Brandon Stanton Quotes

What I prefer is an audience who listen. And are intelligent. Which I try and assume every audience is. And that if something goes wrong, it's generally my fault and not theirs.

I actually think of myself as quite a shy person, although I know I give the impression of someone much more confident. I think what I do have is a capacity to listen to the other, even if the other is an opponent. That leads, in all senses of the word, to an engagement.

My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I've never done. Also, I'm a person whom people talk to.

I can be a good listener. I can ask the right questions a lot of the time.

Great reporters get people to talk to them. Master reporters get people to want to talk to them.

I'm not really good at asking people questions in interviews. I just try to have fun, to talk.

Instead of talking in the hope that people will listen, try listening in the hope that people will talk.

but you can't spend your whole life hoping people will ask you the right questions. you must learn to love and answer the questions they already ask.

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.

Now, I talk to athletes who answer questions with a 'yeah'. I realize I used to do that. Or they answer very quickly and you stand there trying to come up with another question to ask. I've seen both sides and it's been very educational.

What I've figured out how to do is make people feel comfortable on television and on the radio, which enables me to have access to them, which is key for what I do.

Good listeners have a huge advantage. For one, when they engage in conversation, they make people 'feel' heard. They 'feel' that someone really understands their wants, needs and desires. And for good reason; a good listener does care to understand.

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

Listen more than you talk.

I'd say the best way to train someone is to remember that you have two ears and one mouth, and use them in that ratio. That's hard to do, and ultimately what we've learned is how many false positives you get from listening to what someone says they're going to do instead of observing what they actually do.

If you're doing an interview, you need conversational tension. After you talk to them, you're not going to have a relationship with them, they're not going to like you, they're not going to be your friend.

There is a fine line between assertiveness and being relaxed.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.

I remember very vividly what it's like to be a child. The adults you liked were the ones who listened to you when you spoke and gave you time to say what you wanted to say and actually listened, and quite often reacted as a result of what you'd said.

Listening is more important than talking. Just hit your mark and believe what you say. Just listen to people and react to what they are saying.

So many bad things happen in this world because people don't know how to express things.

In elementary school, we should teach nonviolent conflict resolution and healthy communication skills, which will help children cope with issues like rejection and sexuality later in life.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

I suppose I don't hear things, but I listen, if you know what I mean. And there is a big difference between hearing and listening. So it's like a conversation, you know. When you speak to someone, it's one on one, and that's exactly how I play.