Quotes about Communication
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. - Dorothy Nevill
Lying is done with words and also with silence. - Adrienne Rich
We are healed of a suffering only by expressing it to the full. - Marcel Proust
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak. - Epictetus
If speaking is silver, then listening is gold. - Turkish Proverb
Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate. - Joseph Priestley
Words, like glasses, obscure everything which they do not make clear. - Joseph Joubert
A message sent is only as good as the receiver's perception of it. - Unknown
Give every man thy ear but few thy voice. - William Shakespeare
If there is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to put yourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view - as well as your own. - Henry Ford
Be sincere; be brief; be seated. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation. - Judith Martin, Miss Manners
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. - Mark Twain
There is more than a verbal tie between the words common, community, and communication.... Try the experiment of communicating, with fullness and accuracy, some experience to another, especially if it be somewhat complicated, and you will find your own attitude toward your experience changing. - John Dewey
Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while. - Kin Hubbard
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. - William Butler Yeats
Whenever two good people argue over principles, they are both right. - Marie Ebner von Eschenbach
Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment. - Pearl S. Buck
The most basic and powerful way to connect to another person is to listen. Just listen. Perhaps the most important thing we ever give each other is our attention…. A loving silence often has far more power to heal and to connect than the most well-intentioned words. - Rachel Naomi Remen
Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. - Robert Greenleaf
If you have nothing to say, say nothing. - Mark Twain
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. - Rudyard Kipling
When we have the courage to speak out – to break our silence – we inspire the rest of the "moderates" in our communities to speak up and voice their views. - Sharon Schuster
The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young. - Willa Cather
If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now. - Woodrow Wilson
If you wish to make a man your enemy, tell him simply, "You are wrong." This method works every time. - Henry Link
