Important Quote by Robin McKinley

It was odd how one found oneself making trivial conversation on important occasions. Perhaps it was because one could not say what was really…

— Barbara Pym

Often it is important to listen to what people aren't saying.

— Peter Bergen

When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of…

— Adelbert von Chamisso

It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.

— Zora Neale Hurston

Listening is more important than talking.

— Jimmy Fallon

It was impossible to get a conversation going, everybody was talking too much.

— Yogi Berra

People, by and large, would rather be talking than listening.

— Mike Nichols

Sighs and silences and avoided conversations are just as important as the things you do talk about.

— Cecelia Ahern

It was flattering to have someone listen so intently to something that was so personal.

— Jude Deveraux

“To make matters even more complicated, research has shown that we remember only 25-50 percent of what we hear. This inclination not only compromises…

— Susan C. Young

There were too many ears that listened for others besides themselves, and too many tongues that wagged to those they shouldn't.

— Mildred D. Taylor

It was hard to have a conversation with anyone, there were so many people talking.

— Yogi Berra