EdEarl Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 I invite everyone to post quotes about communication in this thread, or make one up. To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. Tony Robbins Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. Mahatma Gandhi People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me. Soren Kierkegaard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACG52 Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervalent_iodine Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 ! Moderator Note krash661, your post has been removed. Please do not try to introduce hostility from other threads into this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 I can explain it to you, but I can't understand it for you. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moth Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 Communications Breakdown. -Led Zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatfaal Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 1.2 Die Welt zerfällt in Tatsachen. The world divides into facts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krash661 Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 (edited) any fool can know. the point is to understand -albert einstein great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds -albert einstein the problem is not the problem. the problem is your attitude about the problem. do you understand ? - captain jack sparrow Edited July 7, 2013 by krash661 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arc Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.— ABRAHAM LINCOLN. I have always liked this one. Can never live by it. But I like it. arc 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krash661 Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Reading something they can understand, that seems to make sense, that presents itself as technically competent, non-scientists are easily gulled by fake science. --Henry H. Bauer People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. - Isaac Asimov Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. ― Albert Einstein Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 any fool can know. the point is to understand -albert einstein great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds -albert einstein the problem is not the problem. the problem is your attitude about the problem. do you understand ? - captain jack sparrow Reading something they can understand, that seems to make sense, that presents itself as technically competent, non-scientists are easily gulled by fake science. --Henry H. Bauer People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do. - Isaac Asimov Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe. ― Albert Einstein Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience. - Mark Twain A big part of effective communication is not assuming you're better than everyone else. Talking to someone is much better than talking down to someone. Assume everyone is an idiot and you've just proved that at least you are. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapatos Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I am trying to see things from your point of view but I cannot get my head that far up my ass. -Unknown 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daedalus Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. - George Bernard Shaw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 (edited) "The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked what I thought, and attended to my answer." ~ Henry David Thoreau I am trying to see things from your point of view but I cannot get my head that far up my ass. -Unknown I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong. Edited July 8, 2013 by iNow 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdEarl Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Don't worry when you are not recognized, but strive to be worthy of recognition. Abraham Lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benevolenthellion Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 "Can you hear me now?" - every mobile phone user "Humor is the affectionate communication of insight." - leo rosten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayesha Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 “Assumptions are the termites of relationships.” ― Henry Winkler “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.” ― C.S. Lewis “Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.” ― Lawrence Clark Powell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdEarl Posted August 2, 2013 Author Share Posted August 2, 2013 To hear one needs ears. To listen one summons attention. To understand one wants rapport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg H. Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 The two words 'information' and 'communication' are often used interchangeably, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.Sydney J. Harris On a related topic, I had a long conversation with my daughter last night about paying attention to people. She has a bad habit of blurting out the answers to questions without listening to what the question is asking. She does the same thing in her math homework. She'll spend an hour finding the right answer to the wrong question. I never understand why that is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arc Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not. Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imatfaal Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 On a related topic, I had a long conversation with my daughter last night about paying attention to people. She has a bad habit of blurting out the answers to questions without listening to what the question is asking. She does the same thing in her math homework. She'll spend an hour finding the right answer to the wrong question. I never understand why that is. The last thing my mother said to any of my brothers and I when we left for an exam was "R the Q!" Read the Question - I suffer the same mental crosswiring as your daughter and would otherwise easily spend time on the correct answer to the wrong question. It is far to easy to unconsciously/subconciously re-write a question - sometimes to your own detriment. Generations later family members still go off to test with the phrase "R the Q" ringing in their ears - and it works; the silly reminder, given too often, almost to the point of annoyance, pops up at the front of your mind whenever you start a new question and cause that essential bit of extra concentration and inspection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 That is quite interesting, I had a student in my lab that sounded quite similarly. It was less in exam situations, but during working through protocol where the student would follow things very closely, except that it was not the correct protocol halfway through. It helped to write the protocols down, by hand, each time before an experiment was done (and inspected by me). But I really did not understand the issue. Interesting indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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