communication quotes

Debates, I hate.

Quote me as saying I was mis-quoted.

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.

The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with deeper meaning.

These days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that phone. You don’t know who is calling that child.

I make friends faster and easier than journalists.

A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still: you must not want to see everything.

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

Letters are something from you. It’s a different kind of intention than writing an e-mail.

If I have the chance to say something, I will say it – but that doesn’t obligate me to always say something, or to shed light on every problem, as if I were a lawmaker.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

Throughout my career, I fed off the fuel of people not being able to understand me.

The problem with having a sense of humor is often that people you use it on aren’t in a very good mood.

War is what happens when language fails.

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.

Saying nothing… sometimes says the most.

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

I will listen to anyone’s convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.

My name can’t be that tough to pronounce!

Silence speaks so much louder than screaming tantrums. Never give anyone an excuse to say that you’re crazy.

The short words are best, and the old words are the best of all.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

I do think that we’re gonna move towards this world where eventually you’ll be able to capture a whole experience that you’re in and be able to send that to someone.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

I don’t need therapy. I’m not going to see a therapist; comedy acts as my therapy. I put my problems out there. I talk about them. I talk about everything before anybody has a chance.

The way I talk is bizarre.

Eloquence is a painting of the thoughts.

I’m a people pleaser. I hold a lot of things in. I’m always making sure everybody is okay. I usually don’t rage; I usually don’t curse.

I am not one who – who flamboyantly believes in throwing a lot of words around.

I’m not always going to say things the perfect way, the right way. But I’m going to say how I feel.

You might be the funniest guy in the world, but if you don’t have anything to talk about, people are eventually going to gravitate towards the guy that’s actually saying something.

Diplomacy is the art of saying ‚Nice doggie‘ until you can find a rock.

My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don’t share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.

It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg, but with two it will be able to walk and get around.

The best way to resolve any problem in the human world is for all sides to sit down and talk.

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.

Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.

I’m guarded; I don’t talk much.

If you reveal your secrets to the wind, you should not blame the wind for revealing them to the trees.

There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future. The scale of the technology and infrastructure that must be built is unprecedented, and we believe this is the most important problem we can focus on.

I don’t hate women – they just sometimes make me mad.

The thing about hip-hop today is it’s smart, it’s insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.

Who you are speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you’re saying.

Being a good listener is absolutely critical to being a good leader; you have to listen to the people who are on the front line.

We can’t just choose to tell some facts and not others because we don’t want to upset people. We have to tell it like it is.

In order to have friends, you must first be one.

The Internet is becoming the town square for the global village of tomorrow.

I want to be a man who is truthful and who won’t let pride get in the way of my ripping myself open to my partner and saying, ‚Here I am. This is me.‘ I feel there’s something powerful when a man reaches a point in his life when he can be completely vulnerable.

I hold a lot of things in. I’m always making sure everybody is okay. I usually don’t rage; I usually don’t curse. So for me, it’s a great thing to be able to scream and say whatever I want.

Music helps me tell my story. That’s where I can really be heard. But there’s so much focus on the things that aren’t music.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

By giving people the power to share, we’re making the world more transparent.

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.

The question isn’t, ‚What do we want to know about people?‘, It’s, ‚What do people want to tell about themselves?‘