Cory Doctorow Quotes

I don't know if there's a lot of patience anymore. I think that could serve a lot of people.

I think that actors are terrible communicators as people by and large. I think our tendency is to kind of be self-centered and tune people out and just kind of get really me-focused, so I think communication for actors is a big challenge actually.

I'm practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.

We lack social awareness because we're so focused on what we're going to say next - and how what other people are saying affects us - that we completely lose sight of other people. This is a problem because people are complicated. You can't hope to understand someone until you focus all of your attention in his or her direction.

One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well.

I taught myself to tune in to another person's wavelength, figure out what they were looking for, and try to project that thing back at them.

My mother is a ball of fire in the world, and I love that about her. But what I have learned from my stepdad is something as important, which is patience and compassion. Because when you are living with someone else, those two qualities go a long way.

The Bible tells us to love our neighbors as ourselves. Surely part of loving in this way is trying to understand what another person wants us to understand. I may not understand perfectly and I may not agree, but if I love you I should try to know what it is you wish I could know.

I think I'm generally a good listener anyway.

Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

We don’t need a speaker; we need a listener!

People must lean the strategies of non-violence as a skill for use in their homes, their work and in making social change….Violence is an inarticulate language.

Nonviolence is not a thing that comes easily. You have to learn how to be nonviolent

Keep this question in mind: 'What would I think of this if I exchanged places with the other person?' It paves the way to more successful action.

Most of the time, we make discoveries about how difficult people are at the moment when the difficulties have actually hurt us; therefore, we are not likely to be forgiving or sympathetic.

Often, little situations trigger enormous reactions. Be there, present for it. Your partner will find it easier to see it in you, and you will find it easier to see it in them.

Sometimes people just need to feel heard, and being an actor has taught me to really listen.

I think I am quite a good listener.

For most of your career, what you're trying to do is to step into other people's shoes.

I'm a pretty good listener.

I feel like I'm a good listener.

Practically every time I speak up at a school conference, a political event, or my apartment building association's annual meeting, I'm met with a display of someone else's superior intelligence.

Even though people do not traditionally think of being empathetic as a business skill, it can create enormous value.

Empathy is one of our greatest tools of business that is most underused.