Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Vaughan

I'm not convinced that the world is in any worse shape than it ever was. It's just that in this age of almost instantaneous communication, we bear the weight of problems our forefathers only read about after they were solved.

Bill Vaughan

There are some communities that feel you shouldn't give them the publicity, because it's just going to make people curious. There are communities who feel we need to fight them tooth and nail. What we have seen, though, is that ignoring them does not make them go away. If we sit back and let them have free reign, we lose members of our community.

Bill Vaughan

I have the students for six hours a day. The community has them for 18 hours, plus prenatal and early childhood. I don't believe the schools create (the achievement gap), but our responsibility is not to add to it. We won't eliminate the gap until the community makes education a priority, but the schools can't wait for the community to do its part.

Bill Vaughan

Can the cannibal speak in the name of those he ate?

Bill Vaughan

I am saying that the recent activities by Turkey's Ministry of Agriculture, particularly the culling and communication work, is good.

The 60 days has lapsed and we have received no communication from Mr. Vilar,

That was just a lack of communication. That's the only way to put it.

Sarah Lewis

That's the normal means of communication when you have something to say, by speaking to the parties involved, not the press.

I was probably most disappointed in our play during the second game. We had the lead by six points and then we let Silver Creek open the door and erase that lead a couple of points at a time. Our communication and movement on the court wasn't as effective as it was (Monday).

Louis MacNeice

I would admit that poetry is something more than mere communication and that if that 'something more' could be abstracted from the whole, it might well prove to be that which makes the whole a poem.

Listening also improves communication between you and your guests and good communication is essential to providing guests with the service they desire.

Brenda Ueland

Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force. When we really listen to people there is an alternating current, and this recharges us so that we never get tired of each other. We are constantly being re-created.

Whether you meet someone offline or online, email and other forms of online communication now play host to some of the most crucial interactions in the early stages of a relationship.

Whether you meet someone offline or online, e-mail and other forms of online communication now play host to some of the most crucial interactions in the early stages of a relationship.

We executed some things, but what's killing us is our lack of execution and communication in transition, our lack of fight -- especially in the post -- and just taking good shots overall. When we do run our stuff, we get any shot we want. But sometimes, we become very impatient. We don't want to sit there and grind it out. But it is a learning experience. Things will get better.

We encourage parents and guardians to maintain open and frequent communication with their children.

We really want parents to spend more time and talk with their kids because communication is important.

Karl Lagerfeld

It does not worry me personally - I like communication and visibility - but then I don't have to think about commerce. I like the idea of seeing it everywhere. Designers can't live in an ivory tower. And to copy well is as difficult now as it was in the past.

It doesn't matter what form the communication takes. You can violate the Sunshine Law in a multitude of ways even without technology.

I think his effort, his communication skills and his willingness to do all the little things has really helped our team immeasurably.

I think him and his father are in communication and I think everything looks good.

J. Taylor

Weiskopf is a great musician with good communication skills, something most jazz musicians have a lack thereof.

We can't communicate. I don't speak Japanese and he doesn't speak English.

We played great team defense, and communication was the key. The girls talked to each other and helped each other. We limited their looks.

Jesse Ventura

Listening is as important as talking. If you're a good listener, people often compliment you for being a good conversationalist....

Jay Carney

The president assured the chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of the chancellor.

Carly Fiorina

I didn't say I would cut off all communication with [Vladimir] Putin. What I said was as president of the United States, now is not the time to talk with him.

Carly Fiorina

People who describe culture and values and how people behave - I've heard people refer to it as 'the soft stuff'-they often underestimate its importance. The soft stuff actually is the hard stuff.

Jaron Lanier

Anonymous blog comments, vapid video pranks and lightweight mash-ups may seem trivial and harmless, but as a whole, this widespread practice of fragmentary, impersonal communication has demeaned personal interaction.

Jane Roberts

SETH said: When the intellect is used properly, it thinks of a goal and automatically sets the body in motion toward it, and automatically arouses the other levels of communication unknown to it, so that all forces work together toward the achievement.

Euripides

Misery is the end of those with unbridled mouths.

Euripides

The language of truth is simple.

Ethan Zuckerman

A common language is a first step towards communication across cultural boundaries.