Quotes About Communication

Ordinary Americans, and especially the small minority active in Democrat and Republican primaries, must learn more of what people across the globe are thinking and saying about the US. For if you follow that, you realise that the erosion of American power is happening faster than most of us predicted -- while the politicians in Washington behave like rutting stags with locked antlers.

Many of us believe that we need health care reform. That being said - Americans felt like they weren't being listened to. There were a lot of people across the political spectrum who said we don't want a one-size-fits-all healthcare plan.

She gave me the slow nod women use to indicate that they understand our pain, they admire the courage with which we handle it, and they're absolutely certain that it's all our fault.

And you know women, they're both back there turning it into the crime of the century. Planting it in a little garden in the center of their hearts and watering it with feelings . Talking about it, sharing it. You're a cheat, you're a heartbreaker, you're like a museum exhibit, Everything That's Wrong with Guys.

How the word is spoken can dramatically impact the power of the spoken word.

In the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he'd have a talk show.

In the information-communication civilization of the 21st Century, creativity and mental excellence will become the ethical norm. The world will be too dynamic, complex, and diversified, too cross-linked by the global immediacies of modern (quantum) communication, for stability of thought or dependability of behaviour to be successful.

If you want to change the way people respond to you, change the way you respond to people.

In the information age, you don't teach philosophy as they did after feudalism. You perform it. If Aristotle were alive today he'd have a talk show.

What is a relationship? The intersection of the stories of two people. The problem is that an awful lot of carnage takes place at this intersection.

It is easy to forget the impact our words have on every relationship. There has never been a good relationship without good communication. And there has never been a bad relationship that didn't get that way in part because of something that was said.

Words separate you from the rest of creation, making you more like God than like animals.

Have you ever been hurt by what the other person said?

Have you ever felt like you haven't been heard?

is very aware of the other's sin and working hard to get the other to see it too.

Are you doing all you can to make that mechanical person more relational?

much of the bad communication, needless conflict, and constant frustration stem from our responses to the ways the other person is different from us.

Are you frustrated with someone in your life? Have you been trying to reshape her to fit into your personal preferences?

Your everyday communication influences the shape, quality, and direction of your relationships.

Language is not a human invention to be used in whatever way serves our interests. If God is the first speaker, then language is his creation. This means that our ability to speak was given to us by the Creator and it exists for his glory.

Words separate you from the rest of creation, making you more like God than like animals. The gift of words calls us to live and speak in a God-focused manner. One of our greatest mistakes in communication is to take words as our own to use as we please.

Every day your words give your relationships their tone. Every day you tell people what you think of them, what you want from them, and what you would like to enjoy with them.

It is easy to forget the impact our words have on every relationship. There

In this chapter we invite you to listen to your words and evaluate the way they shape your relationships.