27 Quotes About Miscommunication

I saw a stop sign, and it occurred to me that just as no one expects a stop sign to stop a car, I shouldn’t expect words to substitute for experience. That’s not their job, although words certainly can be misused in that way. The job of words is to direct us toward experience, to round out experience, to facilitate experience, and to give us ways to share at least pale shadows of that experience with those we love. And the job of words is to help us learn to be — and act — human.

Those who love you will understand your feelings even if you didn't use the right words to express them. Those who don't love you will misunderstand you even if you used the right words.

What we say doesn’t always paint an accurate picture of what we mean. Sometimes the result is sort of abstract, open to misinterpretations. We use the colors and words on our present palette when others would paint a clearer picture.

When we are feeling low, we don’t even feel like taking bath. Although that is when we need bath the most.When misunderstanding is at the peak in a relationship, we don’t feel like crying. Although that is when crying can help the most. We cry only when things have gone irreversibly wrong.

Ik lees een net ontvangen sms: Ik heb over je nagedacht, jij bent zo postmodern als de pest. Daarom kan je Dostojevski niet lezen en van een vrouw houden. Alles uitsluitend door een filter. Via via. Dingen mogen je alleen via reflexieve curves aanspreken. Babel, Céline. Vooral niets rechtstreeks ervaren. Niettemin zou ik vannacht wel bij je willen blijven slapen, kan dat?

How can I shut downIf you don't open up??

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.

A steep hierarchy level can even lead to miscommunication or loss of information.

The only thing for sure we know about communication is that we tend to get it wrong.