Communication Quote by James Thurber Download Open image “A false or misunderstood word may create as much disaster as a sudden thoughtless act.” — James Thurber ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Communication Disaster May Misunderstood
There is no calamity that right words will not begin to redress — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Serious misfortunes, originating in misrepresentation, frequently flow and spread before they can be dissipated by truth. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The idea that cannot be converted into words is a bad idea, and the word that cannot be converted into action is a bad… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Words can sometimes be used to confuse, but it's up to the practitioners of the study of language to apply them for good and… — Frank Luntz Copy Share Image
Words matter. Words can be a fire to the gasoline of disturbed minds. — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
I hope people will see how harmful words are and how irresponsible we can be when saying the wrong things at the wrong time… — John David Washington Copy Share Image
Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Salvador [Dali] was brought up in Spain, a country colored by the legends of Hannibal, El Greco, and Cervantes. I was brought up in… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“Her own mother lived the latter years of her life in the horrible suspicion that electricity was dripping invisibly all over the house.” — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“Against the may, the could be, and the should, folly 'tis to balance doubt or hope.” — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Love is the strange bewilderment that overtakes one person on account of another person. — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“ There was an old coddle so molly, He talked in a glot that was poly, His gaws were so gew That his laps… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“you might as well fall on your face as lean over too far backwards” — james thurber Copy Share Image
All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. — James Thurber Copy Share Image
“I don’t understand,” said the scientist, “why you lemmings all rush down to the sea and drown yourselves.” “How curious,” said the lemming. “The… — James Thurber Copy Share Image
Some people still believe you should just fall in line with what's going on - and that's scary. It makes a mockery of freedom… — Emily Robison Copy Share Image
The problem posed by indirect speech acts is the problem of how it is possible for the speaker to say one thing and mean… — John Searle Copy Share Image
Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching, and live like its heaven on earth. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
A poet is wounded into speech, and he examines these wounds, meticulously, to discover how to heal them. The bad poet harangues at the… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
“To engage in dialogue is to serve others via whatever is real inside you; to engage in debate is to ultimately serve the illusions… — Oli Anderson Copy Share Image
What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
In dialogue, there is opposition, yes, but no head-on collision. Smashing heads does not open minds. — Deborah Tannen Copy Share Image
A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I get afraid of the dark if I'm in a great deal of dark, and I have to move around inside of that fear...… — Emil Ferris Copy Share Image
I've been in a serious conversation with one of my children, and a fan has come up. I've been in a public bathroom and… — Helen Reddy Copy Share Image
Life as we know it is fundamentally unsatisfying. I think most folks feel this to be true. They know that a life of aimless… — Michael Yates Copy Share Image