3,244 Quotes About Communication

Indeed, what says more: the few lines of a tightly written poem or a volume of analytical comments on it? The communicative ability of artifacts depends on how the work of negotiating meaning is distributed between reification and participation.

A powerful leader, like a conductor, need not say a word for his message to be communicated.

If nаturе іntеndеd uѕ to tаlk mоrе than lіѕtеn, ѕhе would have gіvеn us twо mоuthѕ and оnе еаr.

Feeling listened to and understood changes our physiology. Being able to articulate a complex feeling and having our feelings recognised lights up our Limbic brain, and creates an ‘ah-ha’ moment. In contrast, being met by silence and incomprehension kills the spirit.

I guess maybe a talking man hasn't got the time to ever learn much about anything except words.

When we want to awaken a thought in anyone, what are the means at our disposal? One only, to produce in him by word and sign states of sensibility and of imagination, emotion and memory in which he will discover our idea and make it his own.

He could go back and take her in his arms. If only he knew how to do this. But they had lost the language of their affections, they had lost the style.

The revolution in global communications thus forces all nations to reconsider traditional ways of thinking about national sovereignty.

Honest but gentle communication from the beginning is key.