Communication Quotes

"Words, mademoiselle, are only the outer clothing of ideas." "They have been talking for so long now that they have forgotten what they are supposed to complain about." "It is in dialogue and the sharing of ideas with others that we make sense of ourselves." "The best cure for our loneliness is learning how to communicate and connect better with those around us." "If you have a big mouth and you’re controversial, you’re going to get attention." "I'm mad about the waste that happens when people who love each other can't even bring themselves to talk." "Words are the money of fools" "A man without words is a man without thought" "There are no ugly questions except those clothed in condescension" "An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows" "The best morale exists when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy" "I would rather try to persuade a man to go along because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him he will stay just as long as he is scared and then he is gone" "You don’t lead by hitting people over the head that’s assault, not leadership" "A word to the wise is infuriating" "The leader must be an actor" "A word devoid of thought is a dead thing, and a thought unembodied in words remains a shadow" "By giving our students practice in talking with others, we give them frames for thinking on their own" "He said, 'It's all in your head,' and I said, 'So's everything,' but he didn't get it" "Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?" "I have only one language, yet it is not mine"