3,244 Quotes About Communication

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say — because they were too obvious.

We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people.

You can’t say A is made of B or vice versa. All mass is interaction.

CommunicationIs a work of artSome are normally born with itSome may need a chart

The newest computer can merely compound, at speed, the oldest problem in the relations between human beings, and in the end the communicator will be confronted with the old problem, of what to say and how to say it.

Relief loosens tongues beyond measure.

I know I am talking nonsense, but I’d rather go rambling on, and partly expressing something I find it difficult to express, than to keep on transmitting faultless platitudes.

Let me just acknowlege that the function of grammar is to make language as efficent and clear and transparent as possible. But if we’re all constantly correcting each other’s grammar and being really snotty about it, then people stop talking because they start to be petrified that they’re going to make some sort of terrible grammatical error and that’s precisely the opposite of what grammar is supposed to do, which is to facilitate clear communication.

To make our communications more effective, we need to shift our thinking from "What information do I need to convey?" to "What questions do I want my audience to ask?