Communication Quotes

We cannot be speakers who do not listen. But neither can we be listeners who do not speak.

Understanding is the heartwood of well-spoken words.

Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off the second.

Families break up when they get hints you don't intend and miss hints that you do.

There are tones of voices that mean more than words.

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.

Words spoken cannot be recalled so think twice before you speak.

Words build bridges into unexplored regions.

Most of the time, communication gets confused with conversation. In fact, the two are distinctly different.

I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in.

The bitter clamor of two eager tongues.

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain.

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness, novel without falsehood.

Women speak two languages - one of which is verbal.

I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by theiruser.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.