David Hope Quotes

It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

Listen more than you talk.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

I sometimes let people down, especially when I was younger. I was cavalier about what people told me. Part of growing up is learning when to shut up.

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

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.

It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.

There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.

It illustrates vividly my incapacity of knowing when to be silent and when to speak.

I think, to be a great conversationalist, you need to be interested in being in said conversation. Oddly enough, I think you need to be a great listener, and I do think I'm a good listener. I think that's my asset - I always listen to people when I talk to them, and that's a big thing you have to have in life and in podcasts.

I know to shut up when I don't know what I'm talking about.

The greatest skill that I have is what the viewer has: I listen. I try to listen silently.

Listen more than you speak.

If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.

If you have nothing to say, say nothing.

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.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

It's no secret that I love to talk, but the real secret is I love to listen, too.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

I shut up and keep my ears and eyes open.

Having two ears and one tongue, we should listen twice as much as we speak.