Robert Anton Wilson Quotes

Communication can only take place among equals.

Understanding is a two-way street.

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?

There is no communication in this world except between equals.

Only when people learn to converse will they begin to be equal.

It's about communication. It's about honesty. It's about treating people in the organization as deserving to know the facts. You don't try to give them half the story. You don't try to hide the story. You treat them as - as true equals, and you communicate and you communicate and communicate.

I've always been very aware of what I'm saying, but I'm also aware of what you're saying. I always want to make sure that my point is clear.

My belief is that communication is the best way to create strong relationships.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

It's a word called symbiotic, you send the messages and it comes back in return. Together, it's a wonderful thing, it's why television is so great and film can never reach.

Whether a plane to Singapore, a subway in Manhattan, or the streets of Cincinnati, I search for meaningful conversation wherever I may travel. Without it, I believe we lose the ability to not only understand others, but more importantly, ourselves.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another

Public diplomacy should be more ear driven than mouth driven.

The more people talk directly to each other, the better. Dialogue is the way of solving issues.

Those of us with power must learn to listen more and talk less; those without power must learn to talk more an listen less.

In other relationships, it may be permissible to overpower people, but not between people who are living together. That relationship is supposed to be between equals.

The main purpose of engaging in conversation can no longer be personal advancement or respectability. Instead, I'd like for us to use conversations to create equality, to open ourselves to strangers, and, most practically, to remake our working world.

When two people talk with mutual respect and listen with a real interest in understanding another point of view, when they try to put themselves in the place of another, to get inside their skin, they change the world, even if it is only by a minute amount, because they are establishing equality between two human beings.

I want people to get to know me, because I want to get to know them.

I see the staff and crew on the set as my equals. When I make a mistake, they know they can call my attention or even tell me what to do.

Communication is number one, and we have to communicate honestly and openly with each other.

If you listen, people will tell you exactly what they want - whether it's a business relationship or a consumer relationship.

How can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I'm on the right track or that I've started at some place that you're familiar with?

A speech belongs half to the speaker and half to the listener.

A response is not just a re-action, a protest, as it were, against being disturbed; it is, as the word indicates, an answer. It meets the stimulus, and corresponds with it.