Communication Quotes

A poet dares be just so clear and no clearer… He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. A poet utterly clear is a trifle glaring.

A torn jacket is soon mended, but hard words bruise the heart of a child.

Communicating with your employees is like being a frightened chunk of marble in a room full of sculptors. They’ll try to chip away at everything you say until by process of elimination they figure out the truth. (“Dilbert”)

When I was born, I was so surprised I couldn’t talk for a year and a half.

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book — what others do not say in whole books.