Quotes About Communication

If two scientists are giving their papers at a symposium, and one of them is just naturally better at talking to the public or talking to a group of people, that scientist is liable to get more attention - in fact, I'm told that they do get more attention - than the one who's a little more stiff about it. Well, that's not good for science.

One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.

I went to audition for an episode of 'Law and Order,' and they didn't understand why I was talking so fast, and I was like, 'No, you don't understand. I was on a show called the 'Gilmore Girls.' We had to say everything like that.'

Now I've even gotten to running out to the fan buses that pass by our house, so I can talk to the people. I think I'm trying to gather fans, frankly. They're very, very nice people - they really understand. It's fun talking to them.

We belong to talking, not what talking is about... Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion.

If we're doing a class project, then I'm going to be the one talking and taking the lead. I might not necessarily put all of the work in the project, but I want to help and do as much as I can and get everyone going in the right direction.

I'm just so comfortable talking about my private life: I just think because I'm not that clever.

I'm at my best when I'm talking about relationships, talking about women, talking about situations and stories.

We are in the business of gathering the news. We're not in the business of talking about the news.

I have a hard time with people who say they write for children but they don't really like children. I love children. I love talking with them.

I've always been a believer that if you're not interested in talking to the media, you shouldn't be running for Senate in the first place, or you're kind of missing out on one of the key components is to get your message out of what you want to do.

The fact is, funnily enough, that the people who seem to be most committed to causes also seem to be least invested in anyone actually talking to each other.

Talking with other parents really gave me some lessons that I try to hold on to now, as a parent of two boys.

I'm a small-town kid from Winnsboro, La., who grew up not really being comfortable talking to people.

I want to keep talking about my people and my country in my own language.

I believe man is stripped naked when he's in conversation with God. Your deepest fears, strongest desires, highest hopes - they're all there when you are talking to God.

I have the ordinary experience of being anonymous when I'm in an airplane talking to air-traffic control, and they don't know who they're talking to. I have a lot of common experiences.

You know, I don't like talking about music very much. I have quite the hard time explaining myself.

I'm much happier talking with people than I am flirting with them.

People have to start talking to know more about other cultures and to understand each other.

Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language.

Problems should be solved by talking and not in an aggressive manner.

Doing leads more surely to talking than talking to doing.

Playing is my way of thinking, talking, communicating.