There is all the difference in the world between having something to say and having to say something.
John Dewey
If you have nothing to say, say nothing.
Mark Twain
The problem with communication is the illusion that is has occurred.
George Bernard Shaw
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.
Anthony Robbins
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
Epictetus
The most important things are the hardest to say, because words diminish them.
Stephen King
All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then you low words will be charged with dynamite.
Elbert Hubbard
Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open-hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.
Sue Patton Thoele
Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.
Rebecca West
I detest that man, who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks forth another
Homer
In communications, familiarity breeds apathy.
William Bernbach
Any communication or marketing professional needs cross-cultural research and communication skills to be able to succeed in the future.
Marye Tharp
The communications of humanity obviously are trending towards that future point at which virtually all information will be spontaneously available and copyable at the individual level: beyond that, a vast transformation must occur
Gene Youngblood