Leonard Mlodinow Quotes

Body language is a very powerful tool. We had body language before we had speech, and apparently, 80% of what you understand in a conversation is read through the body, not the words.

Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words.

The raising of an eyebrow, how you do it; when you look, how you look. All those little things are physical.

Body language is more fascinating to me than actual language.

I've always really been interested in observing people's postures, the way they speak with their hands, the way they communicate things with their body language.

Body language is more powerful than words.

I see tendencies, I see body language.

You can convey a lot of emotion with just some eyebrows and mouth movement.

There's as much revealed in the way a person lifts a glass as in what they say about some political issue.

When people walk in a room, the way they sit or they talk, that itself tells me a story.

I don't think people are going to talk in the future. They're going to communicate through eye contact, body language, emojis, signs.

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

Eye contact is a method utilised by a single woman to communicate to a man that she is interested in him. Many women find it difficult to look a man directly in the eyes, not because of shyness, but because a woman's eyes are not located in her chest.

Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down.

You don't always talk with your mouth. Sometimes what you say with your mouth hardly matters at all. You have to signify

The physical language of the body is so much more powerful than words.

Nonverbal communication is an elaborate secret code that is written nowhere, known by none, and understood by all.

Air and manners are more expressive than words.

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

I cannot stress enough that the answer to life's questions is often in people's faces. Try putting your iPhones down once in a while, and look in people's faces. People's faces will tell you amazing things. Like if they are angry, or nauseous or asleep.

I love body language.

There's something about studying body language and non-spoken emotion - I know the innate response. But to really study it like a science would be fun.

You can tell a lot from someone's eyes.

Watch how you communicate with a woman. Because you're always communicating, even when you're not talking - with your body language, your facial expressions, your eyes.

I think you can actually express a lot more in ways without words.