Haniel Long Quotes

When you meet someone, there's an initial reaction and then as you get to know them, things change, things deepen, or they go the other way.

My job is about playing people. And I think once you lose touch with people, what do you play?

One of the most telling things about a person is how they say hello, handshakes.

What better way to connect with people than by staring and talking straight at them? Don't blink - that's one less connection you could have made.

I love meeting people.

I've never been interested in things that sparkle and shine; I'm more interested in people.

I'm concerned about the unknowability of other people.

When I sit and talk with a person, I'm not always paying attention. I'm looking at the person and saying, 'What is it about his or her life that appeals to me?'

I love, I love human beings, studying them.

Language is a more recent technology. Your body language, your eyes, your energy will come through to your audience before you even start speaking.

I love meeting new people; I think everyone has a story to tell. We should all listen sometimes.

Life would certainly be easier if we all came equipped with our own personal FAQ lists. When we meet someone, we could pass them a business card with the list on the back, and then step back and let them read before we tried to talk.

I guess a lot of things I make are relationship movies. Maybe all movies are relationship movies, because they're all about how we relate to each other.

I mean, I come from a hippie mentality where I just think to know someone, you need to look into their eyes. Eyes are so important. Until they start melon-balling eyes out, I won't be able to get to know someone another way.

To love a person is to know and love the person. But we can pick up an enormous amount about another human being just by exchanging a couple of sentences. It's not yet knowledge; it's an intuition that motivates you to want to find out more.

Flirting all starts with eye contact! You can tell a girl is into you if she's across the room and still making eye contact with you.

If you can get over this initial distrust that people have of strangers, you can do remarkable things.

When you meet someone, you meet their face. It's the most potent part of the body to embellish.

Stranger, if you passing meet me and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me? And why should I not speak to you?

Body language is more fascinating to me than actual language.

In this world, conversations are negotiations for closeness in which people try to seek and give confirmation and support, and to reach consensus. They try to protect themselves from others' attempts to push them away.

Many people with autism struggle with reading nonverbal cues and acting on them. When you lose that ability to understand and process nonverbal cues, you're at a huge disadvantage socially.

I take time to be with people, and I learn a lot.

I take a lot of pride in connecting with people - period.

Ninety-eight per cent of all human communication is non-verbal.