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• It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. ~William E. Channing
  
  
• The advertising industry is one of our most basic forms of communication and, allegedly, of information. Yet, obviously, much of this ostensible information is not purveyed to inform but to manipulate and to achieve a result -- to make somebody think he needs something that very possibly he doesn't need, or to make him think one version of something is better than another version when the ground for such a belief really doesn't exist. ~Marvin E. Frankel
  
  
• Extremists think "communication" means agreeing with them. ~Leo C. Rosten
  
  
• The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. ~ Peter F(erdinand) Drucker (b. 1909), Austrian writer, author, educator
  
  
• Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. ~ Leo C. Rosten
  
  
• Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible--the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family. ~Virginia Satir