“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.”
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.
“By and large, language is a tool for concealing the truth.”
“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.”
“Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.”
“The level of communication you can achieve with an infant is really profound.”
“The thing that we are trying to do at facebook, is just help people connect and communicate more efficiently.”
“Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.”
“I like television. I still believe that television is the most powerful form of communication on Earth - I just hate what is being done with it.”
“A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.”
“I believe that no matter what you do in life, if you learn the basics through theater, it will help you in everything else - problem solving, communication, discipline, all of that stuff.”
“Electric communication will never be a substitute for the face of someone who with their soul encourages another person to be brave and true.”
“Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper.”
“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.”
“I try to just communicate what I want done as clearly and simply as possible.”
“Animation can explain whatever the mind of man can conceive. This facility makes it the most versatile and explicit means of communication yet devised for quick mass appreciation.”
“It's a difficult undertaking. I've been married for four years and I see this movie as a cautionary tale about people who've gone deeply out of communication.”
“I am in favor of complete freedom of information and of free access to the new communication tools, in particular the Internet.”