Quotes About Communication

Mutismul cel mai sigur nu-i s? taci, ci s? vorbe?ti.

He writes because for him doing so is a luxury, the more agreeable and conspicuous the fewer who but and read what he writes.

Only some one who knows how to remain essentially silent can really talk -- and act essentially

People do not know what they ought to say but only that they must say something.

So soon as I talk I express the universal, and if I do not do so, no one can understand me.

If you can do that, if you can find exactly the place where the other is and begin there, you may perhaps have the luck to lead him to the place where you are. For to be a teacher does not mean simply to affirm that such a thing is so, or to deliver a lecture, etc. No, to be a teacher in the right sense is to be a learner.

He writes because for him it is a luxury which becomes the more agreeable and more evident, the fewer there are who buy and read what he writes.

People who do not know how to remain silent, do not know how to talk.

But take heed to pay them willingly and promptly what money they should have. With those whom one despises, one on no account should have money differences, lest it might perhaps be said that it was to get out of paying them one avoided them. No, pay them double, in order that thy disagreement with them may be thoroughly clear: that what concerns them does not concern thee at all, namely, money; and on the contrary, that what does not concern them concerns thee infinitely, namely, Christianity.

At digte sig ind i en pige er en kunst, at digte sig ud af hende er et mesterstykke.

Intohimo ei merkitse sanoja.

Naisissa tapaa usein huumoria, mutta ei koskaan ironiaa. Puhdas naisellinen luonto pitää ironiaa jonkinlaisena julmuutena.

Cuando un hombre habla como un libro impreso, es aburrido escucharle, pero a menudo es muy útil hablar de este modo.

Why didn't you say that's what you were planning in the first place?" Vaughn smiled. "Because, Doctor, when they make you a commander, they take the bone out of your head that makes you explain orders.

If, at the close of business each evening, I myself can understand what I've written, I feel the day hasn't been totally wasted.

I like you, Mike. I just wanted to know about you." He grinned and finished building the fire. "OK, point taken, and I like you too, Juney. It was an RPG." "Role-playing game?" she asked, bewildered, and saw him laugh aloud, his head thrown back—for the first time since they met, she realized. "Rocket Propelled Grenade," he said.

Lucy: I don't understand men. Nettie: What is there to understand? If you feed 'em regular-like and give 'em a bit of 'sugar' now and then, they're easy enough. And if they don't behave, you just toss 'em out on their arses. That's what I always say.

You got off on the wrong foot. I merely watched you shove it into your mouth.

Sometimes the way to a man's heart is through his talleywacker.

You may find this hard to believe, Mr. Pinter, she went on defensively, but some men enjoy my company. They consider me easy to talk to. A ghost of a smile touched his handsome face. You're right. I do find that hard to believe. Arrogant wretch. -Jackson and Celia

The face is the mirror of the mind, and eyes without speaking confess the secrets of the heart.

Women are the gossips, the seers, the story-tellers. One of these days I'll tell him: pay attention, Tom dear, because it's women who are the keepers of secrets.

Sometimes the universe tries very hard to send you a message.

It's funny how you imagine loving someone is enough to make them believe you love them. Thomas to Elizabeth, The Other Side of You