Letitia Baldrige Quotes

I hate phones. All businesses are personal businesses, and I always try my best to get back to people, but sometimes the barrage of calls is so enormous that if I just answered calls I would do nothing else.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.

My best quality is that I talk to everyone. My worst quality is that I talk to everyone.

Empathy and social skills are social intelligence, the interpersonal part of emotional intelligence. That's why they look alike.

People seem to think that you should be willing to speak to them whether they're jerks or not.

Boyfriends have to understand me and my needs. They have to know what I want out of my life and about my strict regime. I go to bed at 10pm and not later. I separate my professional and private lives.

The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better.

I was taught by my parents that people who are loud don't have anything to say. I've found if you're suggesting quite big changes, a quiet style may be reassuring.

I probably should be a little more cautious with how I speak, and I think my delivery needs to be a little softer.

I can read people, and if the other person doesn't want to say anything, I'm fine with that. People say things when it's time to say them.

When I have an argument with someone, even with someone I am not very close with, I can't sleep at night thinking about it. It's terrible. But I still manage speak out frankly because I have also been gifted with the ability to read people. I can sense when they start to get irritated with me, and then, I shift.

I know I probably offend some people. I have been talking a little too much so I'm trying not to talk as much.

I just worry because I know I say a lot, often. It doesn't bother me, it's more about the people that get affected around me.

Watch people and how they handle other people. You have to stay open and keep your eyes open to them.

Different people need different kinds of communication for it to have the same effect. That was something I had to learn.

Really think about the way you interact with people, whether it's in person or on the Internet. You have to be very mindful.

I think kids in France, and certainly in my household, don't necessarily stop interrupting when you tell them, but they gradually become more aware of other people, and that means that you can have the expectation of finishing a conversation.

I just want to have folks be comfortable and just share and have a good conversation. To me, that's kind of a lost art.

Civility does not ...mean the mere outward gentleness of speech cultivated for the occasion, but an inborn gentleness and desire to do the opponent good.

We're all on a journey - each one of us. And if we can be sensitive to the person who happens to be our neighbor, that, to me, is the greatest challenge as well as the greatest pleasure.

Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others.

With women you don't have to talk your head off. You just say a word and let them fill in from there.

He reflected. 'I know a lot of different kids of people; what I want is to show each of them how the others really are. You hear so many lies!

I took two important phone calls while in the shower today because I'm a goddam professional.

We don't set out to save the world; we set out to wonder how other people are doing and to reflect on how our actions affect other people's hearts.