Quincy Jones Quotes

Listen twice as much as you speak.

If God had wanted us to talk more than listen, he would have given us two mouths rather than two ears.

Listen more than you talk.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

People love to talk but hate to listen.

Listen more often than you speak.

If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

Oh, listen a lot and talk less. You can't learn anything when you're talking.

... all of us talk faster than we listen.

The key ingredient in family communication is listening, really listening.

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

He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak.

Great talkers should be cropt, for they've no need of ears.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

There is a time to speak and a time to listen, and sometimes people need to shut up.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

One of my strengths is my ability to talk and communicate with people.

Having two ears and one tongue, we should listen twice as much as we speak.

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

The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.

I often talk too much and don't listen enough.

You want to talk to someone; first open your ears.

I always tell kids, you have two eyes and one mouth. Keep two open and one closed. You never learn anything if you're the one talking.