Communication Quotes

The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.

Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.

Language is a virus from outer space.

Society cannot share a common communication system so long as it is split into warring factions.

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

A man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them.

One's eyes are what one is, one's mouth is what one becomes.

The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.

Oaths are but words, and words are but wind.

A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it.

Storytelling is about two things; it's about character and plot.

The more articulate one is, the more dangerous words become.

It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree.

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Loving your language means a command of its vocabulary beyond the level of the everyday.

Writing is the supreme solace.

I believe that writing is derivative. I think good writing comes from good reading.

Email, instant messaging, and cell phones give us fabulous communication ability, but because we live and work in our own little worlds, that communication is totally disorganized.

Words are also seeds, and when dropped into the invisible spiritual substance, they grow and bring forth after their kind.