Clear Communication Quotes

The more transparent the writing, the more visible the poetry.

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

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, the general is to blame.

Never give an order that can't be obeyed.

If the director has clarity of thought and vision, you are bound to just go ahead and do what he wants to do. I respect that.

Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple.

In the Army, we address a crisis by identifying critical objectives, planning a response, marshaling resources and communicating the plan clearly.

Don't use words too big for the subject. Don't say 'infinitely' when you mean 'very'; otherwise you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite.

I'm not a beat around the bush kind of guy.

Any idiot can be complicated. It takes a genius to be simple.

Drawing forceful distinctions and being civil are not mutually exclusive.

Whoever knows he is deep tries to be clear, but whoever wants to seem deep to the crowd tries to be obscure. For the crowd supposes that anything it cannot see to the bottom must be deep: it is so timid and goes so unwillingly into the water.

I hope that my ideas attract a lively dialogue, even if my sentences are simple. Simple sentences have always served me well. And I don't use semicolons. It's hard to read anyway, especially for high school kids. Also, I avoid irony, too. I don't like people saying one thing and meaning the other.

Good communication does not mean that you have to speak in perfectly formed sentences and paragraphs. It isn't about slickness. Simple and clear go a long way.

Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple.

An easy solution for many controversies may be found as long as we are able to be on our guard for the same words being used with conflicting meanings by different authors.

I'm pretty transparent and clear about things. The things I do and the way I act are no different than I would expect of others. Mostly it's about being very clear about what we are trying to do and communicating a lot and showing absolute consistency and integrity about what I say and do.

There are a significant number of learned men and women who hold that any successful effort to make ideas lively, intelligible and interesting is a manifestation of deficient scholarship. This is the fortress behind which the minimally coherent regularly find refuge.

Everything that can be thought at all can be thought clearly. Everything that can be said can be said clearly. Ludwig Wittgenstein

A wise man, when he writes a book, sets forth his arguments fully and clearly; an enlightened ruler, when he makes his laws, sees to it that every contingency is provided for in detail.

Say only what you mean.

Keeping it simple for the consumer is incredibly dire.

You won't catch me giving clear lectures.

I'm one of those people who writes out words. All of my text messages? You can read them. Everyone would know what I'm trying to say. My sister will say 'BTW.' Do you mean 'by the way'? Is that what you're trying to say?