“The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.”
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“But communication is two-sided - vital and profound communication makes demands also on those who are to receive it... demands in the sense of concentration, of genuine effort to receive what is being communicated.”
“Nurses serve their patients in the most important capacities. We know that they serve as our first lines of communication when something goes wrong or when we are concerned about health.”
“It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.”
“Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me.”
“One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.”
“Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.”
“Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.”
“The major advances in speed of communication and ability to interact took place more than a century ago. The shift from sailing ships to telegraph was far more radical than that from telephone to email!”
“We need men and women to sit down and talk to each other about sex honestly and openly. That would help us fight Aids so immediately. But our lack of communication is hugely problematic.”
“I spent a lot of years on the road, and what happens is you find out who your real friends are and you find out where your strengths and weaknesses lie in communication. I've had the same friends for 20 years now and I can count them on one hand.”
“The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication.”
“Music is about communication... it isn't just something that maybe physically sounds good or orally sounds interesting it's something far, far deeper than that.”
“I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it.”
“Making movies is not rocket science. It's about relationships and communication and strangers coming together to see if they can get along harmoniously, productively, and creatively. That's a challenge. When it works, it's fantastic and will lift you up. When it doesn't work, it's almost just as fascinating.”
“To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal and numerical, and communication skills.”
“The first reason for the preponderant influence of those Evangelicals who define themselves as advocates of Religious Right theological and political ideologies is that they have both the financial means and technological know-how to make widespread use of modern electronic forms of communication.”
“And once you get instantaneous communication with everybody, you have economic activity that's far more advanced, far more liquid, far more distributed than ever before.”
“The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.”
“What is music anyway? It's a form of communication, and that's why I play the kind of music that I think - that I hope - can communicate with people.”
“The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success: Concentration, Discrimination, Organization, Innovation and Communication.”
“There must be a reason why photographers are not very good at verbal communication. I think we get lazy.”
“Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors.”
“I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music.”