Bill de Blasio Quotes

I am someone who will listen and someone who has an open mind.

I always want to listen with an open mind.

I would just like a woman someday, somewhere, at some point in my life to say to me, 'You're a great listener.' Haven't heard it yet, and that's a superior compliment to get from a woman. But I'm going to work on it.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.

Listening is such a simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don't have to do anything else. We don't have to advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and listen.

Everyone needs an open mind and an accepting heart. With a combination of these two aspects, you will be able to communicate sensibly.

I just think there's a real art in listening. I need to listen.

If I have any talent, I think I have an ability to listen to people and also just meet them on their level.

People will feel safer around you and speak truthfully to you when they feel you are listening intently to them.

Good listeners have a huge advantage. For one, when they engage in conversation, they make people 'feel' heard. They 'feel' that someone really understands their wants, needs and desires. And for good reason; a good listener does care to understand.

Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it.

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

I learned quickly that if the student's perception is that you're not listening to them, and not understanding them, they discredit you.

I can spend 10 to 15 minutes with someone, and they can tell me what they're going through. I may never have gone through that, but I get it on a really deep level.

Women like men who listen. We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen twice as much as we speak.

I'm a good listener.

I'm a darned good listener.

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.

Women don't like advice. They don't want you to fix their problems, they just want you to listen.

Listening is a sign of respect.

I get a guest on the air, and they're weird or strange, and I help them tell their story. I don't laugh at them. I listen.

My job isn't to fix or rescue or to save. It's to accompany, see people, listen to them.

I think I'm always trying to see the other's point of view, dealing in a very heart-to-heart way.

I am running on the fact that I am doing a good job listening to people.

I think people are willing to talk about anything if you come to it with kindness.