Motivational Quotes

Communication

For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.

- Ade, George

Best Quotes about Communication

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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

Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.

Teague, Jr., Freeman

You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listen to you if you can make a statement whereby their response is, No Shit! or at least, No kidding!

Boardman, Gael

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

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

Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.

Weil, Simone

Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.

Whately, Richard

Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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I wish people that have trouble communicating would just shut up!

Lehrer, Tom

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There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.

Carnegie, Dale

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Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.

Milton, John

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Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.

Judith Martin

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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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The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.

Robbins, Anthony

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The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.

White, Elwyn Brooks

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We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.

Truman, Harry S

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From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.

Proverb

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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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Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of very part of your life.

Tracy, Brian

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The higher you go, the wider spreads the network of communication that will make or break you. It extends not only to more people below, but to new levels above. And it extends all around, to endless other departments and interests interacting with yours.

Walton, Donald

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Communication is not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.

Piece, John A.

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Something there is that doesn't love a wall, and wants it down.

Frost, Robert

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A phoneless cord is a great device for people who love peace and quiet.

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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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We always speak well when we manage to be understood.

Moliere

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Of what does not concern you say nothing good or bad.

Proverb, Italian

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Don't hide your strategy under a bushel. Communicate it throughout your company. It's better today to disclose too much than too little.

Ross, Joel E.

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I've noticed two things about men who get big salaries. They are almost invariably men who, in conversation or in conference, are adaptable. They quickly get the other fellow's view. They are more eager to do this than to express their own ideas. Also, they state their own point of view convincingly.

Hallock, John

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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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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.

Menander of Athens

32.

There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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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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For good or ill, your conversation is your advertisement. Every time you open your mouth you let men look into your mind. Do they see it well clothed, neat, businesswise?

Burton, Bruce

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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.

Carnegie, Dale

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Get in touch with the way the other person feels. Feelings are 55% body language, 38% tone and 7% words.

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Use non-verbal communication to SOFTEN the hard-line position of others: S = Smile O = Open Posture F = Forward Lean T = Touch E = Eye Contact N = Nod.

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No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

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I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

Lehrer, Tom

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Communication across the revolutionary divide is inevitably partial.

Kuhn, Thomas S.

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Ninety-nine percent of all problems in communications start with misunderstandings which develop as a result of differing viewpoints and conditioning.

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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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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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You people are telling me what you think I want to know.I want to know what is actually happening.

Abrams, Creighton

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The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively, but says nothing.

Haskins, Henry S.

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The really important things are said over cocktails and are never done.

Drucker, Peter F.

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To express the most difficult matters clearly and intelligently, is to strike coins out of pure gold.