Quotes About Communication

I've actually tried to roast somebody that I don't like, and it doesn't go well. Either they're a bad sport or I'm not as funny as I could be.

Decisions are more apt to be accepted when you've listened to suggestions first. I wanted them to see the reason behind what I asked of them, not to do things just because I said so.

True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.

Running for office is the least aerobic of the socially interactive sports.

Individuals score points, but teams win games.

Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.

When I looked at the third base coach, he turned his back on me.

With the media, I could be quick and ugly and critical. I tend to wear my emotions on my sleeve.

If you're thinking something good about your players, say it; don't save it for later.

Successful innovation is not a single breakthrough. It is not a sprint. It is not an event for the solo runner. Successful innovation is a team sport, it's a relay race.

I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships.

But I just think as a captain, everybody's different.

I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out.

Don't say I don't get along with my teammates. I just don't get along with some of the guys on the team.

Over there, Kevin McHale, I feel like I'm talking to someone I know. It's just a total different atmosphere.

It's a cliche that filmmaking is a team sport. However, let me say just say it again: filmmaking is a team sport.

Grandchildren now don't write a thank you for the Christmas presents. They are walking on their pants with their cap on backward, listening to the Enema Man and Snoopy, Snoopy Poop Dog.

One could continue quoting Irigaray, but the reader is probably lost (so are we).

I believe that at the end of the century the use of words and general educated opinion will have altered so much that one will be able to speak of machines thinking without expecting to be contradicted.

One day ladies will take their computers for walks in the park and tell each other, My little computer said such a funny thing this morning. ~ Alan Turing

Paranormalists, however, insist that our minds are transmitters that, with special effort, can focus like lasers to communicate across great distances, and even make things happen. That may seem far-fetched, but it's also a definition of prayer.

I can meet with you again Monday at the same time here in your office, or any morning next week by Skype, or Wednesday and Thursday for lunch—which is best?

Baxter knows a lot more than I do, I told her. Yes, said Baxter, but I will never tell people all of it.

Man is essentially a story-telling animal, but a teller of stories that aspire to truth.