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.
“The first reason for the preponderant influence of those Evangelicals who define themselves as advocates of Religious Right theological and political ideologies is that they have both the financial means and technological know-how to make widespread use of modern electronic forms of communication.”
“Making movies is not rocket science. It's about relationships and communication and strangers coming together to see if they can get along harmoniously, productively, and creatively. That's a challenge. When it works, it's fantastic and will lift you up. When it doesn't work, it's almost just as fascinating.”
“It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.”
“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 mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with revelation, with God, with itself, loses its life, just as the body droops when debarred from the air and the cheering light from heaven.”
“A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.”
“Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication - particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials.”
“First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.”
“Be still when you have nothing to say when genuine passion moves you, say what you've got to say, and say it hot.”
“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.”
“To conclude: good journalism is one of the models of good conversation and communication in the wider social context.”
“The desire to write grows with writing.”
“In the last analysis, what we are communicates far more eloquently than anything we say or do.”
“A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than the celebrated Marxian formula of monopoly in the means of production.”
“The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.”
“I've worked very hard in this book to keep the lines of communication open. I don't want to turn someone away from this information for partisan political reasons.”