You Want to Send a Message, Try Western Union.
Interpretation
This quote humorously suggests that if you want to communicate something seriously, you should use a reliable service like Western Union.
Frank Capra's quote comically highlights the importance of using appropriate channels for communication. By referencing Western Union, a historical messaging service, he implies that delivering a message effectively requires the right tools and that relying on unconventional methods may not yield the desired results.
In practice
Use this quote when discussing the importance of choosing the right medium in communication.
Someone should keep reminding Mr. Average Man that he was born free, divine, strong; uncrushable by fate, society, or hell itself; and that he is a child of God, equal heir to all the bounties of God; and that goodness is riches, kindness is power, and freedom is glory. Above all, every man is born with an inner capacity to take him as far as his imagination can dream or envision-providing he is free to dream and envision.
In these days of wars and rumors of wars - haven't you ever dreamed of a place where there was peace and security, where living was not a struggle but a lasting delight?
There are no rules in filmmaking. Only sins. And the cardinal sin is dullness.
The Oscar is the most valuable, but least expensive, item of world-wide public relations ever invented by any industry.
My Advice to Young Filmmakers is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!
My advice to young film-makers is this: don't follow trends, start them!
A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.
Whoever drinks beer, he is quick to sleep; whoever sleeps long, does not sin; whoever does not sin, enters Heaven! Thus, let us drink beer!
What I say is that, if a fellow really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.
Before you kill somebody, make absolutely sure he isn't well connected. So it goes.
When someone pitches a joke for a character that is just perfect, and you can imagine that actor reading that line at your table read or on the set, it's like the sound of a snap snapping into place.
Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher Reeve judging a dance contest!
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