Ken Venturi Quotes

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.

Silence is better than unmeaning words.

If you want what you're saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. You might save somebody's life. Your own, first.

I get a lot of advice from Mark Harmon, and I take it all to heart because I respect the heck out of him.

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

If you have something to say of any worth then people will listen to you.

True wisdom listens more, talks less and can get along with all types of people.

What a different world this would be if people would listen to those who know more and not merely try to get something from those who have more.

The most precious things in speech are pauses.

The less you talk, the more you're listened to.

Speech should be fruitful as well as free.

My parents were reasoned and deep thinkers. My dad is an intellectual and a literary man.

Always say less than you think you need. Inject some space into the conversation.

I like getting older. I always looked younger than I was, and I found that people wouldn't give me the room to speak. The older I get, it's like, 'Oh, I'm still talking, and they're still listening.'

I try to make what I say count.

When people ask me what's really important about my father, I think the most important thing about him was his moral imagination.

When you know how to listen everyone is the guru

He who does not know how to be silent will not know how to speak.

Without tact you can learn nothing. Tact teaches you when to be silent. Inquirers who are always questioning never learn anything.

I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.

Sensible men show their sense by saying much in few words. If noble actions are the substance of life, good sayings are its ornament and guide.

A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.

"You learn when you listen. You earn when you listen - not just money, but respect.

There is a grace of kind listening, as well as a grace of kind speaking.