“Often in close relationships, the subject being discussed is not the subject at all.” — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
“Why do humans use words that don’t mean what they actually mean?” — Arabella Sveinsdottir Copy Share Image
“What she tried to label honesty in his candour was probably only a cynical defiance of the laws of right and wrong.” — Saki Copy Share Image
“The only thing for sure we know about communication is that we tend to get it wrong.” — Michael Ray Smith Copy Share Image
“Between two brains, there will always be misunderstandings and lies caused by parasitic smells, drafts and poor-quality reception.” — Bernard Werber Copy Share Image
“What we say doesn’t always paint an accurate picture of what we mean. Sometimes the result is sort of abstract, open to… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
“Every day that you have breath to speak, they’ll be someone who’s committed to misunderstanding you no matter how much time you… — Niedria Kenny Copy Share Image
“What saved us from becoming hard-nosed or callous was that we really liked each other, while remaining totally mystified by each other.” — Joyce Elbert Copy Share Image
Most changes in music, most exciting things that happen in music, occur through a miscommunication between people "I thought you said this."… — Tom Waits Copy Share Image
“On three," I say. "One, two, three, go or one, two, three?" Anakin asks. Micah huffs. "On go." I begin counting, "One,… — Rory Miles Copy Share Image
“For weeks I had mistaken his stare for barefaced hostility. I was wide of the mark. It was simply a shy man's… — André Aciman Copy Share Image
“Two of the biggest problems with language is that you can say what you do not mean to say, and that you… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I come from the mind-set that, if you want it to work, it will work, whether it's a friendship or a relationship.… — Chloe Grace Moretz Copy Share Image
“In a French accent developed through a lifetime of using English I said, 'Hello sir, I would like to row the English… — Tim Fitzhigham Copy Share Image
I loved writing something people usually have - miscommunication, for example. Now that I've written a romance, I'm sure I'll write more:… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
“Are your bites infectious? A stray cat bit a servant at the Agam estate when I was young. She lost her whole… — Alex Lidell Copy Share Image
From the beginning [of the film The Darkest Hour], [aliens] it's a metaphor for the foreigners and from the beginning of the… — Timur Bekmambetov Copy Share Image
“Weird." When she leans back into her chair, almost relived that I'm not offended by her viper wanting a little lesbian action,… — Rory Miles Copy Share Image
Most of our life is miscommunication, and when you add a language barrier to it, it just becomes total mayhem and confusion...… — Julie Delpy Copy Share Image
The death of a friendship was usually slow and insidious, like the wearing away of a hillside after years of too much… — Karen Kingsbury Copy Share Image
“They may have argued, but over the sixteen years they'd lived together, she'd done everything she could to protect Phoebe. She'd heard… — Kirsten Miller Copy Share Image
“TF-16 returned to Pearl Harbor on May 26 in good order, with one huge exception: Admiral Halsey, the sixty-year-old commander, arrived back… — Dale A. Jenkins Copy Share Image
“Yamamoto was considered, both in Japan and the United States, as intelligent, capable, aggressive, and dangerous. Motivated by his skill as a… — Dale A. Jenkins Copy Share Image
“Cause she was a girl with good intentions Yeah, she made some bad decisions And she learned a couple lessons Wish I… — EJR Copy Share Image
“You thought I was answering "As you wish" but that's only because you were hearing wrong. "I love you" was what it… — William Goldman Copy Share Image
“My wife said you would be here,” he muttered lowly. “You and a boy … though I don’t think this counts as… — Jane Washington Copy Share Image
“When we are feeling low, we don’t even feel like taking bath. Although that is when we need bath the most. When… — Shunya Copy Share Image
“ Why do you like me? Why can't you tell I'm not that into you? ” — Kristen Roupenian Copy Share Image
“A steep hierarchy level can even lead to miscommunication or loss of information.” — Pooja Agnihotri Copy Share Image
Tide goes in, tide goes out. Never a miscommunication. You can't explain that. You can't explain why the tide goes in. — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
“Well, it's really no use our talking in the way we have been doing if the words we use mean something different… — Malcolm Bradbury Copy Share Image
I feel like the biggest failure of humans is miscommunication. We can't communicate with each other-we can fight, we can kill, we… — Nate Lowman Copy Share Image