The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.

But communication is two-sided - vital and profound communication makes demands also on those who are to receive it... demands in the sense of concentration, of genuine effort to receive what is being communicated.

Nurses serve their patients in the most important capacities. We know that they serve as our first lines of communication when something goes wrong or when we are concerned about health.

It's a fact that more people watch television and get their information that way than read books. I find new technology and new ways of communication very exciting and would like to do more in this field.

Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me.

One thing I've learned to appreciate as I've gotten a little older is direct forms of communication.

Humor is the affectionate communication of insight.

Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.

Societies have always been shaped more by the nature of the media by which men communicate than by the content of the communication.

A degree of lying - you know, white lies - seems to be inherent in all languages and all forms of communication.