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

communication

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

There is a world of communication which is not dependent on words. 2 other quotes 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 sayings from Gustave Flaubert

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

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

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

Writing is a communication. 5 thoughts from Theodore Sturgeon

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

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

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

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 thoughts from Charles Dickens

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 views from Hans Hofmann

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it. 18 quotes 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 sayings from Marshall McLuhan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft. 19 more 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 thoughts from Faith Baldwin

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

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 more quotes from Mark Twain