communication

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With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed.

- Lichtenberg, Georg C.

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The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication

- Gerber, Michael E.

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Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures --in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.

- Saint-Exupery, Antoine De

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Banality is a symptom of non-communication. Men hide behind their clich?s.

- Ionesco, Eugene

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If you cry Forward you must be sure to make clear the direction in which to go. Don't you see that if you fail to do that and simply call out the word to a monk and a revolutionary, they will go in precisely opposite directions?

- Chekhov, Anton

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Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

- Frost, Robert

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Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.

- Peters, Thomas J.

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Electronic communication is an instantaneous and illusory contact that creates a sense of intimacy without the emotional investment that leads to close friendships.

- Clifford Stoll

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A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered ;about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals.

- Hutchins, Robert M.

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I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.

- Banham, John

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EXCOMMUNICATION, n. This "excommunication" is a word In speech ecclesiastical oft heard, And means the damning, with bell, book and candle, Some sinner whose opinions are a scandal -- A rite permitting Satan to enslave him Forever, and forbidding Christ to save him. Gat Huckle

- Ambrose Bierce

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What is the shortest word in the English language that contains the letters: abcdef? Answer: feedback. Don't forget that feedback is one of the essential elements of good communication.

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This'telephone'has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.

- Western Union internal memo

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Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers.

- Brown, Les

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The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.

- Joseph Priestley

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Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

- Rohn, Jim

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Increase your personal power through positive and powerful communication. Recognize and eliminate negative self talk.

- Caterina Rando

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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.

- Stevenson, Robert Louis

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In the last analysis, what we ARE communicates far more eloquently than anything we SAY.

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The art of communication is the language of leadership.

- Humes, James