Quotes About Communication

Thomas still didn't understand why she was being so touchy with him.

Are you guys done up there?" Aris yelled, still facing the other direction. "Yes!" Teresa called back. "And don't expect me to ever kiss you on the cheek again. I think my lips have a fungus now.

respond, but his figure seemed rigid. Mark could tell his hands were clenched into fists. "Toad? We need you to sit down. And then tell us everything that's happened since we left the village." The guy didn't move. "Come on," Mark pushed.

Thomas hesitated at first, but he knew he had to tell them everything. And there was no better time than the present. He sucked in a deep breath and started talking.

Le persone amano. Nei momenti migliori e in quelli peggiore. Le persone amano. Dovresti assicurarti che lei sappia cosa provi.

There is little taste for 'high culture' especially in Evangelicalism, where the tendency has long been toward translation - making things accessible to the largest number of people.

I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.

Words go together in zillions of ways. Some ways go deep, and some ways go shallow.

In our technology-dominated world, the value of literature is getting harder and harder to maintain, but it must be maintained if we're going to have any humanity left at all.

I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them.

Her voice was weak, too much air and not enough sound.

FBI's rapport-building

I come from a profession which has suffered greatly because of the lack of civility. Lawyers treat each other poorly and it has come home to haunt them. The public will not tolerate a lack of civility.

One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.

One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual confrontations, there should be an honest attempt at the reconciliation of differences before resorting to combat.

Pianist Clifford Curzon tells about his celebrated teacher Artur Schnabel cautioning his piano students: " 'Play nothing before you hear it'—or, 'First hear, then play.' He knew that only certainty of conception could produce clarity of presentation." And it is so in mining a text for its meaning and message.

Some people don't respond to civility.

Three Tasks of a Good Missionary Learn the language: educate yourself on how to talk in a way that people can understand and to which they can relate and eventually respond Study the culture: become so sensitized to that culture that you can operate effectively within it Translate the gospel: translate it into its own cultural context so that it can be heard, understood, and appropriated

Unloving attitudes and words cause a "stench that the world can smell. . . . Our sharp tongues, the lack of love between us . . . these are what properly trouble the world."17

People want to know how much you care before they care how much you know.

Let us reflect on the brief life of a bit

Always write angry letters to your enemies. Never mail them.

A basic rule of life for reporters is that you should spend your time talking with and learning about people who are not sending you press releases, rather than those who are.

Much like Hemmingway. If something is easy to read, it's hard to write; if something is hard to read, it's easy to write. I want everything I write to be easy to read. I shall want every word to count. If it's described as simplistic, then I shall consider that a compliment.