Communication

Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are.

-- Alford

I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

-- Anonymous

The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.

-- Anonymous

There's nothing wrong with having nothing to say -- unless you insist on saying it.

-- Anonymous

The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

-- Josh Billings

The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

-- Edward Bulwer-Lytton

I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm.

-- Calvin Coolidge

Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.

-- Gandhi

Silence is argument carried out by other means.

-- Ernesto "Che" Guevara

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

-- Ernest Hemingway

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.

-- Kin Hubbard

Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of a great sculpture.

-- Aldous Huxley

I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

-- Tom Lehrer

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