Karen Joy Fowler Quotes

Communication is the most important skill in life. We spend most of our waking hours communicating. But consider this: You've spent years learning how to read and write, years learning how to speak. But what about listening?

He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak.

If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

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

I think there's a worry that an excessive use or an almost exclusive use of text and emails means that as a society we're losing some of the ability to build interpersonal communication that's necessary for living together and building a community.

It's interesting because you feel on the one hand, we understand people from what the say, and in another sense, you'd think that you'd be able to convey more through dialogue.

Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.

Everyone breathes in air, but it's a wise person who knows when to use that air to speak and when to exhale in silence.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

More and more we are into communications; and less and less into communication.

There are prating coxcombs in the world who would rather talk than listen, although Shakespeare himself were the orator, and human nature the theme!

if you want someone to stop listening to you go ahead and yell. If you want them to listen to every word, whisper. -Mimi

I'm glad I understand that while language is a gift, listening is a responsibility. (U.S. poet and writer, 1943- )

Communication is my thing.

The quality of business communications has become poorer in recent years as people avoid phone calls and face-to-face meetings, I can only assume, in some misguided quest for efficiency.

One thing talk can't accomplish is communication. This is because everybody's talking too much to pay attention to what anyone is saying

A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen.

Listen twice as much as you speak.

Communication is a process of sharing experience till it becomes a common possession. It modifies the disposition of both the parties who partake in it.

The man I meet with is not often so instructive as the silence he breaks.

It is one of the worst things of sentiment that the voice grows to be more important than the words, and the speaker than that what is spoken.

Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.

I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.

The most important thing for a director is being able to communicate. When you communicate comfortably, regardless of what you're saying, it can always be processed.

"You learn when you listen. You earn when you listen - not just money, but respect.