Quotes About Communication

A real 'clash of civilisations' is like the proverbial dialogue of the deaf.

El lenguaje escrito pudo haberse concebido como un medio modesto para describir la realidad, pero gradualmente se convirtió en un medio poderoso para remodelarla.

Without an ability to compose fiction, Neanderthals were unable to cooperate effectively in large numbers, nor could they adapt their social behaviour to rapidly changing challenges.

Marriage is particularly important. Repeated studies have found that there is a very close correlation between good marriages and high subjective well-being, and between bad marriages and misery.

the crucial factor in our conquest of the world was our ability to connect many humans to one another.

Since large-scale human cooperation is based on myths, the way people cooperate can be altered by changing the myths – by telling different stories.

sistema de procesamiento de datos que los sumerios inventaron se llama «escritura».

Every day I absorb countless data bits through emails, tweets, and articles, process the data, and transmit back new bits through more emails, tweets, and articles. I don't really know where I fit into the great scheme of things, or how my bits of data connect with the bits produced by billions of other humans and computers. I don't have time to find out, because I am too busy answering all these emails.

Apparently, even at the time of the Cognitive Revolution, different Sapiens groups had different dialects.

Dreaming is a language

Mais je ne puis rien te répondre: car les mots Ont ceci de cruel qu'ils se refusent À ceux qui les respectent et les aiment Pour ce qu'ils pourraient être, non ce qu'ils sont.

What do you want?" I ask. "A large slice of humble pie?" "We don't serve that here." "Sure we do," Dan calls. "But you ate it all." I glance over my shoulder at him. "Do you mind?

Without literacy," Lenin declared, "there can be no politics – there can only be rumors, gossip, and prejudice."3

She knew that he knew she knew he knew better.

Não tenha receio de posicionar-se de acordo com seus sentimentos. Há a hora de dizer sim e a hora de dizer não. Faça isso com naturalidade e será surpreendido com a reação positiva das pessoas. É que suas energias estarão mais equilibradas e favorecerão o entendimento.

I don't know if I believe in love at first sight, but of course I believe in two people having chemistry right away. A girl should be really easy to talk to. When I lose track of time because we've been talking, I think that's really fun.

I have a great relationship with my parents. I have not been on lithium.

My dad doesn't get any of my jokes. He laughs at them, but he doesn't understand them. He's just laughing because people around him are laughing.

I have bad luck with women. A woman I was dating told me on the phone, "I have to go, there's a telemarketer on the other line."

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.

They had nothing to say to each other. A five-year age gap between siblings is like a garden that needs constant attention. Even three months apart allows the weeds to grow up between you.

It's curious how easy it is to tell a piece of paper what you don't dare say to someone's face.

Have you noticed how the smarter phones get, the dumber people become?

It's really difficult to have your voice heard and feared when you both speak softly and carry a twig.