Quotes About Communication

Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

The customer is never wrong.

I learned most, not from those who taught me but from those who talked with me.

Remember, what you say comes back to you.

Very often we write down a sentence too early, then another too late; what we have to do is write it down at the proper time, otherwise it's lost.

Don't hate the media, become the media.

Speak to people according to the development of their consciousness, for if you speak all things to all people, some cannot understand you and so fall into errors!

The ability to sell is the number one skill in business. If you cannot sell, don't bother thinking about becoming a business owner.

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.

The human species thinks in metaphors and learns through stories.

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.

Your audience gives you everything you need. They tell you. There is no director who can direct you like an audience.

When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.

A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. That's why they don't get what they want.

He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.

The worst mistake a boss can make is not to say 'Well done'.

Language is the dress of thought.

When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.

In any language it is a struggle to make a sentence say exactly what you mean.

Hear the meaning within the word.

No academic ever expects to be taken seriously by more than three other people, because really, we write for three people in our field.

Not being heard is no reason for silence.

After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?