Mignon McLaughlin Quotes

Lack of communication is the key to any successful relationship going wrong.

I think that's one of the biggest problems in the world - we don't look at one another; we don't listen to one another.

If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

Listen once in a while. It's amazing what you can hear.

Silence may be golden, but can you think of a better way to entertain someone than to listen to him?

Let us make a special effort to stop communicating with each other, so we can have some conversation.

Men don't hear women.

I'm not that interested in people.

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.

In human intercourse the tragedy begins, not when there is misunderstanding about words, but when silence is not understood.

He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.

She was a genius at listening.

Until you meet, you will never understand each other.

Conversation is the most human and humanizing thing that we do.

I don't like guys who don't listen.

I'm a great listener.

People don't listen to each other anymore, and I think that's why people get offended or their feelings get hurt: because you're not actually listening to the person that's giving you signals they're upset.

Not listening to people who care about you, not to be open or transparent, will make you isolated.

I feel that we Germans are spending less and less time talking to each other. And even less time listening to each other.

In apartments and cottages, on the street and in the train... I listen... More and more, I turn into one large ear, always turning to another person.

An ancient father says that a dog we know is better company than a man whose language we do not understand.

A man who won't listen can't hear.