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Communication Quotes

How we connect, and what gets lost along the way.

This communication quotes set opens with a warning that today's communication security decisions shape the society of tomorrow, alongside a sharp line about catchwords that can cloud clear thinking for decades. See Internet quotes for related ideas.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Robert Frost

As a graduate student at Oxford in 1963, I began writing about books in revolutionary France, helping to found the discipline of book history. I was in my academic corner writing about Enlightenment ideals when the Internet exploded the world...

Quotes by Robert Darnton

It's extraordinary that revolutions taking place around the world were sparked by communication on the Internet.

Quotes by Robbie Robertson

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

Quotes by Rita Mae Brown

My wife and I have built trust with our children and have always had open communication.

Quotes by Rick Springfield

Technology is a compulsive and addictive way to live. Verbal communication cannot be lost because of a lack of skill. The ability to listen and learn is key to mastering the art of communication. If you don't use your verbal...

Quotes by Rick Pitino

The first legislation that I produced relating to the Internet was a bill to overturn a restriction inside of the law that prohibited the Internet backbone from being used for anything other than research and scientific and educational communication.

Quotes by Rick Boucher

Music is the major form of communication. It's the commonest vibration, the people's news broadcast, especially for kids.

Quotes by Richie Havens

Many times, people have come up to me after singing some songs, and they'd say, 'Richie, do you know what you did?' And I'd say, 'What?' And they'd go, 'I wrote these songs down for you to sing, and you...

Quotes by Richie Havens

The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.

Quotes by Richard Thompson

The press is the enemy.

Quotes by Richard M. Nixon

Mothers tend to be more direct. Fathers talk to other fathers about their kids more metaphorically. It's a different way of communication.

Quotes by Richard Louv

Quite frankly, the Urban brand organization became too siloed, with too little communication across functional areas. The great creativity that has been the hallmark of our success became stifled.

Quotes by Richard Hayne

The short form, speed, and consistency of communication by Trump beat Clinton's nuanced, detailed, and long-form communication. Trump came across as more genuine, Clinton as less than transparent. Trump engaged directly with his community; Clinton spoke through the media in...

Quotes by Richard Edelman

History has demonstrated that efforts to censure and control communication will not succeed.

Quotes by Ricardo Salinas Pliego

Writing has nothing to do with communication between person and person, only with communication between different parts of a person's mind.

Quotes by Rebecca West

My father had a big brick cell phone, before anyone had a cell phone, because he was really just into that kind of thing - communication devices. I grew up between my father's laboratory and my mother's library.

Quotes by Rashid Johnson

A lot of our communication has now become digital, and it does not mimic the natural way we have evolved to communicate with each other, so it's almost like we have this muscle, these social-emotional skills, and they're atrophying, right?

Quotes by Rana el Kaliouby

I very purposely have an open communication culture, where I encourage employees to approach me with their ideas without dominating them.

Quotes by Rana el Kaliouby

I wasn't rebellious. Other friends had far stricter parents and where there wasn't a relationship of respect and communication, they were usually the opposite; kids go to the other extreme.

Quotes by Randa Abdel-Fattah

Frequently Asked Questions

What different aspects of communication do these quotes touch on?
This mix covers a warning that today's decisions about communication security will shape tomorrow's society, an observation that a good catchword can obscure real analysis for decades, a reflection on how living in a world of communication creates constant comparison with others, and an account of FEMA's expected move into the Department of Homeland Security and its need for lateral communication.
Is there a quote about communication security shaping the society of tomorrow?
Yes: "The decisions we make about communication security today will determine the kind of society we live in tomorrow."
Is there a quote about a catchword obscuring analysis for decades?
Yes: "A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years."
Is there a quote about living in a world of constant comparison through communication?
One quote reflects on living in a world of communication where everyone has information about everyone else, creating a kind of universal comparison that goes well beyond just comparing yourself to the people next door.
Where can I find more quotes like these?
If you enjoy these, take a look at our Internet and More quotes pages.

Another entry considers how a constantly communicating world invites universal comparison well beyond just the neighbors, while a fourth touches on interagency communication within government. Continue with Good quotes or Great quotes.