796 quotes found
“One of great arts of communication is the skill of listening to people”
“I have come to recognize that being trustworthy does not demand that I be rigidly consistent but that I be dependably real...Can I be expressive enough as a person that what I am will be communicat...”
“In an age of sophistic over-complexity, simplicity can be useful.”
“The telephone was a sign of being rushed.”
“The author writes that the central conflict within journalist and seller of the American way Henry Luce was between his curiosity and his certitude.”
“he knew, unlike most reporters, how to use pauses and the absence of words as effectively as the words themselves.”
“Communication with God should not be a one-way traffic.”
“I sometimes think that writing is like driving a sheep down the road. If there's any gate open to the left or the right the reader will most certainly go into it.”
“Be sure to taste your words before you spit them out.”
“Communication is like a pressure relief valve for your body. When a little pressure gets cooked up inside and needs to be released, you can gently turn the nozzle and release it slowly and graceful...”
“The only difference between people who say they cannot perceive interdimensionally and people who consciously communicate interdimensionally is intent and practice. Most people access interdimensio...”
“The concert we give is winning. And if all the people in our organization whose instrument is scouting of player development or major league scouting or player knowledge, all play well, we're going...”
“I'm watching you, big boy, my eyes say, but his are closed so it's an optical monologue.”
“If you have a room which you do not want certain people to get into, put a lock on it for which they do not have the key. But there is no point in talking to them about it, unless of course you wan...”
“He knew very well that the great majority of human conversation is meaningless. A man can get through most of his days on stock answers to stock questions, he thought. Once he catches onto the game...”
“Most of the time, communication gets confused with conversation. In fact, the two are distinctly different.”
“Oh. It was one those ohs that came packed with layers of meaning none of which merely meant oh.”
“Make it so obvious even a computer couldn't be confused.”
“When you listen to someone, you should give up all your preconceived ideas and your subjective opinions; you should just listen to him, just observe what his way is. We put very little emphasis on ...”
“True communication depends upon our being straightforward with one another... But the best way to communicate may be just to sit without saying anything.”
