Communication Quotes
"The best morale exists when you never hear the word mentioned. When you hear a lot of talk about it, it's usually lousy"
"I would rather try to persuade a man to go along because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him he will stay just as long as he is scared and then he is gone"
"You don’t lead by hitting people over the head that’s assault, not leadership"
"A word to the wise is infuriating"
"The leader must be an actor"
"A word devoid of thought is a dead thing, and a thought unembodied in words remains a shadow"
"By giving our students practice in talking with others, we give them frames for thinking on their own"
"He said, 'It's all in your head,' and I said, 'So's everything,' but he didn't get it"
"Is it really possible to tell someone else what one feels?"
"I have only one language, yet it is not mine"
"To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy"
"Clear is kind. Unclear is unkind."
"An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way."
"Genius might be the ability to say a profound thing in a simple way."
"Language is very powerful. Language does not just describe reality. Language creates the reality it describes."