Ed Koch Quotes

When you talk, you only talk about something that you already know. But when you listen, you can learn something you don’t know.

Unless you listen, people are weazened in your presence; they become about a third of themselves. Unless you listen, you can't know anybody. Oh, you will know facts and what is in the newspapers and all of history, perhaps, but you will not know one single person. You know, I have come to think listening is love, that's what it really is.

When you know how to listen everyone is the guru

Good listeners believe they can learn something from everyone.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.

When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak.

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.

Listening is a sign of respect.

The biggest piece of advice I have is - listen. Don't jump to the answer or what you think the answer is. The more you listen, the more you learn.

In order to practice dialogue, you need to be able to set aside your assumptions and try to listen more than you want to talk. It's not always politically correct to be able to do that, but it can give you a better sense of the reality.

I don't like guys who don't listen.

If you talk, you only repeat something that you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something that you don't know.

Listening is a lamp that dispels the darkness of ignorance.

The biggest mistake you can make in trying to talk convincingly is to put your highest priority on expressing your ideas and feelings. What most people really want is to be listened to, respected, and understood. The moment people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.

The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists of listening to them. Just as love of God begins with listening to his word, so the beginning of love for our brothers and sisters is learning to listen to them.

Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.

If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the other side of the story first.

Listen more than you talk.

Some people think that you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference. That is just not true. Often, the best thing we can do is turn down the volume. When the sound is quieter, you can actually hear what someone else is saying. And that can make a world of difference.

What I do for a living is listen.

I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.