Communication : (183) " The horrible truth is we are linear beings; we can’t multitask, and we shouldn’t keep interrupting important connections to each other with the latest message coming in. " - Douglas Rushkoff " How about keyboards in your mouth? How fast can you type with your tongue? People will think you’re just masticating, when you’re really talking to your girlfriend. " - Nolan Bushnell " Hearing people say, ‘How can these deaf people understand the show when they come to a rock club?’ They’re up there, at the front of the stage, and they’re feeling the vibrations. " - Paul Raci " Now, Marlon and I – for some reason, even today – even today, we can’t say two words to each other. We really can’t talk to each other. You know, I say to him – Marlon can’t talk. I mean, he’d talk to you. But he can’t talk. " - Anthony Quinn " Literally thousands of e-mails over the course of a book go out to people I’ve never met, people who might end up being the focus of a chapter. " - Mary Roach " If the manager can’t transmit his ideas, and the players don’t understand it, you’ve a problem. When your players can follow it, though, you’ve already won a lot in a season. " - Pedro " Just telling the facts are no longer enough. You now have to be persuasive, charismatic, interesting, and funny. Just telling people things isn’t enough anymore. " - Milo Yiannopoulos " Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change. " - Nancy Duarte " The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own. " - Virginia Woolf " Hearing aids didn’t cause any problem with my social life, my career, no problem at all, and I’ve been wearing them for a long time. As a matter of fact, once I became an entertainer and started working on television, I was probably the first performer to talk about hearing problems on the air. " - Norm Crosby