796 quotes found
“Words are the source of misunderstandings.”
“I tried all kinds of approaches: sexy, friendly, intimidating—nothing worked. I’m starting to think there’s an invisible force field that prevents honest communication between X and Y chromosomes.”
“You can’t say A is made of B or vice versa. All mass is interaction.”
“Good communication is less about saying what you mean, and more about defining what you say.”
“I know I am talking nonsense, but I’d rather go rambling on, and partly expressing something I find it difficult to express, than to keep on transmitting faultless platitudes.”
“This was before voice mail, recorded phone messages you can't escape. Life was easier then. You just didn't pick up the phone.”
“A tree’s most important means of staying connected to other trees is a “wood wide web” of soil fungi that connects vegetation in an intimate network that allows the sharing of an enormous amount of...”
“Do you understand what I'm saying?Pardon? I just wanna hear you talking.”
“I have something to tell you.""How, you have something to tell me?""You have understood me exactly.""Well, I am listening.""Listening? Then, you wish me to tell you?""Yes, that is it. I am listenin...”
“A lively discussion is usually helpful, because the hottest fire makes the hardest steel.”
“Though the man-apes often fought and wrestled one another, their disputes very seldom resulted in serious injuries. Having no claws or fighting canine teeth, and being well protected by hair, they ...”
“It’s so hard to communicate because there are so many moving parts. There’s presentation and there’s interpretationand they’re so dependent on each other it makes things very difficult.”
“She didn't say anything—at least, not with her mouth. Her eyes told me a different story. The only problem was that they each had a thousand tongues talking, each in a language I didn't speak.”
“Remember, no one can read your mind. People’s actions or lack of, are not always purposeful. If you have a problem that you wish solved, you must communicate it. If you don’t want to communicate yo...”
“There is no one-size-fits-all in communication—everyone’s interpretation of what what you say and how you say it is different.”
“Don’t believe on, “143 in written,” Because words contribute only 7% in communication!”
“Reality took forever — the underwater way people walked and sent their voices wobbling through the air, how printed words lay inert like bugsplat, all manifesting the basic DUH of the physical plan...”
“A postcard and I'm pining for New England. . .”
“Trans” may work well enough as shorthand, but the quickly developing mainstream narrative it evokes (“born in the wrong body,” necessitating an orthopedic pilgrimage between two fixed destinations)...”
“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said.”
