3,244 Quotes About Communication

If you don't know, don't assume. Ask instead. How many times do we just assume? Worse still, how many times do we assume the worst? Stop assuming and just ask!

I joined social media to get over an unrequited love of real life.

The real problem in speech is not precise language. The problem is clear language. The desire is to have the idea clearly communicated to the other person. It is only necessary to be precise when there is some doubt as to the meaning of a phrase, and then the precision should be put in the place where the doubt exists. It is really quite impossible to say anything with absolute precision, unless that thing is so abstracted from the real world as to not represent any real thing.

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.

Shared pain was not lessened, but it was far easier to bear.

Weary of all who come with words, words but no language,I make my way to the snow-covered island.The untamed has no words.The unwritten pages spread out on every side!I come upon the tracks of deer in the snow.Language but no words.

The ability to engage in linguistic communication is an essential element of our humanity. The Ancient Greeks dubbed man as the language animal. The Bible states that in the beginning there was the word. Humankind inhabits the circumscribed space of language. The nomination and boundary of language is one of the defining attributes of humankind.

And that is very important for the thriving of a relationship. To be able to see things (w)holistically, and that requires both individuals to hear each other’s communication clearly, and for a solution then to arise and to be accepted.

You can find readings of the Ballou letter on Youtube, and many of the comments are along the lines of "They just don't make them like that anymore." That's true. But what they, or rather we, are making offers a richness and a beauty of a different kind: a poetry not of lyrical phrases but of understanding. We are at the cusp of momentous change in the study of human communication and what it tries to foster: community and personal connection.