Quotes About Communication

Pierpont wanted to follow him, but he held back, awaiting word of Junius's plans.

Lamont laughed at the offer. "But

seemed quite content to sit in silence sometimes and not try to entertain each other.

Sensitive to her delicate psychological state, he sent her gently whimsical letters.

Rockefeller worked by subtle hints, doling out praise sparingly to employees and nudging them along.

Forced to reconsider, Rockefeller evidently came up with a large enough bonus, although Gates never revealed the exact amount.

Rockefeller placed a premium on internal harmony and tried to reconcile his contending chieftains. A laconic man, he liked to canvass everyone's opinion before expressing his own and then often crafted a compromise to maintain cohesion. He was always careful to couch his decisions as suggestions or questions

Tell the truth, because sooner or later the public will find out anyway. And if the public doesn't like what you are doing, change your policies and bring them into line with what people want.

To all questions, Rockefeller responded in this same slow, disconnected style, making his testimony worthless.

Reporters struggled to convey the magnitude of this fine.

blustering contractor stormed into his office and launched into a snarling tirade against him while he sat hunched over his writing desk and didn't look up until the man had exhausted himself. Then, spinning about in his swivel chair, he looked up and coolly asked, "I didn't catch what you were saying. Would you mind repeating that?

He seldom spoke so harshly in public.

This left French politicians in the dark during critical moments in the bargaining.

Rockefeller advised silence, and Flagler desisted from further comment.

He was always careful to couch his decisions as suggestions or questions.

I observed that he spoke very little indeed, and always in a low and quiet voice.

By remaining silent in the face of criticism, he thought he would seem confident and secure in his integrity—in fact, he seemed guilty and arrogantly evasive.

Falam muito alto, rapidíssimo e todos ao mesmo tempo", queixou-se Adams. "Se fizerem uma pergunta, antes que seu interlocutor possa pronunciar três palavras em resposta, voltam à falação e sem previsão para acabar."25 A

Let him take his time, with gentle management. Make him feel that he is giving it, not that it is being taken from him with violence.

Though he was exacting and did not pay high salaries, he never yelled at his employees and dealt with them in a patient, considerate manner, occasionally inviting them to sit by the fire for a chat.

He carries what he feels for people deep inside. Even as a kid he was that way," Aunt Margaret said. "Your momma knows that." But I had wondered then as I did now what good love was that couldn't be expressed.

Then it became clear that it was a song, the loneliest sort of song because the notes changed so little, like one bird calling and waiting for another to answer. It was as lonely a sound as she'd ever heard.

God moved, and the prophet mouthed these revealed truths. God revealed and man recorded His Word to humankind.1

Lincoln enhanced the ability of his audience to hear him by his practice of speaking slowly.