Kim Shattuck Quotes

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

Communication is important.

I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.

Conversation makes one what he is.

We belong to talking, not what talking is about... Stop talking - and you are out. Silence equals exclusion.

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.

We do not learn first what to talk about and then what to say about it.

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

The best thing I could say is you do have to be a really good listener. If I go to a family reunion, and there's 400 people there, everybody comes up and tells me their stories, right? And I think that when you're a good listener, and you can imagine how someone's talking, dialogue is your key friend, is it not?

We don’t need a speaker; we need a listener!

If you understand gender differences in what I call 'conversational style', you may not be able to prevent disagreements from arising, but you stand a better chance of preventing them from spiraling out of control.

Communication is the channel through which life is conveyed, through which ideas and the energy behind them are transmitted, and through which the mind, body, and spirit are merged into a force for right action.

I like working with people. I like talking to people.

My problem is that I love talking to people. I remember working in a call centre in Dalston and I'd end up having these long chats with old women.

I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I've been practising it for so long over so many years I've almost lost my accent.

Eavesdrop and write it down from memory - gives you a stronger sense of how people talk and what their concerns are. I love to eavesdrop!

Communication is an issue where we can improve, and if I can do anything to help, I am happy to.

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

I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.

I like my hands. They do most of the talking.

Constantly talking isn't necessarily communicating.

For me, becoming a man had a lot to do with learning communication, and I learned about that by acting.

I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

I think it was a good challenge for me to get my reactions across without being able to speak.

We're losing social skills, the human interaction skills, how to read a person's mood, to read their body language, how to be patient until the moment is right to make or press a point. Too much exclusive use of electronic information dehumanises what is a very, very important part of community life and living together.