Quotes About Communication

I mean, have you ever imagined the ocean is alive, and needs to tell us something important, and the only way it can talk is by making waves crash, and we just lounge there, drenched in cocoa butter, on towels with crappy novels and volleyballs, sipping spritzers, as the ocean uses all its strength to repeat the same warning over and over?

I mean, have you ever imagined the ocean is alive, and needs to tell us something important, and the only way it can talk is by making waves crash, and we just lounge there, drenched in cocoa butter, on towels with crappy novels and volleyballs, sipping spritzers, as the ocean uses all its strength to repeat the same warning over and over? (from the poem "The Berlin Mall")

Regresé junto al otro carrito y di media vuelta hacia la sección de deportes y excursionismo para ver si había un radiotransmisor portátil de doble banda, lo que en lengua vernácula se conoce como walkie-talkie, y en francés como talkie-walkie.

We prefer to say that Larry has a problem with tenses. For example, 'our product is available now' might mean it'll be available in a few months or that Larry was thinking about one day developing the product.

one in 10 text messages involves a lie of some kind. . . .

read Jack Welch's books about General Electric and his management approach and never encounter the phrase "GE jerks." Yet that is a term I first heard from a now-retired GE senior executive who reported directly to Mr. Welch.

is also famous for his outbursts of temper and his put-downs of employees

We don't reject informal talk, formal presentations, and quantitative analysis. These are often important precursors to intelligent action. It's just that they are not substitutes for action.

Please know that your Father in Heaven loves you and so does His Only Begotten Son. When they speak to you--and They will--it will not be in the wind, nor in the earthquake, nor in the fire, but it will be with a voice still and small, a voice tender and kind. It will be with the tongue of angels.

We believe in a God who is engaged in our lives, who is not silent, nor absent, nor, as Elijah said of the god of the priests of Baal, is He "[on] a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be [awakened]" (1 Kings 18:27). In this Church, even our young Primary children recite, "We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God." (Articles of Faith 1:9)

Acronyms are hard enough to remember on their own, but when letters aren't acronyms they become even more confusing. For example, neither RT nor ARM is an acronym.

When people ask me how I write, I always answer, "Out loud." It's the single most important piece of advice I give young writers. I insist, unequivocally, the greatest works that have every been written were – every one of them – written out loud. Learn that trick, teach yourself to listen to what you're writing, and your writing will improve immeasurably.

We are doing business in the empowerment age. It is our job to empower our customers to choose us. The moment you tell them to choose you, they will back up. The moment you tell someone to trust you, they won't.

Consumers will tell you important stuff that you need to know if you shut up and listen.

He did what good lawyers always do. He shifted his argument in the direction his audience was already going.

Purple prose attracts attention more than converts.

The best way to engage honestly with the marketplace via Twitter is to never use the words "engage," "honestly," or "marketplace.

Don't hate the media, become the media.

Don't hate the media; become the media.

UGH. Boys. They're like French class--no matter how much I study, I'll never be fluent in the language.

A few moments later, a group of white birds landed on the steps to watch her. "Hello there!" she said and removed some birdseed from her pocket, laying it on the steps for them to eat. When they were finished, they stayed to watch her work. She didn't mind. It helped to have company, even if they couldn't talk. She found herself talking to them sometimes. True, some might call her mad for conversing with animals, but who was paying attention?

I glanced at Cole and he gave me this weird sort of smirk. I looked away quickly.

Harlow. I can tell by the tone of her voice. Plus, she's being condescending,

The silence was so loud