Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes

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

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.

Listen more often than you speak.

If you run for mayor, people say you're being egotistical. If you decide you won't run for mayor, people say you're being self-centered and egotistical.

Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen.

My co-stars call me selfish. They say, 'You are only interested in yourself and what you are only interested is yourself and what you are doing in front of the camera.' I reply, 'I can't help it; it's what got me where I am.'

It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

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

It is greed to do all the talking but not to want to listen at all.

The biggest mistake most people make when it comes to listening is they're so focused on what they're going to say next or how what the other person is saying is going to affect them that they fail to hear what's being said.

I've always been very aware of what I'm saying, but I'm also aware of what you're saying. I always want to make sure that my point is clear.

I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.

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

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.

No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself.

Egotist: a person more interested in himself than in me.

The single most important key to success is to be a good listener.

me-firstism

[John F.] Kennedy was a great listener. As he listened his eyes got larger, and he looked at you, and you knew you had been looked at and listened to.

You ain't learning nothing when you're talking.

It's so easy to butt into a conversation and offer your own thoughts or opinions, but try not to interrupt. Instead, focus on what the other person is saying, think twice and be the person that listens. It's so much more valuable than constantly talking.

In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.

It's important to learn how to have conversations with other people where it's not debating but discussing.

In essence, Trump thinks everything should be about him, for him, for his benefit and glorification - and he can't comprehend, and doesn't care about, anything that isn't.