Don't look over people's shoulders. Look in their eyes. Don't talk at your children. Take their faces in your hands and talk to them. Don't make love to a body, make love to a person.

Ninety percent of the friction of daily life is caused by tone of voice.

I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.

No answer is also an answer.

Nothing can be so clearly and carefully expressed that it cannot be utterly misinterpreted.

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do.

Much unhappiness has come into the world because of bewilderment and things left unsaid.

When younger, I thought one of the particulars of being "Homo sapiens" was to communicate. I have not learned not to, though I am cautious when I try.

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

What you said is exactly what you intended to say.