Quotes About Communication

What happens too often when we criticize someone is that we accompany it with strong, negative feelings. We criticize without ever mentioning how many other things we appreciate about our spouse.

Suspicion kills friendship.

When meeting with powerful people about things that matter,' he'd said, 'never play yourself down. It's unprofessional

Populist politics only appeals to intuitive logic, because that which is intuitive can be comprehended by the masses.

He had a smart crew, and if he spoke too much, they'd shut up and listen to him instead of volunteering their own

There is an old joke the chah'nas used to say; they said that among friends, a trouble shared is a trouble halved… but that among tavalai, a trouble shared is a trouble multiplied, retold, translated into five hundred tongues and turned into opera.

When meeting with powerful people about things that matter,' he'd said, 'never play yourself down.

never ascribe to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity'.

He had a smart crew, and if he spoke too much, they'd shut up and listen to him instead of volunteering their own very useful opinions. 'Good leaders lead,' Pantillo had told Erik once. 'Great leaders listen.

Croma staff officers, it seemed, liked to make things unnecessarily complicated just as human ones did.

If you can't understand the spec for a new technology, don't worry: nobody else will understand it either, and the technology won't be that important.

To a civilized man, beyond the simple animal need for food, the greatest necessity is a contact with other men...

A psychiatrist asks a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.

Smack your child every day. If you don't know why — he does.

A psychiatrist is a fellow who asks you a lot of expensive questions your wife asks for nothing.

Marriage is give and take. You'd better give it to her or she'll take it anyway.

Smack your child every day. If you don't know why - he does.

I wish there were a better than 'sorry'. But then, I'd probably need a better word than that.

Relationships work best if we are honest about not wanting the truth.

My relationship with my father is pretty non-existent.

My life isn't that dramatic. My dad really loves me, he just can't talk on the phone. He's too crippled and shy, and that's almost harder. He's there and he loves me, and I try and try and try, it's just impossible to have a relationship.

Any journalist worth his or her salt wouldn't trust me.

I'll say this one more time. I will be gentle. I will be slow. But you don't have the reins.

You really do unique small talk," she said as he caught up to her, walked side by side. "Well, these things keep a conversation well lubricated. Only thing worse than a dry fuck is small talk.