Favorite Quotations
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Communication, 4
Little Engine That Could
The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. ~ Dorothy Nevill We're in the world of communications more and more, tough we're in communication less and less. ~ Wright Morris The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. ~ Peter Drucker
Apply this simple rule to your conversations: If you wouldn’t write it down and sign it, don’t say it. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr., Highlighted in Yellow You don't learn to hold your own in the world by standing on guard, but by attacking, and getting well-hammered yourself. ~ George Bernard Shaw What most of us want is to be heard, to communicate. ~ Dory Previn It's a terrible and tragic and counterproductive policy to avoid communicating with people who disagree with us. ~ Jimmy Carter, Time 9/25/07
"Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence." ~ O. Henry