If this constant sliding and hiding of meaning were true of conscious life, then we would of course never be able to speak coherently at all. If the whole of language were present to me...

Your words will either give you joy or give you sorrow, but if they were spoken without regret, they give you peace.

Intelligence is not expecting people to understand what your intent is; it is anticipating how it will be perceived.

Yes, I can speak to this one. He can be my rider.

Don’t use words too big for the subject. Don’t say infinitely when you mean very; otherwise you’ll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.

Philosophers say man forms himself in dialogue.

Bill Bryson’s is a synthesizing intellect, capable of translating myriad data into a digestible narrative – rare currency in an increasingly atomized society.

Would you like the rhythm of your heart to be calm?Would you like the music of your soul towards harmony and fulfillment?Deal with any conflict constructively to reduce stress, tension and other unwanted collateral effects....

The medium obscured the message.

The only problem with the Angels’ new image was that the outlaws themselves didn’t understand it. It puzzled them to be treated as symbolic heroes by people with whom they had almost nothing in common....

All individuals have moral deficiencies, and when introducing these to reality one not only strengthens himself but also the confidence of others in the human exigency for Christ due to a reflection throughout the body...

If body language is 90% of a conversation, then obviously what’s being said is only half as important as what’s not being said. And what are you saying? I can’t hear you when my back...

Guys get a bad rap for not wanting to talk about their feelings but maybe women are in part to blame for that. One thing that I learned from working with people where English was...

We no longer have a sufficiently high estimate of ourselves when we communicate. Our true experiences are not garrulous. They could not communicate themselves if they wanted to: they lack words. We have already grown...

We know so little about what goes on in another person’s head.

to bar communication between intellectuals, who are always our best hope of peace, is particularly self-defeating and inane. It declares, inter alia, that we have a) made up our minds about what we think, b)...

I called her twice, but she didn’t call me back. She’s more efficient than me, as she’s able to communicate without communicating. It’s sad, because I had two cups of coffee, and I was going...

The inner encounters I have with animals—and will be teaching you to have— are exchanges of meaning.

Unless I speak, you won’t see me.

Words travel as swiftly as desire, so it is possible to send a message of love without them.

local level communication and uses of it’s human resources are applicable to anywhere in the world.

An introvert talks more than an extrovert because when the mouth is closed, the mind is opened.

Men? They are simple creatures. Is there something wrong with your man? Feed him, and take him to your bed. Et Voila! All problems, they disappear. But if something is wrong with the woman? Je...

Your steady rain of words soaked me to the skin

I’m sorry to bother you,” she whispered. “When I get excited about a movie I want to talk. I can’t help it.

True friendship does not require constant communication because your consistent trust in a true friend is always constant.

I like people who can keep the conversation going no matter how random the topic gets.

Great Leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study, self-reflection, education, training, and experience

We’re here to communicate a message to people, and we have to go where the people are, … Downtown Clearwater is like swimming upstream for us. Parking is a headache, and no one lives downtown.

The chains that keep you bound to the past are not the actions of another person. They are your own anger, stubbornness, lack of compassion, jealousy and blaming others for your choices. It is not...

In order to master compassion, you have to spend time getting to know monsters. When you can do that you will see that there are no monsters, only people that acted like monsters because no...

Having a pleasant time can extend a long period of time to have a fun time.

The whole problem of life is this: how to break out of one’s own solitude, how to communicate with others.

If you want meaning for your brand or company, dare to embrace conflict

fine” has like seventy meanings and depending on voice inflexion can actually mean ‘If I’m questioned again I’ll stab you in your sleep’.

[T]he ways in which the information we give off about our selves, in photos and e-mails and MySpace pages and all the rest of it, has dramatically increased our social visibility and made it easier...

Instant communication is not communication at all but merely a frantic, trivial, nerve-wracking bombardment of cliches, threats, fads, fashions, gibberish and advertising.

A writer is one who communicates ideas and emotions people want to communicate but aren’t quite sure how, or even if, they should communicate them.

Gestures are all that I have; sometimes they must be grand in nature. And while I occasionally step over the line and into the world of the melodramatic, it is what I must do in...

A crime scene is a silent witness that speaks louder and clearer than any human. Just ask Helen Keller.

I went to visit my dad. He didn’t say a word to me. Or if he did, I couldn’t hear it through the grass, the dirt, and his coffin lid.

If I already intuitively “get” what you’re trying to tell me, why should I obsess about remembering it? The danger, of course, is that what sounds like common sense often isn’t…. It’s your job, as...

Just as you can’t rehearse your way to success, you can’t design your way there either.

All the time when I speak to you, even now, I’m saying not precisely what I think, but what will impress you and make you respond. That’s so even between us – and how much...

Interpretations of interpretations interpreted.

Jeder ist immer erreichbar. Die ganze Welt beschleunigt sich, alles ist dringend, und wo alles dringend ist, ist nichts mehr dringend, und damit schlittern wir in eine Bedeutungslosigkeit hinein.

the media are not the holders of power, but they constitute by and large the space where power is decided.

When we learn to speak, we learn to translate.

We all struggle with our failure to communicate and our failure to reach beyond fear to love people.

By holding transparent talks, we can find a way that Japan can accept. We want to deepen exchanges and communication with Japan,