Quotes About Communication

I will communicate that issue to the countess." "Do that. Also communicate to her the part where I said 'fuck you.' Make sure you phrase it precisely that way.

words themselves are action; they do not simply describe the world but in a very real sense make the world. Therefore it makes sense to pay attention to the worlds people are attempting to create in their words.

Ultimately, people write to be understood (excepting Gertrude Stein and Tristan Tzara, who were intentionally being difficult).

It takes a certain kind of dog to willingly demote himself from alpha dog, and that dog was Carl. Holloway would have to speak to him about it, for what little good it would do, Carl being a dog and all.

The ientcio wishes to inform you that we have indeed received those messages from SETI and have found them … amusing is probably the best word. Television is much more interesting.

It's the truth." "Oh, my daughter," Huma said, and smiled. "Don't tell me you don't know how little that actually means.

I saw the light go out in her eyes, but I kept telling her how much I loved her until they took her away from me at the hospital." "Why did you do that?" Jane asked. "I needed to be sure that the last thing she heard was me telling her how much I loved her," I said.

Until then, get the fuck out of my office." "I enjoy watching you work," Fundapellonan said, after Heuvel got the fuck out of Kiva's office.

How long do you think it will take them to get a transport here?" I asked. "Are you kidding?" Dad said. "If they didn't send for one the second I was done talking to them, I'll eat my hat." "You don't wear a hat," I said. "I will buy a hat and eat it, then," Dad said.

Hickory, have you ever lied to me?" I asked. "I do not believe you are aware of me or any Obin ever lying to you," Hickory said.

There aren't a lot of humans who speak more than one dialect of Forshan. I know all four of the major ones.' 'Impressive,' Duvall Said. 'I'm good with my tongue,' Dahl said. 'Now who's being forward?' Duvall asked.

You need to explain this to me like I'm an idiot," I said. "Because clearly I am.

Years working at a newspaper. You learn to write fast and reasonably good and in a manner which does not require substantial editing. Or your editors and copyeditors stab you to death and hang your corpse in the newsroom as a warning to the other staff writers.

I don't appreciate the suggestion that I'm acting irrationally," he said. "Then don't act irrationally

Wow, really?" I said, before I could stop myself. "I used the wrong word, didn't I," Davidson said, looking at me. "I can never remember if 'clank' or 'threep' is the word I'm not supposed to be using today.

that was less about the fundamental nature of the visions than the fact Gianni kept interrupting Chen, and she was sick of it.

They both came away from the meeting feeling like they had manipulated the other precisely, which meant it was a good meeting.

Watson didn't know what hit him. The last thing he sent through his BrainPal channel was a wash of emotion that could best be described as disoriented puzzlement, the mild surprise of someone who knows he's seeing something he wasn't expecting but hasn't figured out what it is. Then his connection was cut off, like a data feed suddenly unexpectedly shut down.

There is a saying along the lines of not trying to teach a pig to sing because it wastes your time and annoys the pig. I want you to know how many times I have stood in pig-filled rooms, and longed to annoy. I

It's about the limitations of travel and communication. We don't live in a science fiction universe, Mr. Daquin. We can't just zap messages instantaneously from one part of space to another.

With sentences, shorter is better than longer:

the assumption that simple = stupid. But it's not true; indeed, I find from personal experience that the stupidest writers are the ones whose writing is positively baroque in form.

How much?" Patz said nothing but gave Kiva a look that she interpreted as saying a whole fuckton.

You know," I said, "I've been trying to make jokes to you the entire time I've been here." "I know," she said. "I'm sorry. My sense of humor was surgically removed as a child." "Oh," I said. "That was a joke