Quotes About Communication

I shall not waste any more words on you," she said coldly. "Your mind is too closed to hear them.

Lies breed distrust, and distrust brings conflict.

With Katharine, it seems, words are only her secondary means of communication.

Christy: "My grandma made this. I've had it since elementary school." Todd: "I never knew that." Christy: "I never knew you left your towel on the floor." Todd: "Uh-oh. Is this one of those issues they talked about in our premarital counseling? Should I hang up towels so you feel more loved?

With words at your disposal, you can see more clearly. Finding the words is another step in learning to see.

How she wished she'd asked Father more about this Jack Ludgrove instead of storming out in a huff.

Appreciation is a big component of a succesful marriage.

My friend, there are some things that I cannot tell you. Some I will tell you in time; some, others will tell you; some you may never know, or you may be the first to find the answers.

But I'm going to try to tell the truth. Except for the parts I'm leav­ing out, because there's still stuff I'm just not going to tell you. Get used to it.

Who? What's wrong?" Daniel stammered.

He hadn't known her for very long before he realized that she lacked a filter between her brain and her mouth-she simply verbalized every thought that entered her mind.

He straightened quickly and looked round at her. "Oh, Claire!" He patted the breast pocket of his shirt, making a hollow drumming

The American home has become the noisiest place of utter silence on earth.

Resolve to talk more and be entertained less.

Make you mess your message.

Bodies always tell the truth. They give us hints of how to listen for it, and to recognize it when we hear or see it.

When a language dies, so much more than words are lost. Language is the dwelling place of ideas that do not exist anywhere else. It is a prism through which to see the world.

Language is the dwelling place of ideas that do not exist anywhere else. It is a prism through which to see the world.

The listeners reciprocate the gift of the speaker's words with their attention

Of course you should write about it. It's supposed to be shared, otherwise how can it work? We've been waiting five hundred years for people to listen. If they'd understood the Thanksgiving then, we wouldn't be in this mess.

They love to hear the old language," he said, "it's true." "But," he said, with fingers on his lips, "You don't have to speak it here." "If you speak it here," he said, patting his chest, "They will hear you.

To be heard, you must speak the language of the one you want to listen.

A language teacher I know explained that grammar is just the way we chart relationships in language.

We Americans are reluctant to learn a foreign language of our own species, let alone another species.