Communication Quote by Ptahhotep Download Open image ““Silence is more profitable unto thee than abundance of speech.”” — Ptahhotep ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Communication Silence
I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in quiet' (Eccles. 9:17). — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
“A good silence is better than a million words from the mouth of a fool.” — Paul Bamikole PB Copy Share Image
“Silence, because not everything can be expressed in words, Words, because silence needs company...” — Minhal Mehdi Copy Share Image
“Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better.” — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“He wondered if what he had taken for the richness of silence was really the poverty of never being heard.” — Nicole Krauss Copy Share Image
“If talk is cheap, then being silent is expensive. And many people it seems, can't afford to buy into it.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
“If he hesitate to open his heart, it is said, 'Is it because he (the judge) doeth the wrong that no entreaties are made… — Ptahhotep Copy Share Image
“In these days, when all things and memories of the past are at length become not only subservient to, but submerged by, the matters… — Ptahhotep Copy Share Image
“Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all… — Ptahhotep Copy Share Image
“Be not proud because thou art learned; but discourse with the ignorant man, as with the sage. For no limit can be set to… — Ptahhotep Copy Share Image
“If thou be powerful, make thyself to be honoured for knowledge and for gentleness. Speak with authority, that is, not as if following injunctions,… — Ptahhotep Copy Share Image
“And they that are guided go not astray, but they that lose their bearings cannot find a straight course.” — Ptahhotep Copy Share Image
“These 'Instructions' were held in high esteem as text-books and writing exercises in schools—a circumstance to which we owe the preservation of many of… — Ptahhotep 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
