Quotes About Communication

There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

God never talks. But the devil keeps advertising, Father. The devil does a lot of commercials.

I think the dead should shut up unless there's something to say

she advised me to keep my fingers away from her goddamned cunt.

Your mother's in here, Karras. Would you like to leave a message? I'll see that she gets it.

How many husbands and wives," Merrin uttered sadly, "must believe they have fallen out of love because their hearts no longer race at the sight of their beloveds.

The psychiatrist motioned Klein to come over to him. "Let's get her tranquilized," he whispered. "Maybe I can talk to her.

he talks to me, Regan, I think he will leave you. Do you want him to leave you?" "Yes." "Let him speak,

Não, costumo vez a possessão nas coisas, Damien. Nas picuinhas e nos desentendimentos; na palavra cruel e cortante que salta livre à língua entre amigos. Entre namorados. Entre marido e mulher. Temos muito disso e não precisamos de Satanás para criar nossas guerras. Conseguimos criá-las sozinhos... Sozinhos.

Well, what's wrong?" "I don't know, Doc, I just can't describe it! Please come over right away! Come now!

Well, specifically, Mrs. MacNeil, she advised me to keep my goddamn fingers away from her cunt.

Living together is an art.

Eloquence is in the assembly, not merely in the speaker.

Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit.

In 1894 Alexander Graham Bell's telephone patents expired. Within a few years, over 6,000 local telephone companies were competing for the U.S. market.

she and Ben chattered away to each other in the language of mothers with their toddlers; the two understood every word exchanged, while the rest of the world just listened, smiled, and didn't understand a single word of the happy gibberish.

People are more likely to be persuaded by what they hear themselves say.

MI is done "for" and "with" a person. It is an active collaboration between experts. People are the undisputed experts on themselves. No one has been with them longer, or knows them better than they do themselves.

It takes two to speak truth—One to speak, and another to hear. —HENRY DAVID THOREAU

The first of four basic processes in MI is to engage the client in a collaborative working relationship.

Standard English usage is to use the male pronoun when talking about someone whose gender is not known," Gwendolyn said. "When you avoid pronouns altogether, you really mean 'she.

The cat language is very complex," Shawn said. "If a cat had written the Harry Potter books, he could have gotten through the whole thing in fifteen pages, tops. And he would still have found the space to mention

A cat can be trusted to purr when she is pleased, which is more than can be said for human beings.