“The left hemisphere is very interested in language; it communicates in words, it has a past, a present, and a future; it has a time component and it's all about details. The right hemisphere is more about the right now-right here experience where everything is an enormous collage of all the sensory systems flooding into our brains.” PastLeftLanguageBrainRight NowDetailsCommunicateEnormousComponentsSensoryHemisphereFloodingCollages Author:Jill Bolte Taylor
“Every stroke a tennis player plays is different, yet we perceive them as playing in a distinctive and unique way. It's what Heidegger called a certain 'how' of existing. It's ultimately always singular, and the double task of (a) getting it in view and (b) communicating it to others will inevitably be marked more often by failure than success!” WayDifferentPlayCertainViewsPlayerUniqueTasksCommunicatePerceiveTennisStrokesDistinctiveTennis PlayerHeidegger Author:George Pattison
“The most frequent way that I will communicate with him Obamacis when we're traveling. We talk about what's in the news, and I hear him talking about issues that are important to him.” WayImportantTalkingIssuesNewsCommunicate Author:Josh Earnest
“Sometimes people pick up pet worries that they'll entertain themselves with and that was my big one. So as far as thinking about what that means, one of the definitions of insanity is that you lose your ability to communicate to anybody because your frames of reference have become so different from the rest of the world that you can't communicate anymore.” PeopleThinkingWorldMeanDifferentSometimesBigsLosesAbilityWorryPicksDefinitionsCommunicateInsanityPetFrame Of ReferenceAbility To CommunicateDefinition Of Insanity Author:Brad Warner
“The obvious example would be Jesus. Jesus is an object of fascination for me. He's an interesting historical character because we don't know much about him. He seems to be a guy who was in touch with something deeper than most people around him were and someone who was very concerned with trying to communicate that.” PeopleKnowsTryingCharacterSeemsWould BeGuyJesusInterestingExampleObjectsConcernedHistoricalObviousCommunicateDeeperFascination Author:Brad Warner
“Someone who cannot stop his outer flow of words will soon be unable to communicate with other human beings at all.” HumansHuman BeingsFlowCommunicate Author:Thomas Metzinger
“As far as people communicating with each other well I think that listening is important. You know really trying to read between the lines of what some body is saying and trying to read their mind a little bit where there at because most people don't really say what they're feeling. Which is the bones of great literature.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingMindWellsLittlesImportantFeelingsBodyLiteratureBitsLinesListeningLittle BitCommunicateBonesBetween The LinesGreat LiteratureRead Between The Lines Author:Joy Behar
“Being on the same level as everybody is really important to me. I'm trying to do really basic stuff like communicate, convey, talk, see, and invite joining and intimacy. What I'm trying to do is attach. It's not about being separate.” TryingImportantStuffLevelsCommunicateIntimacyInvitesJoining Author:Sue Tompkins
“Respect is important, if someone has a very clear vision of what they want, as long as they find a way to communicate it, a respectful way…” IfsWayWantLongImportantVisionClearCommunicateRespectfulClear Vision Author:Martin Starr
“I've always talked a lot on stage - I really wanted to communicate my ideas and when you're playing at a lot of shitty punk clubs they don't have good PAs and so no one knows what you're singing about.” KnowsIdeasWantedStageSingingClubsCommunicatePunk Author:Kathleen Hanna
“I do think stories are one of the best tools for communicating across any number of cultures. But I also think there are wildly successful leaders who are introverted, disciplined, lead via spreadsheets and goals, and might not "appear" to be a great leader...but in retrospect, made a massive impact.” ThinkingMadeStoriesMightCultureGoalNumbersLeaderSuccessfulToolsImpactCommunicateMassiveGreat LeaderRetrospectIntrovertedSuccessful Leaders Author:David Livermore
