Michael Symon Quotes

Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

I can be a good listener. I can ask the right questions a lot of the time.

People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.

I often talk too much and don't listen enough.

I think I'm a pretty good listener.

I had to learn to be more open with people and to know how to show that I was interested in them.

I don't know how to talk. Oh! talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you, and at the end of your first season you will have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact.

The key ingredient in family communication is listening, really listening.

I spend most of my life just listening to people.

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

Listen more than you talk.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

Ever since I was a kid, I've known I could talk to people.

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.

The ABC's are attitude, behavior and communication skills.

I like to think I'm a listener, and I'm fascinated by observing people - I suppose you just lock that in.

My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I've never done. Also, I'm a person whom people talk to.

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

I used to not listen that much, but I've really learnt to listen to other people and to really listen to what they're saying. I've found, especially being on a film set, people have so many different stories; if you just listen, you can pick up so much stuff. I try to listen as much as I can.

Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.

You've got to be an observer. And you've got to take time to listen to people, talk, to watch what they do.

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?

My ears are really good. I'm a good listener.