Communication Quotes

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High thoughts must have high language. — Aristophanes
We worked on solving the problem of voice communications in a noisy military environment. We established military codes that are highly audible and invented selection… — M H Abrams
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Journalism is literature in a hurry. — Matthew Arnold
Poetry is simply the most beautiful, impressive, and widely effective mode of saying things. — Matthew Arnold
That said, the question remains: how to strike the balance between free speech and mutual respect in this mixed-up world, both blessed and cursed with… — Timothy Garton Ash
I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander. — Isaac Asimov
Communications technology changes possibilities for communication, but that doesn't mean it changes the inherited structure of the brain. So you may think that you're addicted… — Margaret Atwood
A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language. — Gaston Bachelard
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words,… — Francis Bacon
What does music mean to me? I don't think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It's my means of… — Erykah Badu
An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. — Walter Bagehot
We have too many high-sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them. — Abigail Adams
My view is different. Public relations are a key component of any operation in this day of instant communications and rightly inquisitive citizens. — Alvin Adams
Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art. — Ansel Adams
Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution. — Ansel Adams
Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners. — Benjamin Banneker
No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. — Henry Adams
The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting. — Dave Barry
It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence. — Jacques Barzun

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