Quotes About Communication

She thought of all the words that went unspoken in the world, throughout time: what happened to them, where did they go? What would happen if they were all spoken? How different would the world be then?

Going out with a jerky guy is kind of like having a piece of food caught in your teeth. All your friends notice it before you do.

A poem is like a score for the human voice.

Jasmine sat on her bed, worrying her bottom lip as she listened to the phone ring. Damn it, where the hell was Stephanie? Obviously not answering her cell phone, that was for sure. When the voicemail kicked in Jasmine fidgeted as she waited for the beep to finally arrive. "How dare you have a life and not be around to answer the phone when I need to talk to you. Call me.

Still, as much as he hated to do it, he had to give her an out. When they entered the house, he brought her to a halt with a question. "I need to know for sure. Is this what you want?" "Chase." Alex's shock at his question was more than evident. Jasmine shook her head. "No worries. This is something I didn't know I wanted, but now we're here and I'm more than willing.

In what you say of another, apply the test of kindness, necessity and truth, and let nothing pass your lips without a 2/3 majority.

Sidonie," he said, his voice strangely hoarse. "You are the most—I mean, you are so…I find you…ah, devil take it! Never mind!" "I beg your pardon?" "Nothing," he growled. "I misspoke. What did you say about oranges?

Did you know, ma'am, that our mutual friend can say "kiss my arse" in six languages?

People are always glad when you address them in their own language, I have found, even though your knowledge may not extend further than what you have memorised from a dictionary or phrase book.

Oh, by the way, Mom, I've been meaning to ask. I don't suppose you married a merman, had his child, and then never saw him again? OR THOUGHT TO TELL YOUR DAUGHTER ABOUT IT? HUH???

Mr. Beeston gave Dad one of his I'm-very-important-and-I-know-a-lot-more-than-you looks.

Great, now the whole school knows I'm late. And Mrs Mumble has made me sound like I'm some kind of parcel.

To avoid contact with someone so as not to have to address the truth is a form of lying by omission, regardless of good intentions.

Maybe you should write her a letter, Mia. In it, you could sort out what you feel, tell her your confusion. You could even apologize for that which you have no idea you've done if you want. Thank her for the great times you've just described to me. It would force her to acknowledge what she is doing here, and at the same time help you to find your way to some closure in it.

Sandy Sheehy says in Connecting,

Art is a visual language, not one of words, and so conclusions about artworks based on verbal or written communication are parallel but not a true equivalent.

The secret to those who write is that they come to the art simply because they cannot speak.

And above all, if the guy you're dating doesn't seem to be completely into you, or you feel the need to start "figuring him out," please consider the glorious thought that he might just not be that into you. And then free yourself to go find the one that is.

As in the case of all first dates, only 70% of their brains was talking, listening, and responding to what the other was saying. The other 30% was wondering..

Of course he went straight for the psycho defense. Men always like to go straight to the psycho defense. For that reason alone we should never go psycho on a guy: just so we'll never be proving them right.

Most people hate cell phone use on trains; I love cell phone use on trains. What do you want to do, read that report on your lap, or hear about your neighbor's worst date ever?

the Signal Corps recruited U.S. switchboard operators who were bilingual in English and French and loaded them into ships bound for Europe. Known as the "Hello Girls," these were the first American women other than nurses to be sent by the U.S. military into harm's way. The officers whose calls they connected often prefaced their conversations by saying, "Thank Heaven you're here!

A code may be used for secrecy, but also for brevity and truncation. Shorthand is a code in precisely this way and so, often, is modern-day texting.

During World War II, code breaking would come into its own as one of the most fruitful forms of intelligence that exists.