Communication quotes
Welcome to our collection of Communication quotes! Communication is a fundamental aspect of human interaction, allowing us to connect, share ideas, and understand one another. Whether verbal or nonverbal, communication plays a crucial role in building relationships, resolving conflicts, and conveying emotions.
In this section, you will find a diverse range of quotes about communication from renowned authors, philosophers, leaders, and thinkers. These quotes explore the power and significance of effective communication, highlighting its ability to bridge gaps, inspire change, and foster understanding.
From quotes on the art of conversation to the impact of technology on communication, this compilation offers insights into the complexities and nuances of human connection. Whether you are looking for inspiration, wisdom, or simply a new perspective on the importance of communication, our collection is sure to provide a wealth of thought-provoking ideas.
Feel free to browse through the pages and discover quotes that resonate with you. Whether you are seeking guidance on expressing yourself, improving your listening skills, or navigating the challenges of communication in different contexts, these quotes offer valuable insights and inspiration for enhancing your ability to connect with others.
Jay Rockefeller
— United States SenatorWhat is private and what is discussed behind closed doors, you do not have to be instructed at the age of fifty or sixty or forty or whatever to not talk about it outside.
Kathryn Stockett
— Novelistit always sound scarier when a hollerer talk soft.
Joyce Carol Oates
— Authorthe art of reading hardly differs from the art of writing, in that its most intense pleasures and pains must remains private, and cannot be communicated to others.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterDon't talk unless you can improve the silence.
Sofia Vergara
— ActressI understand English; I read and write English perfectly, but the accent won't go away.
Sarah Vowell
— AuthorYou know, it's always good to have a synonym just for variety.
Tommy Smothers
— ComedianWhen you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.
Antonio Machado
— PoetThe only living language is the language in which we think and have our being.
Patricia Piccinini
— ArtistThinking is a social process. I talk to everyone from children to anthropologists and philosophers. I try my ideas out on people and they talk back to you. That's how ideas get formed.
Erika Christensen
— Film actressFaceTime is a life saver for relationships and for family.
Glenn Reynolds
— Law professorAs I have said, the best Bush strategy is to put Congress on TV as often as possible.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsUse the smallest word that does the job.
Diana Krall
— Acclaimed Jazz Vocalist & PianistI'm not really on a mission to tell anybody anything. I'd rather be figured out.
Paul Halmos
— Influential Mathematician & EducatorYou are allowed to lie a little, but you must never mislead.
Russell Hoban
— Versatile Author & Creative StorytellerLanguage is an archaeological vehicle... the language we speak is a whole palimpsest of human effort and history.
D.T. Suzuki
— Pioneer of Zen Buddhism in the WestThe contradiction so puzzling to the ordinary way of thinking comes from the fact that we have to use language to communicate our inner experience, which in its very nature transcends linguistics.
Darren McCarty
— Champion Hockey Player & Inspirational StoryThey do a lot of talking, but I'm not sure they actually understand each other.
Stan Lee
— Comic Book Icon & Creator of Marvel HeroesWives should be kissed - not heard.
Jeff Pinkner
— Acclaimed Screenwriter & ProducerEvery one of us, as human beings, even in a committed relationship, has moments and thoughts and actions that, whether or not they share them with their loved one, tells you, as much as anything, about them as people and their relationship.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerYour day usually goes the way the corners of your mouth turn. The most powerful single thing you can do to influence others is to smile at them.
M. F. K. Fisher
— Pioneering Food WriterThere is a communication of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine is drunk. And that is my answer when people ask me: Why do you write about hunger, and not wars or love.
Timothy Leary
— American psychologist and authorYou cannot use butterfly language to communicate with caterpillars
Justin Rogers
— American football playerSay what you mean, be who you are, and hope for the best.
Aisha Tyler
— American actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostI talk to grown-ups who are out to have a good time and they want to be spoken to in a different way. I don't want to be pandered to, so I try not to pander.
Neil Patrick Harris
— American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television hostI don't know, but I think kids just want to be listened to, so I want to make sure I do that.
Will Ferrell
— American actor, comedian, producer, and writerAs you set off into the world, don't be afraid to question your leaders. But don't ask too many questions at one time or that are too hard because your leaders get tired and/or cranky.
Thomas Kyd
— English playwright, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan dramaEvil news fly faster still than good.
Pope John XXIII
— Head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in 1963Prudent is he who can keep silent that part of truth which may be untimely, and by not speaking it, does not spoil the truth of what he said.
Ciara
— American singerIf a person uses the word 'sorry' loosely then of course it loses its value.
Tracey Edmonds
— American businesswoman, television producer and personalityHappy Wednesday Fam! Dream BIG, live courageously, communicate honestly, be mindful, act with kindness, and SPREAD LOVE TODAY and EVERY DAY !
Reba McEntire
— American country music singer, actress and businesswomanHe was good in business, but there was business left to do. He never said he loved me, guess he thought I knew.
David Lanz
— Grammy-nominated pianist and composerAt the piano, I'm able to communicate in a way that is very intimate and direct. My approach at music is a bit like talking to a friend. You don't have to be very complicated when you speak. If you say what's in your heart, it's usually very simple.
Regina Belle
— American singer-songwriterI really want to get the word out that I am still relevant and have something to say.
Craig Stone
— English footballerAsk questions then talk over answers, shout loudly you love everyone, try and hug people, confide in them that you are a sheep, offer them the last grass in your pockets.
Then watch with a smile as they pretend you aren't there, and whisper you must be crazy, because you want to make friends.
