Communication Quote by Erma Bombeck

Today, communication itself is the problem. We have become the world's first overcommunicated society. Each year we send more and receive less.

— Al Ries

People, by and large, would rather be talking than listening.

— Mike Nichols

More and more we are into communications; and less and less into communication.

— Studs Terkel

“If the skill of participatory listening came effortlessly and easy for everyone, there would not be so many misunderstandings, communication breakdowns, irritations, and frustrations.”

— Susan C. Young

There are always more people who prefer to speak than to listen.

— Paul Dirac

“Good listeners are no less rare or important than good communicators. Here, too, an unusual degree of confidence is the key -- a capacity…

— Alain de Botton

In daily terms, the work of listening is to be constantly worn free of our preconceptions and preferences so that nothing stands in the…

— Mark Nepo

We're in the world of communications more and more, tough we're in communication less and less.

— Wright Morris

Perhaps the inevitable tragedy of our complex civilization is that we must be specialists in our fields - and our fields have become increasingly…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Bad human communication leaves us less room to grow.

— Rowan Williams

We spend roughly 60 percent of our communication time listening, but were not very good at it. We retain just 25 percent of what we hear

— Suman Rai

We are in an age that assumes the narrowing trends of specialization to be logical, natural, and desirable. Consequently, society expects all earnestly responsible…

— R. Buckminster Fuller