Quotes About Communication

A man's intelligence does not increase as he acquires power. What does increase is the difficulty of telling him so.

Fools make news, and wise men carry it.

A man penetrates, conquers, colonizes, plants. A woman receives, surrenders, accepts.

And from the first declension of the flesh I learnt man's tongue, to twist the shapes of thoughts Into the stony idiom of the brain.

Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious.

The Old Testament is the record of men's conviction that God speaks directly to men.

Greek is doubtless the most perfect [language] that has been contrived by the art of man.

Where Nature's end of language is declin'd, And men talk only to conceal the mind.

Mountain gorses, do ye teach us . . . . That the wisest word man reaches Is the humblest he can speak?

But I love you, sir: And when a woman says she loves a man, The man must hear her, though he love her not.

if you men only knew how we love a man who can be just a woman to us sometimes!

Men are wary of me because they know, by listening to my music, that a relationship with me will be quite deep.

The literary man? An indiscreet man, who devaluates his miseries, divulges them, tells them like so many beads: immodesty-the sideshow of second thoughts-is his rule; he offers himself.

I once had a man break up with me. He said I was using him because right after making love I would weigh myself.

I agree that not responding, and blocking his email, is the way to deal with the man you hope falls silent again.

Men really respect a woman who's in their power and who isn't afraid just to speak up. I feel that it's something to practice. When you hold yourself with integrity, they respond real well.

Never reveal your insecurities to a man, because nine times out of 10 they have no idea they even exist.

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

Never be in a hurry to terminate a marriage. Remember, you may need this man/woman to finish a sentence.

When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well.

Often a man can play the helpless child in front of a woman, but he can almost never bring it off when he feels most like a helpless child.

He thought he suddenly understood. For the Lincon-shire sergeant-major the word Peace meant that a man could stand up on a hill. For him it meant someone to talk to.

Come home to men's business and bosoms.

I think men are still very loath to talk about their sexuality. Yet, I am so ashamed about my imperfection as a human being that I tell everything.