Quotes About Communication

It takes a big man and a big woman to actually say, like, 'Okay, I'm in love with you, but I can't keep forcing it - it's only pushing us apart'.

My goal is to share information and to educate. But am I an activist? No, no, no. I don't believe in pushing things on people.

With each project I'm always pushing for clarity.

I'm overcritical, insensitive, and pushy when it comes to me. With everybody else, I'm a great listener, and all I want is for them to be happy.

In this fast-paced business world, female leaders need to make sure they're not perceived as pushy, aggressive or competent. One way to do that is to alter your leadership style to account for the (sometimes) fragile male ego.

When you're trying to persuade people, more often than not, they feel you're being pushy. When you focus on influencing them, they're much less defensive and open to hearing what you have to say.

Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.

The heart of the melody can never be put down on paper.

I know that I'm not the easiest person to live with. The challenge I put on myself is so great that the person I live with feels himself challenged. I bring a lot to bear, and I don't know how not to.

A good manager doesn't put pressure on his players.

Putin does not lie. When he says something, he means it.

Putin drops bombs. We drop leaflets.

Actors should be writers. While a writer puts the story on paper, an actor puts it on screen.

I don't want to do anything that puts my team members, my camera people or producers, in danger, so it's an ongoing dialogue on all the stories that we do.

I am a person who always puts the team in front and I do it publicly.

I never quite know how to describe what I do. I normally just say, 'Oh, I'm a magician', which probably puts fairly naff ideas in people's minds but is pleasantly conversation-stopping.

He puts his right hand lightly on the cup, I put my left, leaving the right free to transcribe, and away we go. We get, oh, 500 to 600 words an hour. Better than gasoline.

When you don't know what the band looks like, it puts the emphasis on thinking and taking the music and message more seriously.

Language is too complex for a computer to understand. It's not going to be able to make sense of what people are saying en masse. We need a new type of discipline that puts together computer scientists and social scientists, who can add context to the situation.

One of the coolest ways to start building a character is the way he moves his mouth, what part of the mouth he puts his words into, how he expresses himself, and there's a certain flavor you get with a dialect.

I got 'The Red White and Blue' out of journalism. It puts you in touch with the world.

I'm not a person who puts things out in writing and policy prescriptions and is not intending to follow through.

As soon as you know that someone is running for office, it puts a distance between you and that person.

It doesn't matter how many runs one person puts together. We want to get partnerships and get 400 runs on the board. One person can't get 400 runs on the board if there is nobody at the other end.