Marc Maron Quotes

It's no secret that I love to talk, but the real secret is I love to listen, too.

Brownson never will stop and listen, neither in conversation, but what is more, not in solitude.

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

My policy with interviewing is I'm not there to teach the people I'm across from a lesson.

We should all know this: that listening is not talking; [it] is the gifted and great role and the imaginative role. And the true listener is much more beloved, magnetic than the talker, and he is more effective, and learns more and does more good. And so try listening. Listen to your wife, your husband, your father, your mother, your children, your friends; to those who love you and those who don't, to those who bore you, to your enemies. It will work a small miracle. And perhaps a great one.

When you listen, you learn, You absorb like a sponge - and your life becomes so much better than when you are just trying to be listened to all the time.

The biggest mistake you can make in trying to talk convincingly is to put your highest priority on expressing your ideas and feelings. What most people really want is to be listened to, respected, and understood. The moment people see that they are being understood, they become more motivated to understand your point of view.

I enjoy hearing the way people think. I always have.

I'm a good listener. I think it's the one characteristic that's most important. I've always been that way. Not that I take all the advice, but you've got to listen to it and have the courage to make your own decision. Then I just go for it.

I think the key to the start of any good relationship is to remember how the other person likes their coffee.

I have trouble listening to people tell me about their dreams.

We're trying, despite having done research and having obviously preconceived ideas, we try our best to be as open-hearted as possible, and try to create context. So that's always going to be the challenge, making a program like 'Gaycation', and we are always thinking about it, reflecting on it, and doing our best to show the whole picture as much as possible in a 45-minute span. Hopefully that comes across.

When I am able to be present, listening - really listening - to a viewpoint described through someone else's lens, I am here in the now and alive.

I always tell people that if you really want to know somebody, they should listen to that person's interview with me. I spend a lot of time with my guests.

Change comes from listening, learning, caring and conversation.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. . . . If you want to influence someone, listen to what he says. . . . When he finishes talking, ask him about any points that you do not understand.

I think sometimes the very reason we go through something is so that we can be empathetic with another person later on.

Listen twice as much as you speak.

Ah, Harry, how often this happens, even between the best of friends! Each of us believes that what he has to say is much more important than anything the other might have to contribute!

Listen more often than you speak.

In my opinion, being an effective leader requires being an effective listener. The most productive leaders are usually those who are consistently willing to listen and learn.

Rose: You have a gift Jack, you do. You see people. Jack: I see you. Rose: And? Jack: You wouldn't have jumped.

Pay less attention to what you hear about someone, and more to what you learn about them...as you make the effort.

You'll never know how close you are to a million-dollar idea unless you're willing to listen.

Many people may listen, but few people actually hear.