Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

communication

A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation. 98 other sayings from Mark Twain

Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners. 3 quotes from Benjamin Banneker

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind. 11 quotes from Rebecca West

There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words. 2 sayings from Mary Martin

The communication is in the work and words are no substitute for this. 2 more thoughts from Mary Martin

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. 30 wisdom & wit from Gustave Flaubert

Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language. 23 more views from Walt Disney

Every improvement in communication makes the bore more terrible. 3 other quotes from Frank Moore Colby

Writing is a communication. 5 quotes from Theodore Sturgeon

One of them, for example, which will probably haunt me more than any other is the problem of communication. 2 sayings from Georges Simenon

Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true. 26 thoughts from Charles Dickens

Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions. 14 quotes from Bertolt Brecht

No pleasure has any savor for me without communication. 32 more sayings from Michel de Montaigne

Photography is more than a medium for factual communication of ideas. It is a creative art. 13 sayings from Ansel Adams

A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them. 27 quotes from James Madison

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak. 2 more thoughts from Hans Hofmann

Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them. 6 more quotes from Leo Rosten

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. 6 other quotes from Leo Rosten

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. 6 sayings from Rollo May

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen. 15 other quotes from Christopher Morley

The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness. 9 more quotes from John Cheever

Power in America today is control of the means of communication. 5 thoughts from Theodore White

Poetry is the communication through words of certain experiences that can be communicated in no other way. 5 other thoughts from John Drinkwater

Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment. 18 quotes from Pearl S. Buck

Without a possibility of change in meanings human communication could not perform its present functions. 4 quotes from Kenneth L. Pike

The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting. 27 wisdom & wit from Dave Barry

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it. 18 thoughts from Marcel Proust

Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication. 19 thoughts from Marshall McLuhan

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. 115 other quotes from George Bernard Shaw

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors. 5 other quotes from Leonard Bernstein

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind. 50 sayings from Napoleon Bonaparte

In communications, familiarity breeds apathy. 5 wisdom & wit from William Bernbach

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind. 14 other wisdom & wit from F. Scott Fitzgerald

The five essential entrepreneurial skills for success are concentration, discrimination, organization, innovation and communication. 2 views from Michael Faraday

Pure truth cannot be assimilated by the crowd it must be communicated by contagion. 24 other wisdom & wit from Henri Frederic Amiel

The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate. 9 quotes from J. B. Priestley

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft. 19 sayings from H. G. Wells

The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy. 2 quotes from Florence Scovel Shinn

The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living. 23 quotes from T. S. Eliot

Sometimes there is a greater lack of communication in facile talking than in silence. 2 quotes from Faith Baldwin

The desire to write grows with writing. 15 wisdom & wit from Desiderius Erasmus