Quotes About Communication

Look," the Ryker copy said, "I'm you. I know everything you know. What's the harm in talking about this stuff?" "If you know everything I know, what's the point of talking about it?" "Sometimes, it helps to externalize things. Even if you talk to someone else about it, you're usually talking to yourself. The other guy's just providing a sounding board. You talk it out.

Lies are a precious currency—you have to be careful how and where you spend them.

The priest I didn't talk to at all, because I didn't want to have to hide his body afterwards.

Machine idiolect. It doesn't matter how sophisticated they get, they still end up sounding like a playgroup learning box. I sighed and looked directly ahead at the slice-of-virtual-life holos on the wall. "You want out, now'd be a good time to tell me." "I do not want out, Takeshi Kovacs. I merely wished to acquaint you with the considerations involved in this course of action." "Okay. I'm acquainted.

The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also, a collective organizer of the masses." Vladimir Lenin This is a famous quote that can be found reprinted in many places; you can find it at answers.yahoo.com

Self-expression is something that does not—and should not—ever stop.

You cannot pray a prayer I cannot hear. There is no wrong way to reach out to me.

When you are feeling depreciated, angry or drained, it is a sign that other people are not open to your energy. SANAYA ROMAN

Today, I take the time to get my friends and acquaintances current on the shifts in my inner life. I communicate clearly and openly. I allow time for people to adjust to the ways in which I have changed. I, too, adjust to the change in others.

Gently set all ego aside and be a channel for my thinking to come into the world.

Writing, as we are taught to do it, becomes an antihuman activity. We are forever editing, leaving out the details that might not be pertinent. We are trained to self-doubt, to self-scrutiny in the place of self-expression.

A la ira hay que escucharla. La ira es una voz, un grito, un ruego, una exigencia.

Snipers are people who undermine your efforts to break unhealthy relationship patterns.

Cuando te sientes depreciado, enfadado o exhausto es señal de que los demás no están abiertos a tu energía». SANAYA ROMAN

Writing is making choices, and the choices we make can be generic, which will cost us our reader's faith, or specific, which will gain our reader's trust. Detail allows us to communicate precisely what we mean.

A la ira hay que escucharla. La ira es una voz, un grito, un ruego, una exigencia. A la ira hay que respetarla. ¿Por qué? Porque la ira es un mapa . La ira nos muestra dónde están nuestros límites. Nos marca a dónde queremos ir. Nos permite ver dónde hemos estado y nos hace saber cuándo no nos ha gustado.

It's easy to get the feeling that you know the language just because when you order a beer they don't bring you oysters. (Paul Child)

But how nice it is that one can come to know someone just through correspondence, and become really passionate friends.

After we'd moved into 81, we had placed an order for a phone, and waited. First a man came by to see if we lived where we said we did. Then two men visited to make a study of our situation. Then another man appeared to find out if we really wanted a phone. The process was very French, and made me laugh, especially when I thought of how quickly such a transaction would have taken place in the States.

If a tourist enters a food stall thinking he's going to be cheated, the salesman will sense this and obligingly cheat hi. But if a Frenchman senses that a visitor is delighted to be in his store, and takes a genuine interest in what is for sale, then he'll just open up like a flower.

If a tourist enters a food stall thinking he's going to be cheated, the salesman will sense this and obligingly cheat him. But if a Frenchman senses that a visitor is delighted to be in his store, and takes a genuine interest in what is for sale, then he'll just open up like a flower.

If you don't pick your audience, you're lost because you're not really talking to anybody.

Recuerdo que algún día yo le hablé de mi río y una como tormenta se agitó en sus estrañas. No sé si fue mi pecho que tembló de recuerdo o si fueron mis ojos que asomaron nostalgias. I remember a day when I spoke of my river and something like a storm stirred in his being. Was it my breast that trembled with the memory Was it nostalgia that showed through my eyes

On the phone, we argue. In person, we tend to become sarcastic. Our letters, though, have a touch of romantic collusion.