William Jennings Bryan Quotes

People will read into what you say no matter what, so it doesn't matter to me.

A picture can say a thousand words but maybe not the correct ones.

Human communication above and beyond the words that we say is so nuanced. It makes it difficult to not only analyze the vocabulary you use but the intention behind it. That's something even humans have difficulty doing, let alone a robot.

There's what people say, and there's what people mean, and I like to explore the difference between the two.

Did you hear that? I didn't hear anything. Put that question another way.

The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.

Silence is a statement that is open to gross misinterpretation.

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.

What I like in a good author is not what he says but what he whispers.

Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

I can look into someone's eyes and feel like I know her better, versus a phone call, where you can't get that same type of emotion. That's why text messaging gets you in trouble: You can't bond, and emoticons explain only so much.

What isn't said is as important as what is said.

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

Write what he means, not what he says.

I think it's not about what you say; it's about what you don't say.

Here's the problem: People have completely and utterly forgotten one thing when it comes to communication - intent.

Sometimes our passion will motivate us to say things that can easily be misunderstood.

Who would have thought that a means of communication limited to 140 characters would ever create misunderstanding?

The message sent is not always the message received.

How was I to know? ... You didn't say anything.""I said lots of things," he corrected gently. "You just didn't hear them.

... when we are misunderstood it is always our own fault. What the reader wants most of all is to be able to grasp what we think; but you loftily refuse to comply.

I think, in general, it's clear that most bad things come from misunderstanding, and communication is generally the way to resolve misunderstandings - and the Web's a form of communications - so it generally should be good.

You have to put up with the risk of being misunderstood if you are going to try to communicate.

Her silence was the blank space between the words.

Ah, Harry, how often this happens, even between the best of friends! Each of us believes that what he has to say is much more important than anything the other might have to contribute!