Communication : (180)

" I knew that my niece was working nearby with some bank, so my wife rang up the mother and the mother called back to say that shes just called up to say she was alright. " - Lee Kuan Yew

" And therefore we must seek dialogue in this networked world. We must ask which voice was actually attempting to make itself heard and saw no other possibility of gaining a hearing. To that extent, for a while this also represented a forced opening of a cosmopolitan view. " - Ulrich Beck

" 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