Quotes About Communication

Women wanted a new deal, and they expected him to know, without being told, what the deal was, and to agree to it without negotiation.

Wilson says a leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the ship in one direction or another, but never trying to go directly against it.

Sometimes Winston imagined he had devised a policy when all he had done was coin a phrase.

I'm on your side, always, she said. But I remember what it was like to be a sixteen-year-old girl. She's as worried as you are about her relationship with Jake. But she's not admitting it, even to herself, because that would wound her pride. So she resents you for speaking the truth. She has constructed a fragile defense around her self-esteem, and you just tear it down. What should I do? Help her build a better fence.

The ability to listen to smart people who disagree with you is a rare talent –

capacidad de escuchar a gente inteligente que no está de acuerdo contigo es un talento difícil de encontrar…

Cómo se pueden obtener soluciones si a nadie se le permite hablar de los problemas?

también —repuso él—. Pero nos habíamos hecho una promesa. —Ya lo sé.

Don't ask!" said Bevin. "If you ask questions, you'll get answers you don't want.

the consensus was that he preferred to have Churchill inside the tent spitting out.

un líder debe tratar a la opinión pública del mismo modo en que un marinero se aprovecha del viento, utilizándolo para impulsar la nave en una dirección u otra, pero nunca intentando ir directamente contra él.

man such as Lowthie, or even Bing, expected a woman to act like a well-behaved child: to listen respectfully when he was being ponderous, to laugh appreciatively at his wit, to obey when he was masterful, and to give him a kiss whenever he asked. Walter treated her as a grown-up. He did not flirt, or condescend, or show off, and he listened at least as much as he talked. The

you should never believe a politician with simple answers.

La capacidad de escuchar a gente inteligente que no está de acuerdo contigo es un talento difícil de encontrar… pero un presidente debe tenerlo

He was famous for holding meetings at which no one was allowed to sit down: he believed people reached decisions faster that way. The

Black people who talked about prejudice were boring to whites, like sick people who recited their symptoms.

Saber escutar pessoas inteligentes que discordam das suas opiniões é um talento rato, mas que um presidente deveria ter.

Capt. Jenkins & Lieut. Ramsey—20:05

Dac? oamenii spun un lucru, asta nu înseamn? c? e È™i adev?rat.

A friendly Londoner gave him a rapid stream of detailed instructions, every word of which he found completely incomprehensible. He thanked the man and walked out of the station.

I've never told anyone about that letter," he said quietly. "I know," Thomas replied. "If you had, you'd be dead.

Again and again the newspapers hailed a victory, but the telegrams told another story.

But he had no wish to win an argument with his son. He just wanted the boy to know the truth.

its young soldiers across no-man's-land to be mown down by machine guns. Again and again the newspapers hailed a victory, but the telegrams told another story.