Communication Quote by Gustave Flaubert

Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when what we want is to move…

— Gustave Flaubert

“...and since, human speech is like a cracked tin kettle, on which we hammer out tunes to make bears dance when we long to…

— Flaubert Gustave

“Human Language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, when all the time we are…

— Gustave Flaubert

Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move…

— Gustave Flaubert

Speech is as a pump, by which we raise and pour out the water from the great lake of Thought,--whither it flows back again.

— John Sterling

Flaubert was right when he said that our use of language is like a cracked kettle on which we bang out tunes for bears…

— Christopher Hitchens

Speech is the mark of humanity. It is the normal terminus of thought.

— Susanne Katherina Langer

Speech is one of the marvels that characterize man, and also one of the most difficult spontaneous creations that have been accomplished by nature.

— Maria Montessori

The spoken discourse may roll on strongly as the great tidal wave; but, like the wave, it dies at last feebly on the sands.…

— Albert Pike

“The most exaggerated speeches usually hid the weakest of feelings - as though the fullness of the soul did not overflow into the emptiest…

— Gustave Flaubert

Scientists attach great importance to the human capacity for spoken language. But we also have a parallel track of nonverbal communication, which may reveal…

— Leonard Mlodinow

“No one, ever, can give the exact measure of his needs, his apprehensions, or his sorrows; and human speech is like a cracked cauldron…

— Gustave Flaubert