Communication Quotes

"The ability to communicate effectively is one of the most powerful tools for achieving success." "Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men." "Translation is the art of failure" "Good advice is always certain to be ignored, but that's no reason not to give it." "The Internet is an elite organization; most of the population of the world has never even made a phone call." "Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation." "There is no language without deceit" "The more you say, the less people remember" "Lots of people are afraid to do that - to say what they want. So they don't get what they want." "Never close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart" "Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk" "The power of a writer is that he is a powerful figure in the world" "Writing is itself but the representation of speech" "Great is truth, but still greater, from a practical point of view, is silence about truth." "People are more likely to accept an idea if you can make them think it was their own." "A word to the wise ain't necessary it's the stupid ones who need the advice" "Without words, without writing and without books there would be no history, there could be no concept of humanity" "This hour I tell things in confidence." "When your mother asks, 'Do you want a piece of advice?' it is a mere formality. It doesn't matter if you answer yes or no. You're going to get it anyway." "But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought."