Communication Quote by Ralph C. Smedley Download Open image “A speech without a specific purpose is like a journey without a destination.” — Ralph C. Smedley ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Communication Destination Journey Purpose Speech Toastmasters
A talk is a voyage. It must be charted. The speaker who starts nowhere, usually gets there. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
A speech is like an airplane engine. It may sound like hell but you've got to go on. — William T. Piper Copy Share Image
A speech is something you say so as to distract attention from what you do not say. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Speech is for the convenience of those who are hard of hearing; but there are many fine things which we cannot say if we… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Speech is not a means in the service of an external end. It contains its own rule of usage, ethics, and view of the… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty Copy Share Image
“Without a purpose, life is motion without meaning, activity without direction and events without reason. Without a purpose life is trivial, petty, and pointless.” — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
Whatever your grade or position, if you know how and when to speak, and when to remain silent, your chances of real success are… — Ralph C. Smedley Copy Share Image
Faultfinding without suggestions for improvement is a waste of time. — Ralph C. Smedley Copy Share Image
Understanding comes through communication, and through communication we find the way to peace. — Ralph C. Smedley Copy Share Image
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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
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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