“Culturally intelligent leaders will not assume they know what will build trust with clients or staff. Instead, they'll discover what's most important for communicating and building trust.” KnowsImportantLeaderBuildingIntelligentAssumingCommunicateClientsStaffBuilding Trust Author:David Livermore
“True buoyant leaders can never communicate in percentage points, or charts and figures. First and foremost, they must be storytellers, communicating with their hearts, not heads.” FirstsHeartLeaderFiguresCommunicateStorytellerPercentages Author:Kevin Allen
“I don't want to denounce musicals because they certainly have a message they want to communicate. But with straight plays, there is a focus on what's going on between people and relationships. I think so much is happening in the world at the moment, so many changes politically and culturally, writers are writing about that.” PeopleThinkingWorldWantWritingPlayMomentsFocusMessagesHappeningsCommunicate Author:Sean Mahon
“I think from my earliest childhood, I liked to tell stories, put on plays and write things. It's funny to think of it as an "artistic bug" because I didn't necessarily want to be an artist. It's just who I was and how I communicate.” ThinkingWantWritingPlayStoriesArtistChildhoodCommunicateArtisticBugs Author:Zoe Kazan
“I believe consciousness is non-local and a big part of what we experience with near death and past lives. It's the consciousness that has come into us from other experiences and our consciousness that we remain aware of when we leave our bodies and they communicate with us through dreams, and even through drawings which I do a lot of work with myself.” BelieveDreamBodyBigsPastI BelieveConsciousnessCommunicateDrawingLocalsPast LifeNear Death Author:Bernie Siegel
“If there is any selfish angle, then it would probably be me just knocking myself in the head, thinking "Is there anybody here? Am I still able to communicate with other musicians?"” IfsThinkingStillsAbleMusicianCommunicateSelfishAngleKnocking Author:Daniel Lopatin
“As a writer, I never paid much attention to the length of titles. I've just wanted them to communicate the emotional overtones of the content of a record or song that they are describing” WantedSongAttentionRecordsEmotionalPaidCommunicateTitlesLengthDescribing Author:Jacob Bannon
“Art is what gets communicated at a live show, which is why live shows are so amazing. To communicate in a different way is a mixed message. It devalues everything.” WayArtDifferentShowsMessagesArt IsCommunicateDifferent WaysDevalue Author:Alex Scally
“Twitter is so stupid. I mean, it sucks! It's not a good way to communicate and it's really difficult to use it for any functional thing.” WayMeanUseDifficultStupidCommunicateGood Way Author:Phil Elvrum
“As convenient as that would be to make it easier to communicate with more prolific musicians, I don't want to think of music like a math equation.” ThinkingWantWould BeEasierMusicianCommunicateMathEquationsConvenient Author:Blake Judd
“There are so many ways to respond to music besides feeling like someone's communicating with you. It gives me a charge.” WayGivingFeelingsMusic IsGive MeCommunicate Author:John Darnielle
“I rely on swearing just to communicate emotion, but I wanted to express the same feelings [in song] without using curse words.” FeelingsWantedSongEmotionCommunicateCurseRelySwearingCurse Words Author:Hutch Harris
“When you grow up, you're told that rock 'n' roll is the only authentic way to express yourself. Live instrumentation, singer, live drums. You're told that's the best medium to communicate.” WayGrowsGrowing UpRocksCommunicateSingersMediumsRock N RollExpress YourselfInstrumentation Author:Matt Tong
“My mission is to communicate, to wake people up, just to give them my energy and accept theirs.” PeopleGivingEnergyAcceptingCommunicateMissions Author:Patti Smith
“Sexualization is imposed from the outside as opposed to sexuality, an understanding of the body's responses and desires and ability to communicate that, cultivated from within.” BodyDesireUnderstandingAbilityResponseCommunicateSexualityAbility To Communicate Author:Peggy Orenstein
“We have so many different options now and ways to communicate digitally. But I don't think anything is more meaningful or powerful than a hand-written letter.” ThinkingWayDifferentHandsPowerfulWrittenLettersCommunicateMeaningful Author:Debra Messing
