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" People often mistake our mission at The Sound Agency for a crusade for silence, but actually, silence is in many ways just as bad as too much noise. " - Julian Treasure

" Tolkien made dwarf sign language because, you know, it’s too loud to talk in the mines. " - Richard C. Armitage

" The Internet has given us 10 or 15 new styles of communication: long messages like blogging, and then short messages like texting and tweeting. I see it all as part of an expanding array of linguistic possibilities. " - David Crystal

" We were a family of incredible talkers, readers, arguers. " - Rick Wilson

" I consider myself a good communicator and a good salesman. " - Dan Schulman

" I worked in many deaf ministries. " - Paul Raci

" The Apple iPhone 4 is good for all the basic cellphone functions. " - Rimi Sen

" In the first 20 seconds of talking, your light is green: your listener is liking you as long as your statement is relevant to the conversation and, hopefully, in service of the other person. But unless you are an extremely gifted raconteur, people who talk for more than roughly half a minute at a time are boring and often perceived as too chatty. " - Mark Goulston

" The other thing about FEMA, my understanding is that it was supposed to move into the Department of Homeland Security… and be what it was, but also having a lot of lateral communication with all those others involved in that issue of homeland security. " - Warren Rudman

" I think a good director is a good listener. " - Denis Villeneuve