Bryant H. McGill Quotes

Attitude and the spirit in which we communicate are as important as the words we say.

Our spouse will usually interpret our message based on our tone of voice, not the words we use.

Remember that how you say something is as important as what you say.

The way you communicate an idea is different than the way you communicate a product.

Tone matters more than words.

It's not just about the words you use, but the way you use them, and the message that puts over. Also your face too and the way you project your message. If you're telling the group to stay calm, be good, and you have beads of sweat dripping down your forehead, you're in trouble.

I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it.

Tone can be as important as text.

Our communications reflect in our countenance. Therefore, we must be careful not only what we communicate, but also how we do so. Souls can be strengthened or shattered by the message and the manner in which we communicate.

You can never get your message across if you're always answering their [reporter's] questions.

Different people need different kinds of communication for it to have the same effect. That was something I had to learn.

I did realise that when you talk with a straight face, you come across as someone bolder than somebody who bats her eyelids a lot.

It's more and more difficult to get through to your audience with all of the clutter. This is a great way for Ace to get [its] message out.

They're the bigots and they're the intolerant ones. There is a way for them, if they wanted to convey a message to the new administration, there was a way to do it that they probably could have been hailed and applauded, but doing it the way they did it totally backfired because it's what you say, it didn't show respect, it seemed taking advantage of an opportunity and so forth. And it wasn't effective.

I'm not the greatest communicator. I kind of internalize a lot. See, I just said I need to be quiet, but that's not the kind of communication I mean. I mean expressing myself or even standing up for myself. I can sometimes be very passive.

The way I figured it, keeping quiet was safe. Words could betray you if you choose the wrong ones, or mean less if you used too many.

The man I meet with is not often so instructive as the silence he breaks.

It is one of the worst things of sentiment that the voice grows to be more important than the words, and the speaker than that what is spoken.

John Kerry spent the day reading to preschoolers ... and the kids said Kerry actually lacked warmth and failed to articulate a clear message.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate. When you communicate comfortably, regardless of what you're saying, it can always be processed.

It is not so much the content of what one says as the way in which one says it. However important the thing you say, what's the good of it if not heard or, being heard, not felt?

Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication.

The message is always going to get through. Me being able to speak is a message in itself.

You have to communicate on a much greater scale. With a camera, you can use the flick of an eye. On stage, a lot of other things are happening that can pull focus or energy. You're always thinking the same way, but you have to amplify your thoughts with the volume of your speech and the ways you use your whole body to communicate what you're feeling. It's a little bit different from film.

What you say is what matters.