Change agent Quote by Susan C. Young

“Some people say that I talk too fast, but I think it's just that they listen too slowly.”

— Mark Kermode

Conversation: The slowest form of human communication.

— Don Herold

I just naturally talk slower. Even when I think I'm talking fast, no one ever goes, 'Man, you were flying!'

— Nate Bargatze

“Talk with a comfortable tempo - too fast sounds nervous and you might lose the audience, too slow can come across as dull-witted.”

— Glen Wilson

Be slow to speak and quick to listen.

— Anonymous

The trouble with talking too fast is you may say something you haven't thought of yet.

— Ann Landers

I've had to work on being a slow talker.

— Nicholas Brendon

“SPEAK SLOWLY AND PRECISELY! I CAN'T UNDERSTAND YOU!”

— Chester Bennington

I am telling you to be a slow-speaking person.

— Seneca the Younger

“If you already know what your response will be before you've heard what the other person has said, you are not listening.”

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

“Quick to listen. Slow to speak. Slow to get angry.”

— Apostle James

If you are going to be underestimated by people who speak more rapidly, the temptation is to speak slowly and strategically and outwit them.

— Doris Betts