Baltasar Gracian Quotes

People love to talk but hate to listen.

"A closed mouth doesn't get fed." Oftentimes, we feel not worthy or we don't want to bother people. We forget to ask for help or what we need or would like. My grandmother used to say that quote to us as kids. It's kind of always stuck with me.

I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.

Charles looked at her thoughtfully. "People talk to you," he said. "That could be useful.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

I think there's a worry that an excessive use or an almost exclusive use of text and emails means that as a society we're losing some of the ability to build interpersonal communication that's necessary for living together and building a community.

Just because people can express themselves through their art doesn't mean they are great communicators in person.

My talent isn't so much in traditional research as in finding really smart people and badgering them with questions.

The ability to communicate with everybody, regardless of who are you are, is a great thing.

I have proven to the world that I am articulate, I am very intelligent, I'm well exposed.

When you don't understand something, it's always OK to ask questions. That's really the mentality that I've had.

We have to teach girls communication skills.

In business, you cannot be afraid to ask questions.

If you can't communicate and talk to other people and get across your ideas, you're giving up your potential.

Communication is the most important skill in life. We spend most of our waking hours communicating. But consider this: You've spent years learning how to read and write, years learning how to speak. But what about listening?

The key ingredient in family communication is listening, really listening.

I like being around people who are good conversationalists.

I'm not the greatest communicator. I kind of internalize a lot. See, I just said I need to be quiet, but that's not the kind of communication I mean. I mean expressing myself or even standing up for myself. I can sometimes be very passive.

A criticism is just a really bad way of making a request...so just make the request.

Communication is the ability to ensure that people understand not only what you say but also what you mean. It is also the ability to listen to and understand others. Developing both of these aspects of communication takes a lot of time, patience, and hard work.

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

Listen twice as much as you speak.

If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.

If you don't ask for what you need, the need will keep getting bigger.

Someone has to ask you a question," George continues meaningly, "before you can answer it. But it's so seldom you find anyone who'll ask the right questions. Most people aren't that much interested.