Quotes About Communication

You may think it odd that there were three men to look after one tiny station, but the people who ran the railway knew that if you left two men together in a lonely place they would quarrel, but if you left three men, two of them could always grumble to each other about the third, and then they would be quite happy.

The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.

Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men — bring them softness, teach them how to cry.

What the younger generations don't have are letters." … "Why bother when you can e-mail, phone or text." … "As we contact each other more and more", … "there is, oddly, nothing to show for it.

This is the difficulty with learning a language: not always knowing if words contain more than they say.

Have you ever noticed that it takes a textbook dozens of pages to say what normal people can cover fast? Example: What was the full impact of World War II? Clear-cut teenage answer: we won.

We were having the best time working together, too, except when he'd make a mistake on an order and I'd have to be an advocate for my customer. I always mentioned it sweetly. "You didn't say hold the bacon, Hope." "Barverman, I said it twice." "You must have said it to someone else." "I said it to you ." Clang. " Don't clang pots at me.

Perchance, I would listen. Have you said anything?

Was it alright?" "It was fine." "What aspect of the definition of fine was it?" "We had a decent time." I've been to Walgreens and had a decent time.

Parents just concentrate on the thing that drives them nuts and all the other good stuff you do goes out the window.

Are you some kind of foot fetish?

Millstone sputtered, "I don't know where you're getting your information, G.T., but that's as bogus as a barking cat!

It's a pretty day, huh?" Meesha glared at me.

A heart will say amazing things if it's given half a chance.

What, Mother, could possibly happen in forty-eight hours?" She chose not to answer. "I'll strap a fire extinguisher on my back and lug around the mobile phone, okay?" "Even when you sleep . . ." she insisted. I put my hand over my heart. "So help me, Mom, I'll look so weird, no one will come near me." "That's my girl.

I felt he was speaking

it's better to prepare the speaker than the speech,

When you express feelings, are you stating what is or are you blaming someone? If expressing your feelings generally makes you or other people feel worse—doing harm—try thinking about feelings as teachers, rather than as judges about how the world is treating you.

Thought One of the most important ways we can show our respect and love is by listening carefully when another person speaks. When we interrupt, no matter how important our contribution may seem, we're damming up the flow of energy and giving the other person the nonverbal message that their thoughts and feelings are less important than our own.

I have come to understand that the voice of God is all around me. God is not a silent God. God is speaking to me all the time. In everything. Through everyone. I am only now beginning to listen, let alone to hear.

I never regaled him with an account of what the children had done, the lateness of deliveries because of traffic, or the neighborhood gossip (unless it was a particularly juicy bit!). There's nothing less stimulating for a man than the day-to-day business of raising four children. That's woman's work. If she's lucky she revels in it. If not, she gets it done anyhow, and in the time allotted for it.

Females are born flirts. I've watched my three girls flirting almost from the time they were able to get their eyes opened and they could focus. They cooed at men, fluttered around them—and flattered them. But once girls get themselves married they forget the romance—and that's when the flirting should really begin. If you want to keep your husband, that is. A lot of other women are flirting with him and flattering him—you can depend on that.

There should always be a precious time together at the end of the working day. Turn off the phone, ignore the door, pour a glass of wine or fruit juice. Shed the world and learn about each other in your own romantic oasis.

Make your husband talk about his work. Drag it out of him, if you have to. But, you're saying, my husband's a cashier. How can I take an interest in that? Well, for openers, you might say, "Any holdups today?" And go on to find out what keeping books is all about. What an auditor is. Follow changes in tax laws in the daily newspaper. You might even find all this fascinating. He has to.