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George Bernard ShawIf you're going to tell people the truth, you better make them laugh; otherwise they'll kill you.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Henry David ThoreauIt takes two to speak the truth — one to speak and another to hear.

—  Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American writer

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Marshall McLuhanThe medium is the message.

—  Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist

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Umberto EcoToday it is only in the most backward countries that fascist generals, in carrying out a coup d'état, still use tanks... Today a country belongs to the person who controls communications.

—  Umberto Eco, 1932-2016, Italian writer

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Northcote ParkinsonThe void created by the failure to communicate is soon filled with poison, drivel and misrepresentation.

—  Northcote Parkinson, 1909-1993, British historian

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Vincent Van GoghExaggerate the essential, leave the obvious vague.

—  Vincent Van Gogh, 1853-1890, Dutch painter

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Donald TrumpI’m the Ernest Hemingway of 140 characters.

—  Donald Trump, 1946-, President of the USA

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George Bernard ShawThe single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

—  George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950, Irish writer, Nobel 1925

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Helen RowlandA wise woman puts a grain of sugar in everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.

—  Helen Rowland, 1875-1950, American journalist & humorist

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Bernard BaruchThe ability to express an idea is well nigh as important as the idea itself.

—  Bernard Baruch, 1870-1965, American businessman & statesman

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Karl LagerfeldI send notes. I'm not a chambermaid whom you can ring at every moment. Today, you know, most people act like they work at a switchboard in a hotel.

—  Karl Lagerfeld, 1933-2019, German fashion designer

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Karl JungLoneliness does not come from having no people around, but from being unable to communicate the things that seem important to oneself, or from holding certain views which others find inadmissible.

—  Karl Jung, 1875-1961, Swiss psychiatrist

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Vladimir NabokovI know more than I can express in words, and the little I can express would not have been expressed, had I not known more.

—  Vladimir Nabokov, 1899-1977, Russian-American writer

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Somerset MaughamI always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.

—  Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965, British writer

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Peter DruckerThe most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

—  Peter Drucker, 1909–2005, Austrian management guru

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Zig ZiglarIn many ways, effective communication begins with mutual respect, communication that inspires, encourages others to do their best.

—  Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer

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HippocratesThe chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.

—  Hippocrates, 460-370 BC, Ancient Greek physician, the “Father of Medicine”

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Arthur ClarkeA 100 years ago, the electric telegraph made possible-indeed, inevitable-the United States of America. The communications satellite will make equally inevitable a United Nations of Earth; let us hope that the transition period will not be equally bloody.

—  Arthur Clarke, 1917-2008, British Sci-Fi writer

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Marlen DietrichEvery human being is in need of talking to somebody. In this country nobody has time. It seems that talking to a friend has gone out of style. Now you have to pay money to go to an analyst.

—  Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress

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Theodore RooseveltI have always been fond of the West African proverb “Speak softly and carry a big stick”; you will go far.

—  Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, American President [1901-1909]

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Anton ChekhovWhen an actor has money, he doesn't send letters but telegrams.

—  Anton Chekhov, 1860-1904, Russian writer

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Charles DickensNever close your lips to those whom you have already opened your heart.

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

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Zig ZiglarThe key ingredient in family communication is listening, really listening.

—  Zig Ziglar, 1926-2012, American self-help writer

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Aldοus HuxleyFor in spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really communicate anything to anybody.

—  Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer

André MalrauxArt is the shortest way from man to man.

—  André Malraux, 1901-1976, French writer & statesman

Terry PratchettThe reason that clichés become clichés is that they are the hammers and screwdrivers in the toolbox of communication.

—  Terry Pratchett, 1948-2015, British writer

Noam ChomskyHe who controls the media controls the minds of the public.

—  Noam Chomsky, 1928-, American linguist, philosopher, social activist

Marcel AchardI speak to the heart more than to the ear. This is what explains my success. Because everyone has a heart, and not everyone has an ear.

—  Marcel Achard, 1899-1974, French playwright

W.H. AudenWhat the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.

—  W.H. Auden, 1907-1973, British poet

Marshall McLuhanPolitics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.

—  Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist

Marshall McLuhanThe literate man is a sucker for propaganda...You cannot propagandize a native. You can sell him rum and trinkets, but you cannot sell him ideas.

—  Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist

Marshall McLuhanHeadlines are icons, not literature.

—  Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist

Marshall McLuhanThe new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village.

—  Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist

Henry de MontherlantBy announcing good news, we make ourselves friendly. By announcing bad ones, we make ourselves important: choose.

—  Henry de Montherlant, 1895-1972, French writer

Erica JongTears are a form of communication – like speech – and require a listener.

—  Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer

Hermann HesseWisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish... Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom.

—  Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946

Joseph De MaistreFalse opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.

—  Joseph De Maistre, 1753-1821, Savoyard diplomat & philosopher

Nikola TeslaIt will soon be possible to transmit wireless messages around the world so simply that any individual can carry and operate his own apparatus.

—  Nikola Tesla, 1856-1943, Serbian-American inventor

Nikola TeslaWhen wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole. We shall be able to communicate with one another instantly, irrespective of distance.

—  Nikola Tesla, 1856-1943, Serbian-American inventor

Funny Quotes

Fred AllenRadio is called a medium because it is rare that anything is well done.

—  Fred Allen, 1894-1956, American comedian

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Sam GoldwynIf you have a message, call western union.

—  Sam Goldwyn, 1879-1974, American film producer

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Ashleigh BrilliantWords are a wonderful form of communication, but they will never replace kisses and punches.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Ashleigh BrilliantCommunication with the dead is only a little more difficult than communication with some of the living.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Ashleigh BrilliantIf you think communication is all talking, you haven't been listening.

—  Ashleigh Brilliant, 1933-, British cartoonist & epigrammatist

Stupid Quotes

This “telephone” has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.

—  Western Union internal memo, 1876

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Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek phraseI talk to you about garlics and you respond about onions.

Εγώ σκόροδα σοι λὲγω, συ δε κρόμμυα αποκρίνει.

—  Ancient Greek phrase

—  Αρχαία παροιμιακή φράση

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Periander of CorinthRespond to everyone.

Πάσιν αποκρίνου.

—  Periander of Corinth, 668-584 BC, tyrant of Corinth

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AristophanesSay something a little less educated and more apprehensible.

Αμαθέστερον πως ειπέ και σαφέστερον.

—  Aristophanes, 445-386 BC, Ancient Greek comic playwright ‐ Frogs

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Proverbs

English proverbBad news travels fast.

—  English proverb

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Special Quotes

Connecting People.

—  Slogan of Nokia

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Movie Quotes

Cool Hand Luke (1967)What we've got here is failure to communicate.

—  from the film Cool Hand Luke (1967)

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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)E.T. phone home.

—  from the film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

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