Quotes About Communication

If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast.

The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.

The most influential of all educational factor is the conversation in a child's home.

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

Blake, I know you don't live on Butt St, Uranus.

People like me write because otherwise we are pretty inarticulate. Our articulation is our writing.

The other often much prefers a clear answer, even if it is No, than continued indecision and waffling.

You need to suspend your reaction when you feel like striking back, to listen when you feel like talking back, to ask questions when you feel like telling your opponent the answers, to bridge your differences when you feel like pushing for your way, and to educate when you feel like escalating. Breakthrough

How can we get what we really want and at the same time deal with the needs of others in our lives? Perhaps no human dilemma is more pervasive or challenging.

The assistant stayed away from the job—withdrew her cooperation—until the boss came to his senses and accepted her No to bullying (which was actually a Yes to respect).

Diplomacy is the art of letting someone else have your way. —Daniele Vare, Italian diplomat We

For every ounce of power you use, you need to add an ounce of conciliation. Let

Take Away Their Stick If the other's reaction to our No is to hurt or threaten us, our first instinct may be to hurt them back. A more effective strategy, however, is to neutralize the impact of their behavior. If, as in the story of the Zen master, they are threatening to hit you with a stick, don't hit them back; just take away the stick. In other words, don't attack the other, but simply remove their ability to attack you.

Of all the preferences that evolution gave us, I suspect the desire to share the contents of our minds played the single most important role in elevating us to the top of the food chain.* We are the fiercest predator on the planet by virtue of the power of our minds, but even human minds aren't that special on their own.

For those who were openly hostile toward her, no explanation would be understood.

When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail.

Not many people are interested in what somebody else is thinking, or what they have to say. The best you can hope for is they'll listen to you just so you'll have to listen to them.

És nem lehetne ez a te igazságod is? Szeretném, ha a tied lenne. Szeretném, hogy egészen megismerj. – (…) A te igazad nem lehet az enyém.

Fura, hogy egy süket ember éppen énekes kanárit tenyésszen. Beethovenre emlékeztet.

Self-expression is the dominant necessity of human nature.

Choice word, and measured phrase; above the reach   Of ordinary men; a stately speech!

My gentle Reader, I perceive, How patiently you've waited, And now I fear that you expect Some tale will be related. O Reader! had you in your mind Such stores as silent thought can bring, O gentle Reader! you would find A tale in every thing. What more I have to say is short, And you must kindly take it: It is no tale; but, should you think, Perhaps a tale you'll make it.

If you really want to get along with somebody, let them be themselves.

The older I get, the more I realize it's never too early to start appreciating the people in your life. If you love your family, it's essential that you tell them. They need you and you need them. If you can make someone feel better with just a few words, why wouldn't you want to use them? Speaking for fathers everywhere, this is the best I can offer. Go hug your daddy. It ain't too late to save him.