Quotes About Communication

No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake....

I did not say alas! (nobody ever does that I know of, though the word is so frequently written).

How poorly we communicate, even the most drastic messages, even to ourselves.

Imagine what it must be like for teenagers who don't feel they have room to breathe in their own homes. If you are a parent reading this book, you care about your child. If she is quirky, unusual, or nonconformist, ask yourself whether you are doing everything you can to nurture her unusual interests, style, or skills, or whether instead you are directly or subtly pushing her to hide them.

Part of the problem is that people at our school don't listen. They just put on the headphones and tune out the world. It's intimidating.

The only way I'm going to make any friends is if I take the first step.

Ignoring is a form of bullying because you're blocking that person out. It doesn't matter if you don't like somebody. That's fine. You don't have to. But you need to be cordial to and communicate with that person at work.

1980s, when a study of Intensive Care Units revealed that "the most significant factor associated with excessive mortality was the degree of nurse-physician communication

When nurse-doctor relations are poor, patients die unnecessarily.

Yes, we are taught to be patient advocates, but we are also taught to be a check on the doctor. The problem with that is we're only taught to see docs as adversaries." Nurses "never get a good understanding of the stresses and strains of what it's like to be a physician.

how do doctors and nurses learn to behave and negotiate with each other?

best intentions notwithstanding, no one can control how the media communicates a story and what the public eventually understands.

Mastery of language affords one remarkable opportunities.

You scholars, you're in communication with the devil.

Women and doors - did I not tell you, friend Porthos, that they are always to be managed by gentleness? - D'Artagnan

It was clear that Mme Danglars was suffering from one of those nervous irritations which women are often unable to explain even to themselves.

I say, sir, you sir, who are hiding yourself behind that shutter—yes, you, sir, tell me what you are laughing at, and we will laugh together!

But, it is well known, what strikes the capricious mind of the poet is not always what affects the mass of readers.

What the deuce does the fellow mean by getting trap-doors made without first consulting you? Trap-doors!

you cannot reproach me with the slightest coquetry. I have always said to you, 'I love you as a brother; but do not ask from me more than sisterly affection, for my heart is another's.' Is not this true, Fernand?

Prayer is our voice; intuition is God's answer.

It's good to want God to speak to you, but smarter to let God speak through you, because when God speaks through you, more than one can hear.

Love is the language that transcends all others.

Praying much in tongues is one way to develop an ear to hear the voice of the Lord. When we pray much in tongues we are allowing the Holy Ghost to speak through us.