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Communication Quotes
"One hears a great many things, true, but can gather nothing definite."
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"We need a shift in our message and in our pulpit."
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"I think the main function of contemporary irony is to protect thespeaker from being interpreted as naive or sentimental."
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"Silly words, silly words, silly awful hurting words."
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"LanguageCrickets chirp,Birds sing, Dogs howl,It's their own thing.Cats purr,Mice squeak,Cows moo,It's not what you think.Whales whistle,Dolphins click,Snakes hiss,So listen to this.Sheep baa,Rabbits twitch,If you can't speak,It's only a glitch.A body speaks,Their hands do wave,They're all speaking together,Now don't be so naA ve.It's all a language,Which we don't hear,b\Because it's not our own,What do we care!"
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"Yes, but does Maine have anything to SAY to Florida?"
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"From a personal experience and the examination of literature, I feel that we cannot take for granted that a dialogue, without information and perhaps without understanding, is possible between any individuals or groups on all levels. So the prerequisite is information."
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"You (Pindar) who possessed the talent of speaking much without saying anything."
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"I tell the story to you now, but in each telling the story itself changes a little, changes direction, and that in turn changes you and me. So be very careful not only in how you repeat it but in how you remember it, goslings. More often than you realize it, the world is shaped by two things -- stories told and the memories they leave behind."
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"When you remain silent, your voice is the loudest."
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"The writer provides the text; the reader, the meaning."
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"If you want to appear more confident-speak slowly, articulately, clearly, and deliberately. Communicating with clarity will not only help you build more confidence in yourself, but it will inspire respect from others."
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"He didn't needs words or even want them because he knew how they could lie, could heat your blood and disappear."
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"We cannot control the way people interpret our ideas or thoughts, but we can control the words and tones we choose to convey them. Peace is built on understanding, and wars are built on misunderstandings. Never underestimate the power of a single word, and never recklessly throw around words. One wrong word, or misinterpreted word, can change the meaning of an entire sentence and start a war. And one right word, or one kind word, can grant you the heavens and open doors."
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"It's all I've seen, all I've been through, I said, "that makes it damn nearly impossible for me to say anything. I've lost the knack of making sense. I speak gibberish to the civilized world, and it replies in kind."
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"All the good stuff has already been said by someone somewhere at some point in time. You just have to find it. Today, communication pretty much comes down to understanding - saying what you have to say clearly and effectively...and then living it."
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"I don't speak, I operate a machine called language. It creaks and groans, but is mine own."
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"Come back!" the Caterpillar called after her. "I've something important to say."This sounded promising, certainly. Alice turned and came back again."Keep your temper," said the Caterpillar."
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"The fun of talk is to explore, but much of it and all that is irresponsible should not be written. Once written you have to stand by it. You may have said it to see whether you believed it or not."
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"Can we be clear about who we are, what we want? Can we be fully present in our truth, and communicate that? Can we understand each other?"
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"Some words are wind, ser. Some are treason."
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"When your words enter the material world in the form of ink or on screen, you are immediately afforded the opportunity to judge their worth."
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"The small smiles everybody wanted to try to figure out " they meant nothing, really. She wasn't so good at talking and the smiles made up for it. They filled the spaces in which she ought to have answers for things with something that gave people more questions."
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"The pride of the digital age is not just in the possession of innovative tools but the ability to skillfully connect with humans behind them."
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"Listen to people from your heart, as if your life depended on it, and you will find that in turn people will listen to you with all of theirs."
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"My liege, and madam, to expostulateWhat majesty should be, what duty is, Why day is day, night night, and time is time,Were nothing but to waste night, day and time.Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,I will be brief."
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"Silence, when correctly timed, can speak multitudes of words to a person, without any extra effort on your part."
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"You can think all you can but don't publicize all your thoughts."
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"When your share your story with someone, it becomes their story too."
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"Good news didn't seem real until you'd told at least a dozen friends."
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"Most people are much better at saying things in letters than in conversation, and some people can write artistic, inventive letters, but when they try a poem or story or novel they become pretentious."
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"You are discovering the conversation that the customer wants to have, instead of the dreadfully limiting presentation you would have given him. And in doing so, you can help him to make a truly wonderful buying decision."
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"The purpose of setting communication principles is to build an effective digital workplace where collaboration and sharing are the norms."
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"You can save hundred words with just one look!"
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"Language is still separating us even though technology is bringing us closer together."
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"Speech is the deadliest of revealers.' - Hercule Poirot, Cards on the Table."
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"Sweet, crazy conversations full of half sentences, daydreams and misunderstandings more thrilling than understanding could ever be."
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"Talking is great, but don't ignore the value of listening. Pay attention to the words being spoken. Some people just love the sound of their own voice. And, when another person speaks, they are only anticipating to compete, challenge, or question what is being said. You can miss out on some important wisdom always running your mouth."
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"I think the written word is probably the best medium of communication because you have time to reflect, you have time to choose your words, to get your sentences exactly right. Whereas when you're being interviewed, say, you have to talk on the fly, you have to improvise, you can change sentences around, and they're not exactly right."
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"So many people understand language, but few people understand the real meaning of language. They that understand the meaning of language understand language and life better!"
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"Unfortunately most people do not listen with the intent to understand, they listen with the intent to reply."
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"Silence is the unbearable repartee."
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"A word in earnest is as good as a speech."
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"Words are things. You must be careful, careful about calling people out of their names, using racial pejoratives and sexual pejoratives and all that ignorance. Don't do that. Some day we'll be able to measure the power of words. I think they are things. They get on the walls. They get in your wallpaper. They get in your rugs, in your upholstery, and your clothes, and finally in to you."
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"It is the storyteller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval."
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"An appreciative listener is always stimulating."
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"Beauty should be the goal of your communication. Learn to speak with godly wisdom."
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"... she had uttered these words simply in order to provoke a reply in certain other words, which she seemed, indeed, to wish to hear spoken, but, from prudence, would let her friend be the first to speak."
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"In the past, I have all too often listened without hearing, asking questions when I had no intention of hearing the answer or understand my customer's requirements."
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"Jamie's viewpoint is expressed almost entirely in metaphor: If she was broken, she would slash him with her jagged edges, reckless as a drunkard with a shattered bottle. He's using physical language, but he isn't talking about the physical details of the situation. Claire alludes to her emotion and shows it by her actions, but Jamie is thinking directly in pure emotions."
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