Quotes About Communication

The most important specialized skills are sales and marketing. The ability to sell—to communicate to another human being, be it a customer, employee, boss, spouse, or child—is the base skill of personal success.

Your mom and dad lecture a lot. My dad is quiet and a man of few words.

Your ability to sell—to communicate and position your strengths—directly impacts your success.

rich dad walked out of his office, said nothing, and signaled with his hand for me to enter.

Many middle managers remain middle managers, failing to get promoted, because they know how to work with people below them, but not with people above them.

Nyhl heard my words, yet he was insistent.

Finally I heard him when he said

I don't need to kill goats to say things. I CAN talk.

Jeremy: Who did it? Wait-you think I did. Don't you? Ash: It did cross our minds at one point. Actually, it seemed to keep crossing them. Back and forth. Maybe we should put in a crosswalk.

If you can sit in silence with a person for half an hour and yet be entirely comfortable, you and that person can be friends. If you cannot, friends you'll never be and you need not waste time in trying.

It's dreadful what little things lead people to misunderstand each other.

Gossip, as usual, was one-third right and two-thirds wrong.

Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding, I think,' said Anne.

Never be silent with persons you love and distrust, Mr. Carpenter had said once. Silence betrays.

Words aren't made — they grow,' said Anne.

But if you have big ideas you have to use big words to express them, haven't you?

Oh, but there's such a difference between saying a thing yourself and hearing other people say it,' wailed Anne. 'You may know a thing is so, but you can't help hoping other people don't quite think it is.

If a kiss could be seen I think it would look like a violet,' said Priscilla. Anne glowed. 'I'm so glad you spoke that thought, Priscilla, instead of just thinking it and keeping it to yourself. This world would be a much more interesting place…although it is very interesting, anyhow…if people spoke out their real thoughts.

I know I chatter on far too much... but if you only knew how many things I want to say and don't. Give me SOME credit.

There are a great many people who do not understand things so there is no use in telling them.

We are never half so interesting when we have learned that language is given us to enable us to conceal our thoughts.

There is nothing more aggravating than a man who won't talk back - unless it is a woman who won't.

Oh, we're very careful, Marilla. And it's so interesting. Two flashes means, Are you there? Three means yes and four no. Five means, Come over as soon as possible, because I have something important to reveal. Diana has just signalled five flashes, and I'm really suffering to know what it is.

Have you ever noticed that when people say it is their duty to tell you a certain thing you may prepare for something disagreeable? Why is it that they never seem to think it a duty to tell you the pleasant things they hear about you?