Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes

I'm a good communicator, and I'm a good translator. I can talk to engineers; I can talk to people for whom technology is not remotely interesting or even maybe scary - things like that.

There are a lot of things that need to be done to improve communications.

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

Being a good listener is more than just being quiet. It's reflecting back on what you're hearing. It's processing the information to formulate a question, a comment or a speech.

I believe that Attorney Fortuno has some styles that it seems to me are going to foster dialogue and good communication, and I hope I am not mistaken.

Tone is often the most important part of a conversation - and listening is so much more important than what you say.

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.

Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users' sentiments.

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

[John F.] Kennedy was a great listener. As he listened his eyes got larger, and he looked at you, and you knew you had been looked at and listened to.

Carrying our successful diplomacy is difficult if you do not have ears for things you do not want to hear.

One of the lessons I think nearly all women need to learn, is, that when we are dealing with busy people, no matter how much interested we may be in a subject, we must put what we have to say in the briefest possible form. This is even more important if the person to whom we are talking is listening because of our interest and not because of his own. We may be able to impart some of our enthusiasm to him, if we do not first bore him to death and make him impatient because he is being asked to listen to too many words.

The most difficult thing to do is to communicate the positive.

The best police officers I know (no matter what their physical stature) have one common trait: their ability to communicate with others. Personally, I do not have the physical stature to dominate those with whom I come in contact, so I have had to develop excellent communication skills that help me talk people into handcuffs.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

There's a certain time that when somebody asks you a question, you answer them. I don't think I said anything with venom. If you can express yourself without anger and make it as palatable as you can, that's what you do.

I'm a very good listener, and I'm not interested in having fights simply for a question of protocol or vanity.

Listen with the intent to understand, not the intent to reply.

A master performer like Bill Clinton never lost sight of the fact that as president he had to project confidence and power, but if he was speaking to a group of autoworkers he would adjust his accent and his words to fit the audience, and do the same for a group of executives.

If you want to influence people, you want them to accept your suggestions, you don't say, 'You don't know how to use the English language,' or 'How could you make that argument?' It will be welcomed much more if you have a gentle touch than if you are aggressive.

Obama was the first president whose biography makes sense to me. He can walk into a room anywhere and find common ground with any person.

I have poor people skills, and I cannot become a minister.

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.

Miss Universe is someone who communicates her thoughts effectively and is able to connect to people.