Communication Quote by Thomas Adams

His enemies might have said before that he talked rather too much; but now he has occasional flashes of silence, that make his conversation…

— Sydney Smith

Whoever thinks that he alone has speech, or possesses speech or mind above others, when unfolded such men are seen to be empty.

— Sophocles

He has oratory who ravishes his hearers while he forgets himself.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

There is perhaps no truer sign that a man is really advancing than that he is learning to forget himself, that he is losing…

— John Campbell Shairp

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

— Menander

Every man has some favorite topic of conversation, on which, by a feigned seriousness of attention, he may be drawn to expatiate without end.

— Samuel Johnson

A man never speaks of himself without losing something. What he says in his disfavor is always beleived, but when he commends himself, he…

— Michel de Montaigne

He who thinks much says but little in proportion to his thoughts. He selects that language which will convey his ideas in the most…

— Washington Irving

The purpose of words is to convey ideas. When the ideas are grapsed, the words are forgotten. Where can I find a man who…

— Chuang Tzu

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said.

— Abraham Polonsky

Voters quickly forget what a man says.

— Richard M. Nixon