Quotes About Communication

Although it is vastly disagreeable to be accused of faults, yet no person ought to be offended when such accusations are delivered in the spirit of friendship.

I have not felt in a humor to entertain you if I had taken up my pen. Perhaps some unbecoming invective might have fallen from it.

My bursting heart must find vent at my pen.

The less you talk, the more you're listened to.

It is a sad commentary of our times when our young must seek advice and counsel from 'Dear Abby' instead of going to Mom and Dad.

Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.

We are forever asking Nature whether it has stopped beating its wife.

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

It's not me who can't keep a secret. It's the people I tell that can't.

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

Better remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.

I don't like that man. I must get to know him better.

But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.

Become aware of internal, subjective, sub-verbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction, of conversation, of naming, etc. with the consequence that it immediately becomes possible for a certain amount of control to be exerted over these hitherto unconscious and uncontrollable processes.

Do they listen?" He held up a finger. "Every year one does," he said, ginning, "But that one makes it worthwhile. Even Jesus only did twelve. I try to get one a year.

He had a theory that bedroom Amharic and bedside Amharic were really the same thing: Please lie down. Take off your shirt. Open your mouth. Take a deep breath... The language of love was the same as the language of medicine.

To be listened to is healing

Your tits are bigger," Shiva said. "SHIVA!" Hema and Ghosh said at the same time. "Sorry," he said, surprised by their reaction. "I meant her breasts are bigger," he said. "SHIVA! That isn't the sort of thing you say to a woman," Hema said. "I can't say it to a man," Shiva said, looking impatient.

I'm so sorry,' Stone said. I don't know whether he was speaking to me, or Ghosh, or the universe. It wasn't enough, but it was about time.

All sons should write down every word of what their fathers have to say to them.

When she walked away I felt the weight of what she left unsaid. I wanted to call after her, Ma! You have it all wrong. But just as she kept her thoughts to herself, I was learning to do the same. This was what growing up was about: hide the corpse, don't bare your heart, do make assumptions about the motives of others. They're certainly doing all these things to you. I