Romesh Ranganathan Quotes

You don't always necessarily see eye to eye with the people that you are getting married into you, so you really have to learn to open your mind, open your heart and be super compassionate about other people's points of view, faith and opinions.

True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people.

Relationships survive on trust, and if that is broken at any point, it's pretty much the end of the relationship. Besides, inability to communicate leads to problems.

I tell my children, shut up and let me speak. What I've learned, I have been married for 45 years and in my own family It is that I've learned to stop being judgmental, to listen.

Be very, very patient and very open-minded, and listen to what people have to say.

It's important to work through things in a relationship. You can't just give up because you're frustrated. It's most important to talk things through together. And that, for me, has been the way I've best resolved problems in the past.

A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will teach him everything he needs to know about life.

No, you're not allowed to be bossy when you're married. You have to learn compromise, and compassion and patience.

I think the greatest challenge between child and parent is communication.

A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love.

My wife Patrice, in addition to being enormously supportive, has taught me a lot about life. She might argue it's because I have so much to learn. One of the most important things I've learned is the art of listening.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

I think you can be the greatest orator of all time, the greatest motivator of all times, but if those players know that you don't care about them, and you don't try to understand them, then they're never going to hear what you have to say.

If there's one thing I've learned about women, which I try to pass on to my boys, it's listening. Listen to the other side of the story first.

The beauty of social awareness is that a few simple adjustments to what you say can vastly improve your relationships with other people.

The second time around, I'll understand that, as a husband, my wife doesn't care about my opinions. I just need to tell her the things that will continue to help me stack the brownie points.

The key to high-quality communication is trust, and it's hard to trust somebody that you don't know.

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

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

Kids need to open up to their parents. And parents should realize that when kids are pushing you away, that's the time to really step in.

It's so important to keep a marriage alive with small treats and doing little things for each other. Just remembering to say nice things and to have listening time is vital. That ghastly phrase 'quality time' means taking three minutes to sit down and be still with someone rather than yelling over your shoulder as you rush out.

In reality I have said very little things; I didn't point out many things to Geoffrey, I trusted very much not only his understanding of what I was doing, or what I wanted to do, in that moment.

It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.

What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely try to get something from those who have more.

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.