“Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.”
Topic
communication
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“Mass communication, radio, and especially television, have attempted, not without success, to annihilate every possibility of solitude and reflection.”
“Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions.”
“Writing is a communication.”
“Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence.”
“I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.”
“The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.”
“We don't communicate in full sentences anyway. We don't need all those words.”
“In my teaching, I enjoyed creating models to clearly communicate my thoughts.”
“It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.”
“If we ever start communicating with living creatures from other planets, the number one priority is, how are you going to communicate information? Even between different cultures here on Earth, you get into communication problems.”
“Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.”
“It's like there are all these languages available, especially in terms of image. Why confine yourself to only English? There's all these languages and possibilities and concepts to speak or communicate with.”
“Words and pictures can work together to communicate more powerfully than either alone.”
“If listeners aren't carried away to Heaven, I'm failing.”
“When you stop talking, you've lost your customer. When you turn your back, you've lost her.”
“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.”
“Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.”
“Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.”
“Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships.”
“But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication.”
“Two prisoners whose cells adjoin communicate with each other by knocking on the wall. The wall is the thing which separates them but is also their means of communication. It is the same with us and God. Every separation is a link.”
“There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive.”
“Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper.”