Communication Quotes · Page 97

“no poverty of any kind, except of conversation, appeared—but there, the deficiency was considerable.”

— Jane Austen

It's only by being disruptive that you get people to have a conversation about an issue.

— Gail Bradbrook

Telephone and telegraph were better means of communication than the holy man's telepathy

— Eric Hobsbawm

If you want perfection or close to it...listen to the record.

— Tristan Prettyman

Listen! Encourage. Say something. Do something. Be yourself. Love

— Anonymous

If you go back and look at President Reagan's speeches, they bring you to tears almost.

— Lawrence Bender

“encourages higher levels of conversion by offering a more emotional experience.”

— Herb Sorensen

To design is to communicate clearly by whatever means you can control or master.

— Milton Glaser

Really bad people around the world, because of the genius of American innovation, use our products and infrastructure for their emails, for…

— James Comey

True and False are attributes of speech, not of things. And where speech is not, there is neither Truth nor Falsehood.

— Thomas Hobbes

Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.

— Flea

When you really listen to another person from their point of view, and reflect back to them that understanding, it's like giving…

— Stephen Covey

Rid your body of its impurities, let your speech be true and sweet, feel friendship for the world, and with humility seek…

— Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

Be sensitive to your loved one's feelings. If something you say seems to upset them, take the time to find out what's…

— Anonymous

While my speech is getting better every day, throughout my recovery, I have been able to sing to some extent.

— Gabrielle Giffords

I am broadly concerned about the slow death of free speech, but particularly in universities and also with regards to the climate…

— Judith Curry

I want to make sure that people understand that, behind this national conversation around transgender rights, there are real people who hurt…

— Sarah McBride

But that wasn't fancy enough for Lord Byron, oh dear me no, he had to invent a lot of figures of speech…

— Ogden Nash

If the minds of women were enlightened and improved, the domestic work would be more frequently refreshed by intelligent conversation, a means…

— Sarah Moore Grimke

“[P]olitical speech does not lose First Amendment protection "simply because its source is a corporation". Otherwise, there would be nothing in the…

— David E. Bernstein

I am convinced that a multi-faceted dialogue between Russia and Egypt will continue to deepen and expand for the benefit of the…

— Vladimir Putin

I love knowing and learning about people around the world displaying my art online. Also, it's how I learn about new artists…

— Mickalene Thomas

While the high-level climate talks pursue their stately progress towards some ill-defined destination, down in the trenches there is an undercurrent of…

— Gwynne Dyer

Boredom forces you to ring people you haven’t seen for eighteen years and halfway through the conversation you remember why you left…

— Jeremy Clarkson

Of course, hate speech and racism have no place on Facebook

— Mark Zuckerberg

“Your echo speaks for itself as much as your speech speaks to us.”

— Sarah Chergui

If you aren't willing to listen then, you aren't willing to work things out.

— Anonymous

Those who still think listening isn't an art should see if they can do it half as well.

— Michael Ende

“The conversation had gotten off on the wrong foot and she knew it.”

— Robert Littell

You've got to dig in [and learn about things you don't know] if you want to stay in the conversation.

— Suzy Welch

Good communication is less about saying what you mean, and more about defining what you say

— Anonymous

I will gladly go to jail for a month, in the name of free speech... make me a martyr.

— Joey Barton

Confidence in conversation has a greater share than wit.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Leaders who don't listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.”

— Andy Stanley

EGOTIST: Someone who is usually me-deep in conversation.

— Nikhil Saluja

If we would make it evident that our conversion is sound, we must loathe and hate sin from the heart.

— Richard Sibbes

Always enter the conversation already taking place in the customer's mind.

— Robert Collier

I think it's important that your work is in conversation with artists in your community.

— Daveed Diggs

“If I were a man I would kill you!" "If you were a man we wouldn't be having this conversation!”

— Georgette Heyer

The cold, increased by the tremendous speed, deprived them of the power of speech.

— Jules Verne