“There are about 50 or 60 recommendations [in "Win"] for how to communicate, not just the words themselves. All of them had to be tested. And in this short amount of time, it's just very time-consuming and very stressful to ensure that you get it right.” WinningAmountCommunicateTestedConsumingStressfulRecommendationsTime Consuming Author:Frank Luntz
“The perfect opening is the word imagine, because imagine allows you to communicate in the eyes and the vision of the listener rather than yours. And the best illustration of that is "1984." Room 101 in "1984" - everyone's read it, and we all have our own imagination of what that looks like.” LooksEyeImaginationPerfectRoomsVisionImagineCommunicateOpeningListenersIllustration Author:Frank Luntz
“"Which side are you on" asks a question. That's one of the most powerful, persuasive ways to make a case, to say something, to advertise something or to communicate it. Don't make a statement. Ask a question.” WayAsksSidesPowerfulCasesCommunicateStatementsMost PowerfulPersuasive Author:Frank Luntz
“The ability to connect and communicate is one of the most powerful, and you cannot find anyone who has been truly successful in life that doesn't have that ability because you've got to motivate, and you've got to -frankly, you have to influence.” Has BeensAbilityPowerfulSuccessfulInfluenceCommunicateMost Powerful Author:Frank Luntz
“FedEx is another company that's passionate. When it absolutely, positively has to get there is such a great, aspirational phrase. And FedEx used it for almost a decade to communicate the passion of delivering a package. The more passionate you are, the more successful you are.” UsedPassionCompanySuccessfulPassionateCommunicateDecadesPhrasesPositivelyPackagesDelivering Author:Frank Luntz
“Many of us have to spell words such as "out," "cookie," and "bath" when conversing with other people, lest we unnecessarily excite our pets. And even then they often understand. I've actually had clients who resorted to using a second language around their dogs, but after a while their perceptive pooches caught on. Who says dogs don't understand us?” PeopleLanguageDogCaughtCommunicatePetSpellsClientsCookiesBaths Author:Warren Eckstein
“So my hope and prayer is that people will be impacted by the realization that miracles are everywhere and that God uses them to communicate to us that we're not alone, and that we do have help.” PeopleHelpingUsePrayerMiracleCommunicateRealizationNot Alone Author:DeVon Franklin
“As a matter of fact, if we could communicate the truth, not only to the Hispanics but to the black population, all blacks should be Republican, and all Hispanics should be Republican.” IfsShouldMatterFactsBlackRepublicanPopulationCommunicateMatter Of Fact Author:Rafael Cruz
“Texting has become my favorite way to communicate. I feel like many of my relationships are based in this, because in a sense it feels the closest to actual conversation that isn't the phone.” WayFeelsConversationMy FavoritePhonesCommunicateClosestTexting Author:Chuck Klosterman
“How could someone with a renowned ability to inspire, communicate complex ideas, and connect with voters find himself in this position? The President [Barack Obama], though a dedicated student of history, has seemingly failed to learn the lesson of our nation's most significant political confrontations: They've required single-minded determination, and the willingness to battle until the fight was won.” IdeasPoliticalFightingNationsPresidentAbilityPositionStudentsInspireLessonsBattleDeterminationComplexesCommunicateSignificantBarackWillingnessVotersDedicatedConfrontationPresident Barack ObamaRenowned Author:Arianna Huffington
“Things like email, and Twitter, and Facebook, and text messaging - they all work reasonably well. But we use them because they're convenient, and cheap, and easy, not because they're the best way to communicate with somebody.” WayWellsUseEasyCommunicateBest WayEmailConvenientTwitter And FacebookText Messaging Author:Palmer Luckey
“Today, the best way to communicate with someone is still face-to-face. Virtual reality has the potential to change that, to make it where VR communication is as good or better than face-to-face communications, because not only do you get all the same human cues as real-world communication, you basically suspend the laws of physics, you can do whatever you want, you can be wherever you want.” WorldWayWantHumansStillsRealRealityTodayFacesLawCan DoCommunicationCommunicatePhysicsBest WayReal WorldFace To FaceVirtual RealityLaws Of PhysicsDo Whatever You Want Author:Palmer Luckey
