Roger Angell Quotes

I used to not listen that much, but I've really learnt to listen to other people and to really listen to what they're saying. I've found, especially being on a film set, people have so many different stories; if you just listen, you can pick up so much stuff. I try to listen as much as I can.

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.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

To be a great leader, you firstly have to like people. If you don't like people, at the end of the day they will figure this out and you can't lead them too well.

Listen more than you talk.

That's probably a problem for some people in this business, they don't like to listen.

I love sitting down and talking to people. CNBC gave me a chance to do it in a way that I liked. They gave me a chance to also develop the skills to learn from my mistakes.

Ever since I was a kid, I've known I could talk to people.

I don't think I'd want to sit down and listen to people's stories all day long.

I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.

It's populated by people who, by and large, have terrific communication skills. Every day is an extraordinary day. For me, it was just a great area for storytelling.

It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.

I think, especially in our business we meet a lot of people, and sometimes you spend so much time being nice to strangers, and so, you know, keeping a clear head and just being nice to each other. And that's all the advice I can give.

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

I hang out and sign records for an hour or two hours every night, and I like to hear as many people's stories as I can, because if somebody wants to share their story with me, I want to honor that.

I just make it my business to get along with people so I can have fun. It's that simple.

You've got to be an observer. And you've got to take time to listen to people, talk, to watch what they do.

The best thing I could say is you do have to be a really good listener. If I go to a family reunion, and there's 400 people there, everybody comes up and tells me their stories, right? And I think that when you're a good listener, and you can imagine how someone's talking, dialogue is your key friend, is it not?

I spent over 90 percent of my time talking to people who didn’t have to listen to me.

Over the years, I just started paying a lot more attention not to whether I was right or wrong, but just to how I make people feel.

If I don't have any other strength, I'm pretty good at building relationships.

I guess I knew I was a people person, but I didn't know how much till I had a podcast.

I think one of the things I really learned in Denver is the value of being a good listener.

I've always gotten along pretty well with people.

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.