Quotes About Communication

A kiss is the natures way to stop a conversation, when the words are superfluous

A kiss is a lovely trick, designed by nature, to stop words when speech becomes superfluous.

Mientras terminaba la correa que me había ayudado a comenzar,perdida en mis meditaciones, le agradecí en silencio por el tiempo que había dedicado a hablar conmigo, más que por el arte que me había transmitido, pues descubría que lo más valioso que tienen los demás para darnos es su tiempo. El tiempo al cual la muerte le da su valor.

Never play the Devil's Advocate. Your words could be the difference between success and failure in someone else.

siamo due liuti di cui l'uno ripete spontaneo e un po' confusamente i suoni toccati sulle corde dell'altro. Egli

intentions. If our intentions are good and we are willing to ask for and offer forgiveness and express gratitude and loving feelings for another person, we usually feel better for having made the effort. Sometimes that needs to be enough. If the other person responds warmly, that's great. But, in matters of this sort, there is intrinsic value in making a good-faith effort. He said that all of this made sense and he would give it some thought.

Similarly, to the family of a seriously ill person, sometimes plainly stating, "Your father is dying," can be a gift in the most difficult of times.

In healthy systems, dialogue is encouraged to inform the best possible decision.

You say eether and I say eyether,You say neether and I say nyther;Eether, eyether, neether, nyther—Let's call the whole thing off!

If I'm a guy who doesn't seem so merry, It's just because I'm so misunderstood. When I was young I ate a dictionary, And that did not do me a bit of good. For I've absorbed so many words and phrases— They drive me dizzy when I want to speak. I start explaining but each person gazes As if I spoke in Latin or in Greek.

Great stories happen to those who can tell them.

I finally did work out a very good relationship with my father, but it was rough growing up. We had a lot of conflict, and I think it surfaced in many of my works.

Like so many unhappinesses, this one had begun with silence in the place of honest open talk.

The spoken word vanished with the wind. Likewise, the unrecorded life disappears as if it never existed.

Mine your words as if digging for diamonds and gold.

He stopped. "You're upset. I'll shut up and leave you

the mate. "Next time." She didn't answer as she turned

How the hell do I know? It just hurts me to think about it....And its not because you're a great lay. Though you are. But I've had great lays before, and I didn't get torn up. You should have known it would come down to this." Garrett

door. "I'll let you know what's happening." "Do that," Beth said absently, her gaze fixed on Sam. "'Bye, Kendra." Kendra paused at the front door, looking back at them. So different. Beautiful, intelligent Beth, who

In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way.

Yes, of course, there's something fishy about describing people's feelings. You try hard to be accurate, but as soon as you start to define such and such a feeling, language lets you down. It's really a machine for making falsehoods. When we really speak the truth, words are insufficient. Almost everything except things like "pass the gravy" is a lie of a sort. And that being the case, I shall shut up. Oh, and... pass the gravy.

Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.

Just as, in travel, one may miss seeing the sunset because one cannot find the ticket-office or is afraid of missing the train, so in even the closest human relationships a vast amount of time and of affection is drained away in minor misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and failures in consideration or understanding.

Words spoken, you are a slave to; those not said, you are the master of.