Quotes About Communication

A good writer gets better only by learning to cut, to remove the ornamental, the descriptive, the narrative, and especially the deeply felt and meaningful. What remains? The story remains.

Writing is learning to say nothing, more cleverly every day.

A programming language is like a natural, human language in that it favors certain methaphors, images, and ways of thinking.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

For many students, school is an obligation, not a joy and a privilege. This means you need to 'sell' the learning to them.

If one publishes, then one is creating a public record of Learning to Write.

Lecture is the transfer of the notes of the lecturer to the notes of the student without passing through either.

Learning to read in one language helps us read a second language.

My words itch at your ears till you understand them

Look about you. Take hold of the things that are here. Let them talk to you. You learn to talk to them.

Teaching is mostly listening, and learning is mostly telling.

Don't ask what it means, but rather how it is used.

You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. (U.S. poet and writer, 1943- )

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.

The little child learns to speak, though it has no learned teachers - because it lives with those who know how to speak.

My father used to say that you could only access culture before cinema by learning to read and write, but that once cinema was invented, knowledge was available to anybody.

We are constantly revealing ourselves to each other through our movement; learning from and teaching each other without even trying.

If you play the game and you think about coaching, you should know it's about listening to people and learning.

If you want to be a screenwriter, take an acting class to get a sense of what you're asking actors to do. Learning other skills will help you communicate with people and respect what they do.

We are all in the business of sales. Teachers sell students on learning, parents sell their children on making good grades and behaving, and traditional salesmen sell their products.

Thinking and spoken discourse are the same thing, except that what we call thinking is, precisely, the inward dialogue carried on by the mind with itself without spoken sound.

Human experience throughout the ages has been enhanced through learning, information and communication.

Men learn while they teach.