All Quotes By Tag: Communication

“Interpretations of interpretations interpreted.”

“My heart is burning a hole in my chest and every time you speak to me, it keeps sinking, and I’m left with nothing but ashes. I wish she were talking to me, because the more she speaks to me, the more my heart flutters like a rising phoenix.-Karen Quan and Jarod Kintz”

“I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe.”

“Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.”

“How would your life be different if…You pretended those around you were deaf to your words? Let today be the day…You let your actions speak and communicate your feelings and intentions.”

“What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want the power to name. And the defined are now taking that power away from them.”

“And a new philosophy emerged called quantum physics, which suggest that the individual’s function is to inform and be informed. You really exist only when you’re in a field sharing and exchanging information. You create the realities you inhabit.”

“You do not get what you wish for, unless it be known to the source of your desire.”

“It’s okay to disagree with the thoughts or opinions expressed by other people. That doesn’t give you the right to deny any sense they might make. Nor does it give you a right to accuse someone of poorly expressing their beliefs just because you don’t like what they are saying. Learn to recognize good writing when you read it, even if it means overcoming your pride and opening your mind beyond what is comfortable.”

“When we’re putting up the barriers and the sense of “me” as separate from “you” gets stronger, right there in the midst of difficulty and pain, the whole thing could turn around simply by not erecting barriers; simply by staying open to the difficulty, to the feelings that you’re going through; simply by not talking to ourselves about what’s happening. That is a revolutionary step. Becoming intimate with pain is the key to changing at the core of our being—staying open to everything we experience, letting the sharpness of difficult times pierce us to the heart, letting these times open us, humble us, and make us wiser and more brave. Let difficulty transform you. And it will. In my experience, we just need help in learning how not to run away.”

“Feelings can be real but fickle…When we speak based on facts, not on our feelings alone, we temper and restrict our comments before hitting send…[G]ood communicators confirm their feelings with facts.”

“Being an affirming person and building an affirming culture in your organization will literally shift your organization into a whole new place and onto a whole new level.”

“Don’t try online dating, it never works. You should always try many lines!”

“What sets humans apart from animals is that we have to walk around saying how smart we are, and animals just live their lives.”

“True confidence is not about what you take from someone to restore yourself, but what you give back to your critics because they need it more than you do.”