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" Manners are the lubricating oil of an organization. It is a law of nature that two moving bodies in contact with each other create friction. This is as true for human beings as it is for inanimate objects. " - Peter Drucker

" Jimmy Carter laid out policies that we now look back at and say, ‘Gee, that actually made sense.’ But you also need to explain it and convey and communicate in a way that provides that tableau, that understanding. " - Eliot Spitzer

" I woke up find a rather noisy multi-lingual meeting going on. This was great as everyone could participate and even though everything had to be translated into about four different languages it never became boring. After a while the meeting broke up and everyone went for food. " - John Blair

" Language leads a double life – and so does the novelist. You chat with family and friends, you attend to your correspondence, you consult menus and shopping lists, you observe road signs, and so on. Then you enter your study, where language exists in quite another form – as the stuff of patterned artifice. " - Martin Amis

" A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: ‘Duh.’ " - Conan O'Brien

" When you’re on a submarine you’re usually underwater for months at a time, and you don’t get to Skype or make phone calls. When you get messages, they’re maybe two sentences. They’re very short. " - Jessy Schram

" There’s going to be times where things don’t go the right way, but for the most part, if we continue to communicate, we’ll figure it out quicker. " - Trevor Ariza

" You’re not obligated to date and marry somebody who you fundamentally disagree with… but I do think opening yourself up to the idea that people who believe different things can enrich your life can make you better at communicating. " - Mary Katharine Ham

" I really feel that design has the capacity to communicate, and I really have concentrated on the communication of positive values. " - Marcel Wanders

" I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well. " - Patrick Stewart