Grant Imahara Quotes

The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.

It's really the tone that people use to convey things sometimes that can either become a compliment or an insult. It's not always what you are saying, it's about how you say it.

Body language and tone of voice - not words - are our most powerful assessment tools.

Often it is important to listen to what people aren't saying.

I can look into someone's eyes and feel like I know her better, versus a phone call, where you can't get that same type of emotion. That's why text messaging gets you in trouble: You can't bond, and emoticons explain only so much.

Ninety-eight per cent of all human communication is non-verbal.

No matter what you say in carefully chosen sentences, girls will detect both the spoken and unspoken messages.

You can almost read any emotion through someone's eyes.

We don't communicate in full sentences anyway. We don't need all those words.

Women are better at reading body language everywhere in the world. As a matter of fact, it's associated with the female hormone estrogen. Women are better at figuring out of tone of voice, reading your face and posture and gesture.

Politicians are very experienced - maybe too experienced - at using body language to signal power and competence. But what these politicians are much more likely to struggle with, or just neglect to do altogether, is communicate warmth and trustworthiness.

I love body language.

Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words.

Something's that written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

Two people in a conversation amount to four people talking. The four are what one person says, what he really wanted to say, what his listener heard, and what he thought he heard.

Listen with your eyes for feelings.

Watch how you communicate with a woman. Because you're always communicating, even when you're not talking - with your body language, your facial expressions, your eyes.

I think there's a great deal of information you can convey with looks or silence.

Body language is more fascinating to me than actual language.

I think it's not about what you say; it's about what you don't say.

A picture can say a thousand words but maybe not the correct ones.

I love communicating non-verbally. I find great value in it.

You know the thing about a picture being worth a thousand words? A look can be worth a million.

Watch their hands, watch their eyes. Read eyes. No matter what a man is saying to you, it's not as important as what you can read in his eyes. The most important thing a man has to tell you is what he's not telling you; the most important thing he has to say is what he's trying not to say.

% of what you understand in a conversation is read through the body, not the words.