Judith Martin Quotes

If you can listen well, people will say you're a good conversationalist.

I think, to be a great conversationalist, you need to be interested in being in said conversation. Oddly enough, I think you need to be a great listener, and I do think I'm a good listener. I think that's my asset - I always listen to people when I talk to them, and that's a big thing you have to have in life and in podcasts.

The Harvard Business Review recently had an article called 'The Human Moment,' about how to make real contact with a person at work: ... The fundamental thing you have to do is turn off your BlackBerry, close your laptop, end your daydream and pay full attention to the person.

Listening is as important as talking. If you're a good listener, people often compliment you for being a good conversationalist.

It's much more important to be interested than to be interesting.

The art of conversation lies in listening.

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

I think there's a worry that an excessive use or an almost exclusive use of text and emails means that as a society we're losing some of the ability to build interpersonal communication that's necessary for living together and building a community.

I like intelligent women. When you go out, it shouldn't be a staring contest.

Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk too much.

It's so easy to butt into a conversation and offer your own thoughts or opinions, but try not to interrupt. Instead, focus on what the other person is saying, think twice and be the person that listens. It's so much more valuable than constantly talking.

I love talking to people and entertaining people.

People love to talk but hate to listen.

There may be no single thing more important in our efforts to achieve meaningful work and fulfilling relationships than to learn to practice the art of communication.

...people have character strength but they lack communication skills, and that undoubtedly affects the quality of relationships as well.

A little girl came home from school with a drawing she'd made in class.She danced into the kitchen ,where her mother was preparing dinner. "Mom,guess what ?" she squealed waving the drawing . her mother never looked up. "what"? she said ,tending to the pots. "guess what?" the child repeated ,waving the drawings. "what?" the mother said , tending to the plates. "Mom, you're not listening" "sweetie,yes I am" "Mom" the child said "you're not listening with your EYES

If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.

I spend most of my life just listening to people.

Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.

In life we listen to other people. Listen with varying degrees of concentration and attention, right? Actors must learn to listen in a different way.

I've learned to listen in all aspects of life, in all relationships and communications. The biggest lesson is to listen.

Perhaps the best conversationalist in the world is the man who helps others to talk.

I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here.

I feel very open with people, and I'm good at disarming them and having conversations.