Quotes About Communication

Wayne? When I'm famous I'm not gonna speak to anybody—not even the band.' It was a strange thing to say—it stuck in my head." Only then did he reflect how David was always "friendly. But I suppose he was never really giving much away.

David always pronounced the name to rhyme with Snowy, Tintin's faithful terrier, but his northern colleagues, like Mick Ronson, pronounced the Bow part to rhyme with plow.

David's charm, which he'd learned to focus with dazzling effectiveness. He'd take words out of his companion's sentences and repeat them, as if they had crystallized thoughts in his own mind; when bumping into someone again, he'd act as if he'd been barely able to function in the intervening minutes. Sometimes, talking to him, the objects of his attention would experience that giddy, tingly feeling you get when you're in love.

An intelligent woman is a woman with whom one can be as stupid as one wants.

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

Poetry is a separate language, or more specifically, a language within a language.

How can one not feel enthusiasm for the man who never said anything vague?

La plupart sont aveugles dans cet univers du langage; sourds aux mots qu'ils emploient. Leurs paroles ne sont qu'expédients; et l'expression pour eux n'est qu'un plus court chemin : ce minimum définit l'usage purement pratique du langage. Être compris, ---comprendre, --- sont les bornes entre lesquelles se resserre de plus en plus ce langage pratique, c'est-à-dire, abstrait.

Nothing is more natural than mutual misunderstanding; the contrary is always surprising. I believe that one never agrees on anything except by mistake, and that all harmony among human beings is the happy fruit of an error.

Passief ondergaand of actief ingrijpend, zwijgen of spreken. Het ene is ziekmakend, het andere helpt ons gezond te blijven.

Functioneringsgesprekken zijn de nieuwste versie van de biecht, zij het zonder kans op absolutie.

And all else is literature.

Take eloquence and wring its neck.

Je vois le peintre et son épouse, tous deux francophones, je vois des tableaux, quelques phrases sont échangées et c'est entre nous un coup de foudre mutuel qui devait se perpétuer plus de trente ans, jusqu'à ce que mort s'ensuive. La cordialité réfléchie et directe de l'intelligente Suzanne Donnelly Jenkins y sera pour beaucoup.

When you start treating people like people, they become people.

The woman smiles and says, "Hey," the standard Norwegian greeting. I "Hey" back, but then she says a whole sentence and I am force to explain, in English, that I have no idea what she is saying. I feel like a fraud, and I see a change in the focus of her eyes. I am a stranger, and even if I am no less welcome, I am still a stranger.

the modern media is the mass media and they understand only four things. Every story carried by the modern media involves one of these four things: sex, scandal, violence and celebrity culture. If a story does not include one of those four elements, it isn't a story and it becomes difficult if not impossible to get the message out. So, you have to tie your story to one of the four elements to ensure that it is picked up and that you get your message out. (p. 125)

It is difficult to imagine how any behavior in the presence of another person can avoid being a communication of one's own view of the nature of one's relationship with that person and how it can fail to influence that person.

Animation is everywhere - it is the omnipresent visual language of the 21st century.

Politics aside, it will be hard for any new liberal radio network to outdo the professionalism of NPR.

My friend Harry just sent me a toilet seat for my birthday. I am not sure what he is trying to tell me!

What's important for me when I teach is to communicate 'to cook up' the visions, smells, tastes and sounds of the time with my young audience. Hopefully, I am imparting 'feeding them' what's important about that period of History. I want my students to taste a respect for the information 'the food' and to know about the cooks, the restaurants, and how the ingredients of time comes together to form a real banquet of History.

Talking to others who understand what you're going through can help.

Fighting with your best friend is NO fun.