Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. Ann Morrow Lindbergh
Words should be used as tools of communication and not as a substitute for action. Anonymous
Words are a wonderful form of communication, but they will never replace kisses and punches. Ashleigh Brilliant
Years ago, I tried to top everybody, but I don't anymore, I realized it was killing conversation. When you're always trying for a topper you aren't really listening. It ruins communication. Groucho Marx
Communication works for those who work at it. John Powell
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. Peter Drucker
The two words ‘information’ and ‘communication’ are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through. Sydney J. Harris
When all other means of communication fail, try words. Anonymous
Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment. Pearl S. Buck
Communication - the human connection--is the key to personal and career success. Paul J. Meyer
Most conversations are simply monologues delivered in the presence of a witness. Margaret Miller
Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few. Pythagoras
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
Everything has been said before, but since nobody listens we have to keep going back and beginning all over again. Andre Gide
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. Rollo May
The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them. Ralph Nichols
It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much. Yogi Berra
How often could things be remedied by a word. How often is it left unspoken. Norman Douglas
Effective communications starts with listening. Robert Gately