“The waste of capital, in proportion to the total capital, in this country between 1800 and 1850, in the attempts which were made to establish means of communication and transportation, was enormous.”

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

“By and large, the critics and readers gave me an affirmed sense of my identity as a writer. You might know this within yourself, but to have it affirmed by others is of utmost importance. Writing is, after all, a form of communication.”

“If you improve a teacher's self-esteem, confidence, communication skills or stress levels, you improve that teacher's overall effectiveness across the curriculum.”

“Truthful words are not beautiful beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive persuasive words are not good.”

“During the past few decades, modern technology, with radio, TV, air travel, and satellites, has woven a network of communication which puts each part of the world in to almost instant contact with all the other parts.”

“The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue.”

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

“The Internet is the most important single development in the history of human communication since the invention of call waiting.”