3,244 Quotes About Communication

He opened the first letter, No "Dear Mr. Woods." It was a page full of profanities. There was something oddly refreshing about honest, to-the-point hate mail. No hypocrisy and forced politeness. Too many letters ripped you to shreds, then closed off 'Sincerely yours.

Jeder ist immer erreichbar. Die ganze Welt beschleunigt sich, alles ist dringend, und wo alles dringend ist, ist nichts mehr dringend, und damit schlittern wir in eine Bedeutungslosigkeit hinein.

Worte entfremden. Sprache ist kein Medium für Begehren. Begehren ist Hingerissensein, nicht Austausch. Nur dadurch, dass die Sprache das Begehrte entfremdet, beherrscht sie es.

A candidate with no experience they would package as a citizen politician, a lifetime hack as an elder statesman.

It seems ironic that, in this information age, millions of people feel such a lack of control over their lives. Obviously, the communications revolution has done little to overcome, and may even have contributed to, a feeling of detachment and disconnectedness with circumstances and other people.

Communication between me and you will happen in 4 stages: 1. We will talk about other people and things. 2. We will talk about each other. 3. There will be no 'about'. There will be just me and you and silent communication. 4. There will be no me and no you. There will be eternity. Come, o familiar stranger! Let's communicate.

One of the great challenges in this world is knowing enough about a subject to think you're right, but not enough about the subject, to know you're wrong.

Words have meaning, and we should respect them.

Two of the biggest problems with language is that you can say what you do not mean to say, and that you can say what you do not mean.