“Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction.”
Saying what you mean is harder than it sounds. These quotes explore language, listening, honesty, and the art of making yourself understood — whether you are giving a speech, writing an email, or just trying to have a real conversation.
“Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.”
“Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction.”
“Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.”
“The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.”
“Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life.”
“Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.”
“Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment.”
“Writing is a communication.”
“The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication.”
“No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.”
“The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out communication is getting through.”
“I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.”
“It is not enough to show people how to live better: there is a mandate for any group with enormous powers of communication to show people how to be better.”
“The thing that we are trying to do at facebook, is just help people connect and communicate more efficiently.”
“Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me.”
“I won't compare ants and people, but ants give us a useful model of how single members of a community can become so organized that they end up resembling, in effect, one big collective brain. Our own exploding population and communication technology are leading us that way.”