Motivational Quotes

Communication

The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.

- White, Elwyn Brooks

Best Quotes about Communication

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

Ade, George

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

Rohn, Jim

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.

Amiel, Henri Frederic

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.

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

The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.

Warren, Earl

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

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

Lindbergh, Anne Morrow

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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We always speak well when we manage to be understood.

Moliere

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He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met.

Lincoln, Abraham

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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.

Menander of Athens

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

Haskins, Henry S.

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Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.

Dickens, Charles

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

Anne Morrow Lindbergh

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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it; for error is always talkative.

Goldsmith, Oliver

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

Judith Martin

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

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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

Drucker, Peter F.

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Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.

Rosten, Leo

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To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

Robbins, Anthony

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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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From listening comes wisdom and from speaking, repentance.

Proverb

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

Proverb, Italian

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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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The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

Baruch, Bernard M.

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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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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

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Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.

Milton, John

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The careful application of terror is also a form of communication.

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

Frost, Robert

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

Geibel

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

Lehrer, Tom

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Nothing is so simple that it cannot be misunderstood.

Teague, Jr., Freeman

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The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.

Irving, Washington

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Communication across the revolutionary divide is inevitably partial.

Kuhn, Thomas S.

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It's vital the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do.

Diana, Princess of Wales

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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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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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Two monologues do not make a dialogue.

Daly, Jeff

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

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The art of communication is the language of leadership.

Humes, James

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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