Lewis B. Hershey Quotes

Anyone who devotes time and attention to what makes people tick, to me, is a smart person.

I think I am a pretty good at understanding each character of each person I meet.

I love reading people. I really enjoy watching, observing, and being able to figure out a person, the reason they wore that dress, the reason they smell the way they do.

My biggest job really is to figure other people out. I need to understand what makes a person tick.

Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.

I think creative people need to do a bit of, you know, tuning into every radio station - you just do, otherwise you don't know much about other people. You kind of have to learn a bit about yourself so you can work out how we all behave and why we do the things we do.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

I don't take anything at face value. I always look for the reasons people are the way they are.

I've always read in order to figure out people more, and that includes bad people and good people.

I like to connect with people and suss them out. There's no better way than seeing how they react if you just bear into them.

Most of the people that I deal with are human. So I've had a lot of experience with that.

I'm a problem solver. I love people. The more complicated they are, the more I get into them, and I just want to understand what makes them tick.

I want books to give me insight into the way people's brains work and hearts work, and that's what engages me.

You must look into people as well as at them.

Listening is terribly important if you want to understand anything about people. You listen to what they say and how they say it, what they share and what they are reticent about, what they tell truthfully and what they lie about, what they hope for and what they fear, what they are proud of, what they are ashamed of. If you don't pay attention to other people, how can you understand their choices through time and how their stories come out?

I find people confusing.

The mystery in how little we know of other people is no greater than the mystery of how much, Laurel thought.

That seems to be my superpower - really understanding what motivates people.

I've learnt to not look that deeply into what people say as it's mostly a reflection of themselves.

Acting is very anthropological for me. It makes me less judgmental.

I'm a people watcher, and I love to listen.

I think you can tell a lot about people if you observe them as they're observing.

I am a people's person. I consume people.

I feel like I can get a good feel for people.

The best way to know people is to work with them.