Padgett Powell Quotes

The essence of conversation is not which media format we choose to talk to each other with, so we don't differentiate between snaps and chats. It's just someone wanting to talk to you.

Until you meet, you will never understand each other.

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.

Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing.

Talking to people is not giving them anything.

We are shaped by our conversations.

Conversation is the most human and humanizing thing that we do.

New Yorkers seem to think the best thing two people can do is talk.

I like working with people. I like talking to people.

Humans are fascinated with communication. I was always drawn to words and stories, staying in touch with your feelings and being open to what's around you.

Life is a conversation. Make it a good one.

There was a definite process by which one made people into friends, and it involved talking to them and listening to them for hours at a time.

I think listening to people is helpful.

A dialogue leads to connection, which leads to trust which leads to engagement

The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.

I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.

Lots of people talk to animals... Not very many listen, though... That's the problem.

Communication is so key.

Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.

Connection is very important. It's extremely important for me to be connected and sharing with other people, giving them what I feel is important.

When I'm doing a one-on-one with somebody, I have to speak in a language that that person can understand, using a vocabulary that they instantly get, and I always have to feel my way around to figure that out. It's a lot of fun, and it's also really challenging - challenging in a different way from performing.

Communication is at the very core of our society. That's what makes us human.

This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.

Always do something that requires you and your date to talk.

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.