“But as I wrote the book [Louis D. Brandeis: American Prophet], I tried to write it as clearly and directly and passionately as possible just thinking of communicating to readers who might want to learn about this great thinker and be inspired by him as I was.” ThinkingWantWritingBookMightReaderInspiredCommunicateProphetThinkerBe InspiredGreat Thinkers Author:Jeffrey Rosen
“The internet makes it much easier for politicians to communicate directly with voters - think of the interest when David [Cameron] launched WebCameron, or Tony Blair's rather embarrassing attempt to catch up on YouTube.” ThinkingInterestInternetPoliticianEasierCommunicateVotersEmbarrassingYoutubeBlair Author:Theresa May
“These modern means of communication are one reason why I recently opposed the Government's decision to grant MPs a new communications allowance. With new technology giving us the opportunity to communicate directly with voters very cheaply, why did Labour MPs vote for a £10,000 allowance to tell voters what a good job they do?” GivingMeanReasonGovernmentJobsOpportunityDecisionTechnologyModernCommunicationVoteCommunicateReason WhyLabourGrantsVotersGood JobNew TechnologyAllowanceMeans Of CommunicationMps Author:Theresa May
“Often I say to myself "Really, what are we doing on this planet?" We are passing the message as well as we can, communicating our fears, our hopes ... Day in day out, week after week and year after year, people kill each other.” PeopleYearsWellsWeekPlanetsMessagesCommunicatePassingPassings Author:Elie Wiesel
“Nevertheless, we are led to believe that true words can communicate more than truth, they communicate what life is all about, that it's threatened, when it's threatened, when it's in danger, then it becomes a curse or a blessing.” BelieveLife IsDangerBlessingCommunicateCurseNeverthelessThreatenedTrue Words Author:Elie Wiesel
“In order to be able to cooperate with a child, you have to come down to below their level in order to communicate with them. Actors are also like children.” ChildrenAbleOrderActorsLevelsCommunicate Author:Abbas Kiarostami
“We have rules in the house and a sticker chart for my kids to earn technology time. Maybe its because of the world I live in and work, that I don't see much of anything beneficial that comes out of social media for kids. Even though its how they communicate now, so you have to find the fine balance.” WorldKidsHouseSocialTechnologyMediaFineBalanceCommunicateSocial MediaBeneficialSticker Author:Gretchen Carlson
“I like interacting with human beings, so being on stage feels like a larger version of that - kind of like throwing a party. It's like knocking into the human collision of everyday life and it just so happens to break down the wall between the audience and me and helps the songs communicate better.” FeelsHumansKindHelpingHappensSongHuman BeingsPartyBreakAudienceStageWallEverydayCommunicateVersionsThrowingEveryday LifeBreaking DownKnockingInteractingCollision Author:Matt Nathanson
“Compassion is the key to a successful relationship because by means of compassion we can access the innermost needs of the other. When we are aware of those needs, we can begin to communicate and not just profess what we think we know and demand that others change because we want them to.” ThinkingKnowsWantNeedsMeanCompassionSuccessfulKeysDemandCommunicateAccessSuccessful Relationship Author:Sharon Gannon
“I'm really into the basic idea of Kriya Yoga. The breathing that goes on in Kriya. Other than that, it's just communicating with the universe and getting the inspiration for different kinds of breath. Basically, I'm into the movement of breath and the shapes of breath. The different kinds of sequences of breath. I like doing that a lot.” KindIdeasDifferentInspirationUniverseMovementGoes OnShapesYogaBreathsCommunicateBreathingDifferent KindsSequence Author:Alex Ebert
“That's really been my passion: to communicate to a broad audience why the technology matters for you.” MatterPassionTechnologyAudienceCommunicateBroadsMy Passion Author:Pete Cashmore