Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

communication

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. 6 more thoughts from Leo Rosten

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

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

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen. 15 wisdom & wit from Christopher Morley

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Technique is communication: the two words are synonymous in conductors. 5 thoughts 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 quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte

In communications, familiarity breeds apathy. 5 views from William Bernbach

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

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

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

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

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

Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind. 14 quotes from F. Scott Fitzgerald

The desire to write grows with writing. 15 other thoughts from Desiderius Erasmus

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

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

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

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

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

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. 30 quotes from Gustave Flaubert

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

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

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

Writing is a communication. 5 wisdom & wit from Theodore Sturgeon

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

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

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

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

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 more wisdom & wit from Charles Dickens

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

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