Kathryn Stockett
— NovelistI don't know what to say to her. All I know is, I ain't saying it. And I know she ain't saying what she want a say either and it's a strange thing happening here cause nobody saying nothing and we still managing to have us a conversation
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorI don't know what marriages are like in general, but there are many things which I don't talk about with my husband. We discuss practical problems, but I wouldn't sit down with him and talk about the distant past. It's somewhat in contrast to other Americans, who feel that they have to confess things, but I'm really not like that.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterThere is an hour of the afternoon when the plain is on the verge of saying something. It never says, or perhaps it says it infinitely, or perhaps we do not understand it, or we understand it and it is untranslatable as music.
Sarah Vowell
— AuthorBut when I am around strangers, I turn into a conversational Mount St. Helens. I'm dormant, dormant, quiet, quiet, old-guy loners build log cabins on the slopes of my silence and then, boom, it's 1980. Once I erupt, they'll be wiping my verbal ashes off their windshields as far away as North Dakota.
Tommy Smothers
— ComedianThere's one word that exists in every language on the face of the Earth and in every society since man began to speak. And the word is truth. And in every language it means exactly the same thing. Truth is . . . what you get other people to believe.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsWell,” said Stuart, “a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone.
Diana Krall
— Acclaimed Jazz Vocalist & PianistI like to interpret 'Call me a River', as if I'm saying, 'Now you're telling me you love me after all that, and I'm telling you to shove off.' That's my interpretation. But I would never 'say' that because somebody else might interpret the song in another way.
Russell Hoban
— Versatile Author & Creative StorytellerAfter all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?
Stan Lee
— Comic Book Icon & Creator of Marvel HeroesThe world has always been like a comic book world to me! What's happened is that communications got better and better, so now with cell-phones we can be in touch with people half a globe away.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerAnyone too busy to say thank you will get fewer and fewer chances to say it.
Timothy Leary
— American psychologist and authorPrayer is ecstatic communication with your innernavigational computer.
Neil Patrick Harris
— American actor, singer, writer, producer, and television hostYou have to be careful when you're doing an interview.
Will Ferrell
— American actor, comedian, producer, and writerYou tend to get reluctant to talk about anything until the day before filming.
Thomas Kyd
— English playwright, the author of The Spanish Tragedy, and one of the most important figures in the development of Elizabethan dramaWhere words prevail not, violence prevails.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorLanguage is the instrument in all cases and can language be trusted?If it were not for language, could we lie?
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterThe things that are said in literature are always the same. What is important is the way they are said.
Sarah Vowell
— AuthorI'm not really the scented envelope kid of girl, preferring instead to send yellow Jiffy-lite mailers packed with whatever song is on my mind.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsTelevision hangs on the questionable theory that whatever happens anywhere should be sensed everywhere. If everyone is going to be able to see everything, in the long run all sights may lose whatever rarity value they once possessed, and it may well turn out that people, being able to see and hear practically everything, will be specially interested in almost nothing.
Russell Hoban
— Versatile Author & Creative StorytellerWords have a life; without response they die.
Stan Lee
— Comic Book Icon & Creator of Marvel HeroesMy problem is I don't see and hear that well, so when I go to the movies, I can make out what's going on, but I can't hear what they're saying. And after the movie, I have to ask whoever I'm with "now, what was that all about?"
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerMany people may listen, but few people actually hear.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorThe denial of language is a suicidal one and we pay for it with our own lives.
Jorge Luis Borges
— WriterYou who read me, are You sure of understanding my language?
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsWhen you say something, make sure you have said it. The chances of your having said it are only fair.
Stan Lee
— Comic Book Icon & Creator of Marvel HeroesThe main thing I want to do, is to make our website the most entertaining website there is on the Internet. I want it to be the premiere site for entertainment, for communication, and for fun.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerSay and do what you mean, but never say and do it meanly.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorThis was before voice mail, recorded phone messages you can't escape. Life was easier then. You just didn't pick up the phone.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsIt is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn't catch the remark because I wasn't paying attention.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerDon't fall in love with your wit. Your cleverly turned phrase may not, as you hope, show off how much gray matter you have, especially if the phrase is at someone else's expense.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorAt all crucial moments in our lives we want to speak without knowing what to say.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsAll writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation-it is the Self-escaping into the open.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerStaying in touch with contacts is as important as getting them in the first place.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorNot even the most devastating truth can be told; it must be evoked.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsAnd then, just as Wilbur was settling down for his morning nap, he heard again the thin voice that had addressed him the night before. "Salutations!" said the voice. Wilbur jumped to his feet. "Salu-what?" he cried. "Salutations!" repeated the voice. "What are they, and where are you?" screamed Wilbur. "Please, please, tell me where you are. And what are salutations?" "Salutations are greetings," said the voice. "When I say 'salutations,' it's just my fancy way of saying hello or good morning.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerOnce you attach your personality to a proposition, people start reacting to the personality and stop reacting to the proposition.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorIn love there are two things - bodies and words.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsThe main thing I try to do is write as clearly as I can. I rewrite a good deal to make it clear.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerPay attention to those employees who respectfully ask why. They are demonstrating an interest in their jobs and exhibiting a curiosity that could eventually translate into leadership ability.
Joyce Carol Oates
— AuthorPerhaps the inevitable tragedy of our complex civilization is that we must be specialists in our fields - and our fields have become increasingly difficult, so that communication is nearly impossible.
E. B. White
— Versatile Writer & Author of Beloved ClassicsA good many of the special words of business seem designed more to express the user's dreams than to express a precise meaning.
Harvey Mackay
— Business Guru & Motivational SpeakerPale ink is better than the most retentive memory.