When there is freedom of speech, I've found that the majority of people really have nothing to say. — Yevgeny Yevtushenko Copy Share Image
“Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee and just as hard to sleep after.” — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
I dislike people who listen when spoken to, but don't take the time to think and understand what was just said... — Justin Lee Riner Copy Share Image
Romance like a ghost escapes touching; it is always where you are not, not where you are. The interview or conversation was… — George William Curtis Copy Share Image
Expression and communication in the peak–experiences tend often to become poetic, mythical, and rhapsodic, as if this were the natural kind of… — Abraham Maslow Copy Share Image
Legal dialogue is awesome, but you can't ad lib. It's much more fun to be looser and say things like, 'Can I… — Diane Neal Copy Share Image
When it comes to personal communication, words are all we've got. It is the simple use of language that makes us human… — Gyles Brandreth Copy Share Image
Listening to God - which is a key part of practicing His presence - is not a method, but a walk with… — Leanne Payne Copy Share Image
“Where else but cyberspace does the introvert have the opportunity to start in our comfort zone of written communication and talk later?” — Laurie Helgoe Copy Share Image
The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Snowden had been clear from our first conversation about his rationale for distrusting the establishment media with his story, repeatedly referring to… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“I phoned the Admiral back. 'It's no use, Admiral, the French speak nothing but French.' There was a short pause on the… — Tim Fitzhigham Copy Share Image
Ven you read the speeches in the papers, and see as vun gen'lman says of another, 'the Honourable member, if he vill… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
I've done so many commencement speeches at colleges and law schools, and I tell young women that there are no glass ceilings… — Pam Bondi Copy Share Image
“One IGHS member said that, yup, she could hear it, too. Then again, during a dinner conversation earlier in the trip, this… — Mary Roach Copy Share Image
“When enlightened souls come in contact with ignorant people like you, they have to speak in YOUR language, because you are not… — Ramana Pemmaraju Copy Share Image
“But whenever I’m feeling “over it,” that maybe I’ve been at this for too long and it’s all a little bloodless, I… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
Telling someone you love them doesn't necessarily mean you can expect an I LOVE YOU TOO! in return sometimes you just have… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The bestway to diffuse an argument is to listen first, second, and last. — Anabel Jensen Copy Share Image
Can we move this conversation along, I'm getting frightfully tired of 'hoa'. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
“Sometimes we hear more of what a person is saying when we listen to what they’re not saying.” — Anthony P. Mauro, Sr Copy Share Image
It takes patience to listen... It takes skill to pretend that you are actually listening. — Nikhil Saluja Copy Share Image
Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses? — David Brin Copy Share Image
Never use a metaphor, simile, or other figure of speech which you are used to seeing in print. — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Why is it that the most important stuff to listen to is almost always the stuff we don't want to hear? — Mardy Grothe Copy Share Image
“Beta testing is a symptom of weak testing practices and poor communication with customers.” — Kent Beck Copy Share Image
