“Communication is not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.”
“I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.”
“I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.”
“There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.”
“The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively, but says nothing.”
“You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.”
“To express the most difficult matters clearly and intelligently, is to strike coins out of pure gold.”
“The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.”
“When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.”
“Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.”
“The fantastic advances in the field of electronic communication constitute a greater danger to the privacy of the individual.”
“Don't hide your strategy under a bushel. Communicate it throughout your company. It's better today to disclose too much that too little.”
“Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.”
“Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.”
“Your ability to communicate is an important tool in your pursuit of your goals, whether it is with your family, your co-workers or your clients and customers.”
“We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.”
“For good or ill, your conversation is your advertisement. Every time you open your mouth you let men look into your mind. Do they see it well clothed, neat, businesswise?”
“You will get good attention and people will be more inclined to listen to you if you can make a statement whereby their response is, ''No Shit!'' or at least, ''No kidding!''”
“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.”
“Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of very part of your life.”
“Communication is a two-way street. And while we revel in the reality that we can always get through to heaven, our concern should be whether our Lord can always get through to us.”
“There are men who would quickly love each other if once they were speak to each other; for when they spoke they would discover that their souls had only separated by phantoms and delusions.”
“There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it.”
“Transport of the mails, transport of the human voice, transport of flickering pictures --in this century as in others our highest accomplishments still have the single aim of bringing men together.”
“There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.”
“Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.”
“Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health.”
“Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.”
“If you cry ''Forward'' you must be sure to make clear the direction in which to go. Don't you see that if you fail to do that and simply call out the word to a monk and a revolutionary, they will go in precisely opposite directions?”
“A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered ;about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals.”