Clara Shih Quotes

Listen more than you speak.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

I often talk too much and don't listen enough.

I think I'm a pretty good listener.

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

There is a time to speak and a time to listen, and sometimes people need to shut up.

When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

You ain't learning nothing when you're talking.

When you talk, you only talk about something that you already know. But when you listen, you can learn something you don’t know.

In order to practice dialogue, you need to be able to set aside your assumptions and try to listen more than you want to talk. It's not always politically correct to be able to do that, but it can give you a better sense of the reality.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

I'm a pretty good listener.

The greatest skill that I have is what the viewer has: I listen. I try to listen silently.

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.

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

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.

The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.

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

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

I've always been very aware of what I'm saying, but I'm also aware of what you're saying. I always want to make sure that my point is clear.

I'm a darned good listener.

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 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.