Communication Quotes
Linguist say parties in the conversation will tolerate silence for four seconds before interjecting anything, however unrelated.
It's far more important why is being said, than what.
Bridge miscommunications by talking to parents, hearing their stories, and learning how they’ve shaped yours.
Think about it: send SLASH receive. Email is the frenzied killer of proper communication.
To get through life successfully, body and soul must translate each other correctly more often than not.
Just as he was slowly bringing order to his own internal life, he would also bring order to his language.
He was a stylist, not a thinker. He spent time trying to say things in as complicated a way as possible.
(LBJ) had what a journalist calls “a genius for analogy”— made the point unforgettably, in dialect, in the rhythmic cadences of a great storyteller. Master of the senate
Reagan is described as "delivering Barry Goldwater's doctrine with John F. Kennedy's technique.
The author writes that the central conflict within journalist and seller of the American way Henry Luce was between his curiosity and his certitude.
he knew, unlike most reporters, how to use pauses and the absence of words as effectively as the words themselves.
I sometimes think that writing is like driving a sheep down the road. If there's any gate open to the left or the right the reader will most certainly go into it.
I'm watching you, big boy, my eyes say, but his are closed so it's an optical monologue.
He was a man with a chest, and he wanted to give thoughtful expression to the passion of his heart.
Great Leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study, self-reflection, education, training, and experience
Oh.” It was one those ohs that came packed with layers of meaning — none of which merely meant oh.
I'm sorry to bother you, " she whispered. "When I get excited about a movie I want to talk. I can't help it.
He is hard, frozen ice cream and I am a weak spoon. What I've learned is this: You don't get much ice cream for all the hard work you put in, and the spoon ends up bent.
A mind full of preconceived ideas, subjective intentions, or habits it not open to things as they are.
Understanding what is being said is only a fraction of the task of communicating. Taking in signals from the entire context is critical.
Because, of course, it wouldn't do to just talk to her. She had spoken to him in flashes of daylight, and he felt he ought to reply in kind.
The turning point for effective communication is actually hearing what is being said, rather than hearing what you want to hear instead.
If you don't know the question, you are not ready for the answer.
The communication with God is very important, because the communication is one of our greatest needs, and God is the most important one we need.
When Internet parlance finds its way into our accepted vocabulary, it becomes a cliché.
We emphasize straightforwardness. You should be true to your feelings, and to your mind, expressing yourself without any reservations. This helps the listener to understand more easily.
Men do not long continue to think what they have forgotten how to say.
I've always admired people who give accurate directions, and the tribe is small.
A letter is the most basic—yet the most flexible—mode of correspondence, regardless of its subject matter.
Becoming an effective letter writer means analyzing each situation individually and choosing the form of correspondence accordingly.
I hate how it’s so much easier to be open and straightforward to a computer screen than to an actual person.
Sometimes the grandest of all events are described in the poverty of a few simple words.
Developing your blog is a balancing act between appeasing current readers and reaching out to new ones.
If only we were angels, with transparent bodies and transparent thoughts...
I’m a screwed-up person who no longerknows how to communicate with the people I love. But I meant everything I told you in my letter.
Horses don't speak, but they communicate through body language. If you look very closely, you'll find out your horse has been trying to talk to you every day.
Successful couples learn the secret of fighting for their relationship rather than against one another.