Kevin Henkes Quotes

That's my ambition: that you look at the pictures and realize what complex, fascinating, interesting people every single one of my subjects is.

One thing I cannot stand is when people say, 'Hi, how are you?' and they don't wait to hear how I am. They're just going through the motions. I say to people: 'Keep it human. Keep it alive. Don't turn into a robot.' You have to hear what the other person is saying clearly.

I had to find stories no one else was writing, so I got away from the quarterback and the coach. I'm still looking for stories no one else has written.

Talking to people and hearing their stories, you learn a lot.

Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.

Who you talk to is just as important as what questions you ask and what you pull away from it.

The two most radical things you can do in America are to slow down, and to talk to each other. If you do these things, you will improve your country.

I spend most of my life just listening to people.

If you just talk to who's easy to talk to, you're not really getting the best data.

I'm not a good listener some times. I'm too much of a control freak. I'm learning to be better. I was so caught up in just getting the job done that I would miss out on the human aspect of this. There was a connection missing.

Gary Cooper - the greatest listener in the world! And he used to answer in kind, which is wonderful because you don't see that anymore. People don't listen. They really don't.

I am worried that the next generation will not be able to have a real conversation.

To talk easily with people, you must firmly believe that either you or they are interesting. And even then it's not easy.

I really like to talk to people and to get their take on things.

I can really find something interesting about almost anyone I talk to.

Silence isn't golden and it surely doesn't mean consent, so start practicing the art of communication.

Someone has said that conversation is sex for the soul.

I did a radio interview for a station in Connecticut or something, and it was the worst interview ever. It was all yes and no answers.

Listen first. Give your opponents a chance to talk. Let them finish. Do not resist, defend or debate. This only raises barriers. Try to build bridges of understanding.

One of our urgent opportunities is to respond to a child when he earnestly asks, remembering that they don't always ask.

This is the problem with dealing with someone who is actually a good listener. They don’t jump in on your sentences, saving you from actually finishing them, or talk over you, allowing what you do manage to get out to be lost or altered in transit. Instead, they wait, so you have to keep going.

Simply paying attention allows us to build an emotional connection. Lacking attention, empathy hasn't a chance.

You can't learn anything if you are doing all the talking. Sales people should always be developing their earQ, not their IQ. The only way to create a successful sale is to understand that knowledge from listening does not become power until it is used. And ideas without action are worthless.

... all of us talk faster than we listen.

I really worked at becoming more assertive, and now none of my friends talk to me.