Communication Quotes

42 quotations about Communication
You people are telling me what you think I want to know. I want to know what is actually happening.
Creighton Abrams · Communication
For parlor use, the vague generality is a life saver.
George Ade · Communication
Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd; it must be communicated by contagion.
Henri Frederic Amiel · Communication
The art of conversation consist as much in listening politely, as in talking agreeably.
Atwell · Communication
I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.
John Banham · Communication
The ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.
Bernard M. Baruch · Communication
The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most.
Dale Carnegie · Communication
Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible.
Frank Moore Colby · Communication
Two monologues do not make a dialogue.
Jeff Daly · Communication
It's vital the monarchy keeps in touch with the people. It's what I try and do.
Princess of Wales Diana · Communication
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.
Peter F. Drucker · Communication
The really important things are said over cocktails and are never done.
Peter F. Drucker · Communication
Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood.
T. S. Eliot · Communication
Something there is that doesn't love a wall, and wants it down.
Robert Frost · Communication
No one would talk much in society if they knew how often they misunderstood others.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe · Communication
Every absurdity has a champion to defend it; for error is always talkative.
Oliver Goldsmith · Communication
The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively, but says nothing.
Henry S. Haskins · Communication
The art of communication is the language of leadership.
James Humes · Communication
The tongue is the only instrument that gets sharper with use.
Washington Irving · Communication
Communication across the revolutionary divide is inevitably partial.
Thomas S. Kuhn · Communication
I wish people that have trouble communicating would just shut up!
Tom Lehrer · Communication
I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.
Tom Lehrer · Communication
He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met.
Abraham Lincoln · Communication
Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh · Communication
There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.
John Locke · Communication

Authors on Communication

Creighton Abrams George Ade Henri Frederic Amiel Atwell John Banham Bernard M. Baruch Dale Carnegie Frank Moore Colby Jeff Daly Princess of Wales Diana Peter F. Drucker T. S. Eliot Robert Frost Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Oliver Goldsmith Henry S. Haskins James Humes Washington Irving Italian Proverb Thomas S. Kuhn