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I fear explanations explanatory of things explained.
-Abraham Lincoln
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Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.
-Abraham Lincoln
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He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met.
-Abraham Lincoln
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Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Gift From The Sea
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There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.
-John Locke
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We seek pitifully to convey to others the treasures of our heart, but they have not the power to accept them, and so we go lonely, side by side but not together, unable to know our fellows and unknown by them.
-W. Somerset Maugham
The Moon and Sixpence 1919
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It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.
-Menander
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Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.
-John Milton
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We always speak well when we manage to be understood.
-Moli
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It is good to rub and polish our brain against that of others.
-Michel de Montaigne
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There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to.
-Michel de Montaigne
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If then the power of speech is as great as any that can be named,
-John Henry Newman
Idea of a University, 1852
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We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another -- until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.
-Richard Milhous Nixon, First Inaugural Address, January 20, 1969
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In saying what is obvious, never choose cunning. Yelling works better.
-Cynthia Ozick
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Absence of communication between necessarily linked parties ensures eventual conflict.
-Eric Parslow
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The notion of implied meaning is the root of misunderstanding.
-Eric Parslow
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Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.
-Thomas J. Peters
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Communication is not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life.
-John A. Piece
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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
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The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives.
-Anthony Robbins
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I hear the words, the thoughts, the feeling tones, the personal meaning, even the meaning that is below the conscious intent of the speaker. Sometimes too, in a message which superficially is not very important, I hear a deep human cry that lies buried and unknown far below the surface of the person.
So I have learned to ask myself, can I hear the sounds and sense the shape of this other person's inner world? Can I resonate to what he is saying so deeply that I sense the meanings he is afraid of, yet would like to communicate, as well as those he knows?
-Carl R. Rogers
Experiences in Communication
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Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
-Jim Rohn
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Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
-Jim Rohn
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Don't hide your strategy under a bushel. Communicate it throughout your company. It's better today to disclose too much that too little.
-Joel E. Ross
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Extremists think communication means agreeing with them.
-Leo Rosten
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Books about Communication
