Communication

Communication

I`m in favor of free expression, provided it`s kept rigidly under control.
Allen Bennett

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
William Butler Yeats 1865 – 1939

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
The Dalai Lama

Social organizations are flagrantly open systems in that the input of energies and the conversion of output into further energic input consists of transactions between the organization and its environment.
Daniel Katz and Robert L. Kahn in The Social Psychology of Organizations (1966)

For the wise man, one word is enough.
Plautus 251BC-184BC, Greek writer of comedies

The purest treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation.
William Shakespeare 1564-1616, English dramatist

If you can`t convince them, confuse them.
Harry S. Truman 1884-1972, thirty-third President of the United States (1945-1953)

Myth is the secret opening through which the inexhaustible energies of the cosmos pour into human manifestation.
Joseph Campbell

There is nothing so annoying as to have two people talking when you`re busy interrupting.
Mark Twain 1835-1910, American humorist and writer, famous for Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Your premium brand had better be delivering something special, or it`s not going to get the business.
Warren Buffett 1930-, American Investment Entrepreneur

Argument is the worst sort of conversation.
Jonathan Swift

Those who know, do not speak, those who speak, do not know.
Lao Tse, 6th century BC, Chinese philosopher

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
Mahatma Gandhi 1869 – 1948, Indian deep thinker and constant experimenter

I believe in the discipline of silence, and could talk for hours about it.
G.B. Shaw 1856-1950, Irish critic and poet

In some mergers there truly are synergies - though often times the acquirer pays too much for them - but at other times the cost and revenue benefits that are projected prove illusory. Of one thing, however, be certain: if a CEO is enthused about a particularly foolish acquisition, both his internal staff and his outside advisors will come up with whatever projections are needed to justify his stance. Only in fairy tales are emperors told that they are naked.
Warren Buffet 1930-, American investment entrepreneur

A verbal contract isn`t worth the paper it`s written on.
Samuel Goldwyn

I gotta use words when I talk to you.
T.S. Elliot 1888-1965, Anglo-American poet and critic

Words are just words and without heart they have no meaning.
Chinese proverb

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn`t said.
Peter F. Drucker 1909-, American management guru

In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most.
Epicurus, 4th century B.C.

To do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
Bible, Hebrews 13:16

The opposite of talking is not listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.
Fran Lebowitz 1951-, American journalist and writer

Mine honour is my life; both grow in one: Take honour from me, and my life is done.
William Shakespeare 1564-1616, English dramatist

Only free men can negotiate; prisoners cannot enter into contracts.
Nelson Mandela 1918-, first democratically elected President of South Africa and Nobel Prize winner

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can not get them across, your ideas will not get you anywhere.
Lee Iacocca