Gary Chapman Quotes

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

Those who talk loudly are rarely listened to.

... all of us talk faster than we listen.

Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.

I don't like to be the only person talking in a room.

Were you listening to a word I said ' 'I kind of switched off when you drew breath.

The best way to make a long story short is to stop listening.

Everyone striving to be witty and sought-after, everyone talking and no one listening.

Nature hath given men one tongue but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.

Most people have to talk so they won't hear.

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

As a kid, I was told to talk as much as possible.

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

Listening to people keeps them entertained.

I actually like talking.

If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.

It's hard to watch something go on and be talking at the same time.

Each person's life is lived as a series of conversations.

I don't know whether it's a fear of standing up, but I really love sitting at the table and blabbing. I learn so much that way, and I think I get free that way, free from inhibition and fears.

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?

The telephone, which interrupts the most serious conversations and cuts short the most weighty observations, has a romance of its own.

In the normal flow of a conversation, our attention is divided. We hear parts of what other people are saying, in order to follow and keep the conversation going. At the same time, we're planning what we'll say next, some exciting story of our own.

I like talking.

I was taught in radio: if somebody is talking, then you don't talk over them.

A big part of the challenge is teaching your kids how to have a real conversation, not a texting conversation. If they're not sitting down at the table, the art of conversation is going to go.