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Quotes About Nonverbal

What is so exquisite is that not a word has been said by me or by her, but we understand each other so well in this unseen language of looks and tones that this evening more clearly than ever she had told me she loves me.
~ Leo Tolstoy
What is so exquisite is that not a word has been said by me or by her, but we understand each other so well in this unseen language of looks and tones that this evening more clearly than ever she told me she loves me.
~ Leo Tolstoy
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. Peter F. Drucker
~ Les Parrott III
Growing up in an Italian family, we used our body to convey a message.
~ Sebastian Maniscalco
I come from a part of Nigeria where a lot of value is placed on implicit communication. The 'well brought up' child is the one who can pick up nonverbal cues from adults and interpret them correctly.
~ Ayobami Adebayo
It is true that words drop away, and that the important things are often left unsaid. The important things are learned in faces, in gestures, not in our locked tongues. The true things are too big or too small, or in any case is always the wrong size to fit in the template called language.
~ Jeanette Winterson
Some people say that the best stories have no words. They weren't brought up to Lighthousekeeping. It is true that words drop away, and that the important things are often left unsaid. The important things are learned in faces, in gestures, not in our locked tongues. The true things are too big or too small, or in any case always the wrong size to fit the template called language.
~ Jeanette Winterson
We understood one another better before ever I opened my mouth.
~ Patrick O'Brian
This simple smile is the easiest expression to recognize. We found such smiles can be seen from further away (300 feet) and with a briefer exposure than other emotional expressions.
~ Paul Ekman
Art has this long history, predating even language, of expressing nonverbal information.
~ Betty Edwards
The most powerful part of the art is experiential, yet it's the hardest to describe because it's nonverbal.
~ Janet Echelman
Habitual texters may not only cheat their existing relationships, they can also limit their ability to form future ones since they don't get to practice the art of interpreting nonverbal visual cues.
~ Jeffrey Kluger
I like actors that are good with pantomime and that can transmit a lot by their presence and attitude more than through their dialogue
~ Guillermo del Toro
Authentic communication is much more than just talking. It is understanding and being understood; identifying a tone of voice; detecting nonverbal cues; responding appropriately to offense; resolving conflicts; knowing what to say, when to say it and how to say it; experiencing the risks and rewards of knowing and being known; and much more.
~ Unknown
He and Hal exchanged the very slight sorts of nods people use when they like each other past all need for politeness.
~ David Foster Wallace
Did you just say shrug instead of actually shrugging?
~ Chuck Wendig
Body language is good enough to express yourself.
~ Unknown
It was interesting how you could say things when you where walking that you might not otherwise have said with the pressure of eye contact across a table.
~ Liane Moriarty
It was interesting how you could say things when you were walking that you might not otherwise have said with the pressure of eye contact across a table.
~ Liane Moriarty
Birds themselves are so interesting and intelligent, and they give so many cues without being verbal, so they say such great things. Feathers are superior to fur, even. They're so beautiful, and nature uses such amazing colors.
~ Bibhu Mohapatra
To be an animator you have to be able to tell stories but I'm not very verbal - I definitely do it through pictures.
~ Bud Luckey
There is one universal gesture that has one universal message--a smile
~ Unknown
Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and nonverbal expression.
~ Rowan Atkinson
La lengua es el mejor masajista de cejas fruncidas.
~ Idries Shah