George Stroumboulopoulos Quotes

Listening to people keeps them entertained.

We cannot really communicate with our fans.

It pleases me that people can be interactive.

I want to keep people engaged and I want them to feel connected to what I'm doing.

The great gift of conversation lies less in displaying it ourselves than in drawing it out of others. He who leaves your company pleased with himself and his own cleverness is perfectly well pleased with you.

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation.

I love connecting with readers!

Conversations are the most direct way to connect with people.

You've got to honor your relationship with your audience - that they sit down because they want to be entertained. And that doesn't mean you can't provoke them and antagonize them and challenge them in the course of the entertainment as long as you keep the entertainment part of the equation alive.

If other people are going to talk, conversation becomes impossible.

Public diplomacy should be more ear driven than mouth driven.

The first thing you’ve got to do in a community is listen, not talk.

I really enjoy connecting with the audience.

When you ask people questions about what they've done, not only do you get knowledge, but they like you because people like to be asked questions about what they've done and talk to someone who's interested in them.

I'm really interested in how we understand each other - and whether we can understand each other.

People are so much more interested in making connections, and finding common ground, and sharing experiences than sometimes their governments are.

In apartments and cottages, on the street and in the train... I listen... More and more, I turn into one large ear, always turning to another person.

A dialogue leads to connection, which leads to trust which leads to engagement

Language commonly stresses only one side of any interaction.

I think we're always looking for an excuse to connect.

We belong to talking, not what talking is about... Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion.

I listen to the audience and try and bounce with them. All audiences are different. But they are all homo sapiens.

I connect with people on a daily basis.

The measure of a conversation is how much mutual recognition there is in it; how much shared there is in it. If you're talking about what's in your own head, or without thought to what people looking and listening will feel, you might as well be in a room talking to yourself.

Connecting with Canadians isn't about what you say, it's about what you're listening to. It's about what you understand.