Communication Quotes · Page 305

By the way, for those who are listening, I absolutely define - I have a face for radio. Unfortunately, I've got a…

— Frank Luntz

The political core of any movement for freedom in the society has to have the political imperative to protect free speech.

— Bell Hooks

“Conversations and jokes together, mutual rendering of good services, the reading together of sweetly phrased books, the sharing of nonsense and mutual…

— Robertson Davies

The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it…

— Hugo Black

“The blackness he woke to on those nights was sightless and impenetrable. A blackness to hurt your ears with listening.”

— Cormac McCarthy

'Twin Peaks' was incredibly slow, methodic, taking shots that were uncomfortably long, with a lot of scenes where there was barely any…

— Madchen Amick

“What is the name of the woman on the telephone?” “Alis K.” “Is that her real name?” “No.” Conversation between ‘BB’ and…

— Steen Langstrup

I hope that being in places from the [Shinzo Abe] Prime Minister's past will motivate us to have a sincere, very practical…

— Vladimir Putin

“Published in this month's Harper's, from a conversation held in Beijing in February 1973: Chairman Mao Zedong: Do you want our Chinese…

— Mao Zedong

Also, as a result of the involvement of American foundations that have backing from the U.S. State Department in Iranian internal politics,…

— Mohammad Marandi

It's a conversation that nobody really likes to have, and it seems that we never can get to a solution with it…

— Katey Sagal

Online, you're providing each other with the good aspects of being together as far as communication and support, but you don't have…

— Nev Schulman

I'm totally an anxious mess all the time. There's a constant dialogue going on in my brain, and it's just reminding me…

— Aubrey Plaza

To fix the thoughts by writing, and subject them to frequent examinations and reviews, is the best method of enabling the mind…

— Samuel Johnson

So much in writing depends on the superficiality of one's days. One may be preoccupied with shopping and income tax returns and…

— Graham Greene

I have been in dialogue with my family about what can actually be done. We've come up with this philosophy that in…

— Wadada Leo Smith

When I think about America, I think about freedom. Freedom of speech, freedom of religion. It's a peaceful country.

— Enes Kanter

“2 - Listen In Eavesdropping, Seriously? Acting like you’re the main character, You have nothing to go on, Grow the fuck up.”

— Apollo Blake

“Strong communicators increase their influence because they are intentional and focused with their language.”

— Dianna Booher

A man may forgive many wrongs, but he cannot easily forgive anyone who makes it plain that his conversation is tedious.

— Stevie Smith

That character in conversation which commonly passes for agreeable is made up of civility and falsehood.

— Alexander Pope

Brands communicate in two directions: they help us tell other people something about ourselves, but they also help us form ideas about…

— Dan Ariely

We ask players to communicate - offensive, defense, special teams. Our staff has to communicate that way also.

— Brian Flores

Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the…

— Marshall McLuhan

“I prefer to speak in metaphor: That way, no logic can trap me, and no rule can bind me, and no fact…

— Claire Oshetsky

Liberty of speech invites and provokes liberty to be used again, and so bringeth much to a man's knowledge.

— Francis Bacon

Attentive listening to others lets them know that you love them and builds trust, the foundation of a loving relationship.

— Brian Tracy

The modern notion of background music is a loud thump, thump, thump. It isn't only conversation it kills but also concentration.

— Ann Widdecombe

You can now eat bananas from Chile; you couldn't do it before you had air shipping. Now, communication technology enables the shipping…

— Moshe Vardi

Poetry begins as the divine speech of the bicameral mind. Then, as the bicameral mind breaks down, there remain prophets.

— Julian Jaynes

Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot if difference. They don't have to makes speeches.…

— Stephen King

A strong friendship doesnt need daily conversation and doesnt always need togetherness. As long as the relationship lives in the heart, true…

— Anonymous

At Harvard, I got to meet and have dinner with Jamaica Kincaid. Just to have conversations with professors was absolutely amazing.

— Anonymous

“Rationally, factory farming is so obviously wrong, in so many ways. In all of my reading and conversations, I’ve yet to find…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

One thing that I have noticed is that whatever be the function, however poignant or serious, the audience always prefers a speech…

— Balachandra Menon

If someone is difficult to talk to, if someone cannot communicate clearly, it's a real problem in terms of their likelihood to…

— Sam Altman

I'm not a smack talker. I have a speech impediment. So if I try to talk smack and I start stuttering, that…

— Curtis Blaydes

Deep listening helps us to recognize the existence of wrong perceptions in the other person and wrong perceptions in us.

— Nhat Hanh

Describe character using dialogue. Describe character using what the characters see or do or think, but not what they had done or…

— Colm Toibin

Conversation is our account of ourselves...Conversation is the vent of character as well as thoughts...It is the laboratory of the student.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson