Communication Quotes

"I think it's fair to say that personal computers have become the most empowering tool we've ever created. They're tools of communication, they're tools of creativity, and they can be shaped by their user."

"I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances communication has profound effects in terms of how people can learn from each other, and how they can achieve the kind of freedoms that they're interested in."

"Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable."

"What's clear - and exciting - is that communication for social change is growing."

"But behavior in the human being is sometimes a defense, a way of concealing motives and thoughts, as language can be a way of hiding your thoughts and preventing communication."

"Miscommunication is the number one cause of all problems; communication is your bridge to other people. Without it, there's nothing. So when it's damaged, you have to solve all these problems it creates."

"Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break."

"But I absolutely believe that architecture is a social activity that has to do with some sort of communication or places of interaction, and that to change the environment is to change behaviour."

"Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family."

"That was when I realised that music is the most profound, magical form of communication there is."

"Jazz is smooth and cool. Jazz is rage. Jazz flows like water. Jazz never seems to begin or end. Jazz isn't methodical, but jazz isn't messy either. Jazz is a conversation, a give and take. Jazz is the connection and communication between musicians. Jazz is abandon."

"The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind."

"Trust is the glue of life. It's the most essential ingredient in effective communication. It's the foundational principle that holds all relationships."

"Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment."

"Boxing's a bit like the Army, nine out of 10 people come out as pretty nice people. It taught me self-worth, to respect my elders and what the right thing was to do. As a result, I don't think I even got a single detention at school. It helped me to be good."

"In the field of wisdom & life, the path to true wisdom begins when we question the certainties we have carried since childhood."

"Wisdom is the quiet space we cultivate between our thoughts, where clarity finally speaks. As a philosopher & thinker, this is the foundational truth I have observed."

"Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior."

"We seek truth not to change the world around us, but to clarify the lens through which we view it."

"I kind of love opening, because it's easier and kind of just more fun to get up and play fast and furious and have a good time."

"Why should I be unhappy? Every parcel of my being is in full bloom."

"I think St. Jude helped me achieve some miracles in my life - that's why I wear the medallion in my left ear and never take it out."

"We have, essentially, a worthless democracy."

"I gravitate toward edgy, intense, dark films that just grab you by the throat."

"My family background was deeply Christian."

"Too often, ill-informed rhetoric has led to emotional hysteria that obfuscates solid evidence regarding the real problems faced by poor people and, in overwhelmingly great proportions, by black people."

"I really like to cook."

"Honestly, I don't buy papers or the weeklies. I think when something messy does happen, you just need your closest friends and family all around you, and it's nothing to do with anyone else."

"I joined Planned Parenthood because I wanted to help poor women with real health care needs."

"We have an obligation to spread amateur baseball both at home and abroad. Building up the game at all levels - Little League, Babe Ruth Leagues, the colleges - is in our own self-interest. That's where the pool of talent is - and also of fans."