Quotes About Communication

We never, ever in the history of mankind have had access to so much information so quickly and so easily.

Language is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.

When I read great literature, great drama, speeches, or sermons, I feel that the human mind has not achieved anything greater than the ability to share feelings and thoughts through language.

The right of every person "to be let alone" must be placed in the scales with the right of others to communicate.

For words are magical formulae. They leave finger marks be hind on the brain, which in the twinkling of an eye become the footprints of history. One ought to watch one' s every word.

Never say more than is necessary.

Never in history has distance meant less.

Do not applaud me. It is not I who speaks to you, but history which speaks through my mouth. Fustel de

The more abstract the truth you wish to teach, the more must you allure the senses to it.

The history of commerce is that of the communication of the people.

No word matters. But man forgets reality and remembers words.

To communicate the truths of history is an act of hope for the future.

The mixture of the oral and the written traditions in the writings of Plato enabled him to dominate the history of the West.

Every school boy and school girl who has arrived at the age of reflection ought to know something about the history of the art of printing.

I have seen how effective language attached to policies that are mainstream and delivered by people who are passionate and effective can change the course of history.

In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.

In my world, history comes down to language and art.

The epitaph that I would write for history would say: I conceal nothing. It is not enough not to lie. One should strive not to lie in a negative sense by remaining silent.

The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.

If you don't learn about each other, you do not understand each other, and you don't hide warts and all, both sides, then you're forever going to repeat history.

To lovers of the long and intricate history of language the disuse and final death of certain words is a matter of regret. Yet every age bears witness to the inevitableness of such loss.

History does not merely touch on language, but takes place in it.

Only a fraction of the history of literacy has been typographic.

Tell me how much a nation knows about its own language, and I will tell you how much that nation knows about its own identity.