Daniel Dae Kim Quotes

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.

It has been said that love is a function of communication. I believe that to be true. I believe, by extension, that human understanding is a function of communication. And the better human beings understand one another, the higher the level of functioning.

Until you meet, you will never understand each other.

I don't like guys who don't listen.

You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.

Connecting with Canadians isn't about what you say, it's about what you're listening to. It's about what you understand.

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

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

Communication is so key.

Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.

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

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

The longer we listen to one another - with real attention - the more commonality we will find in all our lives. That is, if we are careful to exchange with one another life stories and not simply opinions.

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

There are many benefits to this process of listening. The first is that good listeners are created as people feel listened to. Listening is a reciprocal process - we become more attentive to others if they have attended to us.

The best thing I could say is you do have to be a really good listener. If I go to a family reunion, and there's 400 people there, everybody comes up and tells me their stories, right? And I think that when you're a good listener, and you can imagine how someone's talking, dialogue is your key friend, is it not?

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

It’s important for me to hear others position and understand them.

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

When people feel they’re heard and understood, they’ll listen.

Women love to talk, so you gotta be the guy that listens - not just listens but is interested.

Life is a conversation. Make it a good one.

The beginning of love for the brethren is learning to listen to them.

Listening is everything. Listening is the whole deal. That's what I think. And I mean that in terms of before you work, after you work, in between work, with your children, with your husband, with your friends, with your mother, with your father. It's everything. And it's where you learn everything.