Jimmy Carl Black Quotes

I'm a goodhearted person. I interact with people all the time.

I try to be friendly to everyone.

I just like people. I'll hold a conversation at a gas station. It's not about the fame and the fortune, I just like people.

I'm usually pretty good about meeting people. I try to remember they are human, too!

The beauty of social awareness is that a few simple adjustments to what you say can vastly improve your relationships with other people.

Be good, kind, and friendly to the receptionist. She's had a hard day.

I'm rather inclined to liking people.

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

I try to teach my kids to be open.

One must be fond of people and trust them if one is not to make a mess of life.

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.

The shortest distance between two people is a smile.

Better to be a loving person without knowing how you got there, than an expert no one can stand to be around.

I always take time for somebody who wants to talk to me.

The beautiful souls are they that are universal, open, and ready for all things.

I am generally a very happy and easygoing person. I also believe it's always better to meet people with a smile rather than looking cold, especially when you first meet. It changes everything.

As you get older, you realize just figuring out how to be nice to the people in your personal sphere is almost more challenging than trying to change the bigger culture.

I think people hear the warmth in my voice and the friendliness, and they think: 'Oh, she must be a very nice person'.

As in all areas, we can improve how good we are at loving another person.

Trying to learn to be a good man is like learning to play tennis against a wall. You are only a good man - a competent, capable, interesting and lovable man - when you're doing it for, or with, other people.

I think people are willing to talk about anything if you come to it with kindness.

I tell everyone that works for me not to look down on people. If you're nice to people and take a minute to talk with them, it's good for business whether or not they buy anything. Just because they don't look like they have money doesn't mean they're poor.

Education teaches us compassion and kindness, connection to others.

Watch people and how they handle other people. You have to stay open and keep your eyes open to them.

When we're talking about friendships, generosity and fairness and equanimity and sharing and all those things are super-important to me.