Robin McKinley Quotes

People don't listen, they just wait for their turn to talk.

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

People love to talk, so let them have fun talking.

What better way to connect with people than by staring and talking straight at them? Don't blink - that's one less connection you could have made.

If you can listen well, people will say you're a good conversationalist.

... all of us talk faster than we listen.

As a kid, I was told to talk as much as possible.

You can't just walk away when somebody recognizes you. You have to take some time out and talk to them. It's not a waste of time - I just love talking to people. And I don't do this to sell records. The truth is, I do what I do because I love it.

I am conversational - I just like to engage and talk about things.

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

A good talker, even more than a good orator, implies a good audience. Modern society is too vast and too restless to give a conversationalist a fair chance.

I like talking to people.

We want to encourage people to talk to one another.

I love to talk to people.

Being polite, being respectful, having manners, and being a socialite - they're key life skills that people take for granted. Being able to communicate with all people on all levels is what's got me so far.

I like talking.

I think one of the things about listening is that it's always at its most powerful when it's present, when it's right here, when it's right now. And that's a lesson about improv that I think just made me a much more social person.

When you know you haven't been connecting with, persuading, or getting through to someone, consciously pause before meeting them and say to yourself, 'During this conversation, I am committing to being present and to connecting.'

People love to talk but hate to listen.

I mean I certainly like when I'm like talking to people I'm like what did you think, what did you think, what did you think? You know that's always in the back of my head.

What I've really learned is to be open to listen to other people's opinions and then question my own thoughts. And learn how to talk to people. The biggest gift from having one of these moments is that it gets people talking.

People can come and see me, and I have the pleasure of being able to talk to them.

Were we as eloquent as angels we still would please people much more by listening rather than talking.

If you want to be a good conversationalist, be a good listener. To be interesting, be interested.

I spend most of my life just listening to people.