Quotes About Communication

a process by which we co-ordinate our ideas, define the meaning of the words we use, grasp the difference between essential and unessential factors, and fix and expose the fundamental data on which everyone is agreed. In this way we prepare the apparatus of practical discussion…. Without such an apparatus no two men can even think on the same line; much less can they ever hope to detach the real point of difference that divides them and isolate it for quiet solution.

I've always thought that a little judicious hospitality was an essential lubricant in most human affairs.

Zwei Freunde, die einander nicht sagen können, dass sie keine mehr sind - das ist das elendste Verhältnis überhaupt

Zwei Freunde, die einander nicht sagen können, dass sie keine mehr sind - das ist das elendeste Verhältnis überhaupt

In dealing with objections, as with differences of opinion, nothing is gained by confrontation, though much is to be gained by appreciation of the other's viewpoint. Most objections you hear are best handled by first demonstrating your understanding of the other's viewpoint. Always start your response with 'I understand' or 'I can appreciate your position' or 'I see your point' or 'of course' followed by 'However' or 'Also consider' or a similar line that puts you back into consideration.

People only know what you tell them.And it was true.People gave out their whole life stories to anyone and everyone without a second's thought.Stand at a bus stop,sit in a strange pub,get banged up,and someone would always give you their life story.It was as if they were trying to prove they existed

He had found many years ago before that if you kept very quiet people filled in the silences themselves,offering more information than they had originally intended to give.

I've realized that a lot of life is not what you say,see,it's what you don't say.People have to make up their own minds then.It's like a game, and only we know the rules.

Michael Flynn was so angry he was almost spitting his words down the phone. Over six feet tall and with a heavy build he was a big man and, as everyone in the room knew, he was more than capable of great violence. He was paying them for their expertise, which they currently seemed to be lacking in. In fact, they were irritating the arse off him with their stupidity.

old Irish adage, people only know what you tell them.

word on Eileen and, as much as

And it was true. People gave out their whole life stories to anyone and everyone without a second's thought. Stand at a bus stop, sit in a strange pub, get banged up, and someone would always give you their life story.

Christine Booth was sick of her mother's voice, it was like a constant

People only know what you tell them. Well, if you didn't tell them anything then you were safe.

People only know what you tell them, child. Remember that all your life. Only tell your secrets to people you know will keep them just what they are. Who will keep them as they were meant to be. Kept. Secret.

His soft voice was his trademark and he had a saying: You can do more with a soft voice than a big stick.

Once things were said out loud, they could never be taken back. They were out there for ever.

You can do more with a soft voice than a big stick?

the implication was there for anyone to hear.

People only do to you what you let them.

People only knew what you told them, only saw what you wanted them to see. Her mother had hammered that into her head since she was a child,

Now listen, and love me anyway.

When a lie is not for yourself it's easier to say it.

These days, training is increasingly about getting a horse to work "with" us instead of "for" us, and that takes knowledge, not just of what a horse can do and be made to do, but how a horse thinks and can learn to trust us.