Brian Greene Quotes

I listen. I meet with everybody, I don't care what their political persuasion is - whether it be a labor union or small-business folks or individuals who have problems. But I meet with everybody and listen.

You can talk about anything if you go about it the right way, which is never malicious.

You can do and use the skills that you have. The schools need you. The teachers need you. Students and parents need you. They need your actual person: your physical personhood and your open minds and open ears and boundless compassion, sitting next to them, listening and nodding and asking questions for hours at a time.

There are a lot of people in the animal rights movement who can be very passionate and aggressive, and I applaud people's passion, but when people are judgmental and aggressive, all you end up doing is getting other people to turn away in irritation. To change people's minds, you have to respect the people you're talking to.

We've known for a long time, and I think culturally we've accepted, that diversity is an important thing in the work of knowledge.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another

We must lead, but we must listen.

When I was at school, one of my teachers had two statements hanging from the board all year: 'Be observant' and 'Be empathetic.'

I like working with people who respect the intelligence of their audience.

I try to be respectful of how other people think, I try to listen to what they're saying.

Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.

If we have any hope for survival of the music that we all love, compassion must replace name-calling, fairness must replace greed, and we need to come together as a musical community and try to understand each other's problems.

We must listen and learn, show humility and seek again to talk for and to people's ambitions and concerns.

I want people to understand that there is a group of Christians out there who want to be more open and understanding and tolerant and loving of all kinds of people, even the people that don't believe in God at all.

Whether you're an opera singer, a legislator or customer service operator, there is a way that we can find common ground with our audience - be they young or old, Democrats or Republicans, rich or poor, religious or secular.

I remember very vividly what it's like to be a child. The adults you liked were the ones who listened to you when you spoke and gave you time to say what you wanted to say and actually listened, and quite often reacted as a result of what you'd said.

I try to teach my kids to be open.

You have to want to be in the company of those you're making films about.

I'm a great believer that scientists should spend as much time as possible explaining, and you do explain in the process of teaching.

When I was young I used to listen to other people and to try and understand what they thought and where they were coming from. I listened and didn't speak.

All I know for sure is that issues like race, like class, are always best approached with compassion and open-mindedness.

I think my politics are just inclined to be empathetic and humanistic. I grew up with so many different kinds of people with different politics, different religion, no religion, no politics, education, no education, and I was infatuated with all of them.

To the extent that we are all educated and informed, we will be more equipped to deal with the gut issues that tend to divide us.

I don't believe in writing people off.

My daughter and stepson are really broad-minded.