Communication Quotes

Listening well is as powerful a means of communication
and influence as to talk well....John Marshall.

A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue. That's
why there are so few good conversations: due to scarcity,
two intelligent talkers seldom meet....Truman Capote.

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere
where individual differences are appreciated,
mistakes are tolerated, communication is open,
and rules are flexible -- the kind of atmosphere
that is found in a nurturing family....Virginia Satir.

The most important thing in communication is to hear
what isn't being said....Peter Ferdinand Drucker.

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

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

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

Precision of communication is important, more important
than ever in our era of hair-trigger balances, when
a false, or misunderstood word may create as much
disaster as a sudden thoughtless act....James Thurber.

That is the happiest conversation where there
is no competition, no vanity, but a calm, quiet
interchange of sentiments....Samuel Johnson.

Put it before them briefly so they will read it,
clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely
so they will remember it and, above all, accurately
so they will be guided by its light....Joseph Pulitzer.

Take care of the sense and the sounds will
take care of themselves....Lewis Carroll.

Too much agreement kills
a chat....Eldridge Cleaver.

Use what language you will, you can never say
anything but what you are....Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The happiest conversation is that of which
nothing is distinctly remembered, but a
general effect of pleasing impression....Samuel Johnson.

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

There is more than a verbal tie between the words common,
community, and communication...Try the experiment of
communicating, with fullness and accuracy, some experience to
another, especially if it be somewhat complicated, and you will
find your own attitude toward your experience changing....John Dewey.

Listening is as important as talking. If you're a
good listener, people often compliment you for being
a good conversationalist....Governor Jesse Ventura.

A writer writes not because he is educated but
because he is driven by the need to communicate.
Behind the need to communicate is the need to share.
Behind the need to share is the need to be understood.
The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants
to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps,
is what makes him different from others....Leo Rosten.

Behavior is a mirror in which everyone
displays his own image....Goethe.

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