Quotes About Communication

The warrior of light listens to what his opponent has to say. He only fights if absolutely necessary.

I really believe life is simple. It's all the other people that make things complicated.

For preachers, clarity is a moral matter. It is not merely a question of rhetoric, but a matter of life and death.

All words are masks and the lovelier they are, the more they are meant to conceal.

Marriage is ridiculous.

Not a wasted word. This has been a main point to my literary thinking all my life.

The need to speak, even if one has nothing to say, becomes more pressing when one has nothing to say, just as the will to live becomes more urgent when life has lost its meaning.

Life is a language in which certain truths are conveyed to us; if we could learn them in some other way, we should not live.

I believe we are being dishonest with language minority groups if we tell them they can take full part in American life without learning the English language.

Life is more fun when you open your mouth.

Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.

No one really wants to admit they are lonely, and it is never really addressed very much between friends and family. But I have felt lonely many times in my life.

The social self is simply any idea, or system of ideas, drawn from the communicative life, that the mind cherishes as its own.

Life is not a private affair. A story and its lessons are only made useful if shared.

I'm sure there isn't an after-life. If there were, Ivor Novello would have got a message to us.

People in life, when they have a tendency to exaggerate or lie or whatever, you always sort of notice that their voice goes up quite high.

Always write as if you are talking to someone. It works. Don't put on any fancy phrases or accents or things you wouldn't say in real life.

Life is so short - if you feel something for someone, tell them.

It isn't the people you fire who make your life miserable, it's the people you don't.

...He palmed up the life Alert. Death Alert was more like it: Help, I haven't fallen and I'm standing up-can you come and rectify this problem? - Isaac

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation.

Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition.

Life's disappointments are harder to take when you don't know any swear words.

Of all the life skills available to us, communication is perhaps the most empowering.