Communication Quotes

"Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much" "Good writers are those who keep the language efficient." "I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." "Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say; let speech harmonize with life." "Listening to a witness makes you a witness." "Don't talk about it; write." "A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men), that wise men only should be able to commend him." "The greatest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." "Your reputation is harmed the most by what you say to defend it" "There are times when it is necessary to write simply" "You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts" "Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards " "Let us speak, though we show all our faults and weaknesses" "Some battles are won with swords and spears, others with quills and ravens" "If you can't understand it without an explanation, you can’t understand it with an explanation." "He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all " "Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear" "We have to be able to sit in silence before we can truly speak" "When you tell me the truth, don't you sugarcoat it" "I'll say things that are serious and put them in a joke form so people can enjoy them"