Patti Stanger Quotes

How I say it has as much of an impact on what people think of me as what I say.

I learned that you have to be careful about how you say things but not what you say.

So I think it's better to say something than not to say anything at all, even to an ignorant person.

The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech.

The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.

It illustrates vividly my incapacity of knowing when to be silent and when to speak.

I blame all of Egypt, because they do not know how to talk to each other.

I listen much better when I'm acting than I do in real life.

The Duffers can be super articulate or very straight to the point. I was really impressed with how they were with each other.

People don't know how to listen, and it's not their fault. In school, we learn how to read, we learn how to write - but nobody teaches you how to listen.

People that don't talk are constipated. I'm sorry, but if you can't communicate, what do you have? You have nothing.

The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.

Language commonly stresses only one side of any interaction.

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing.

Communication is a skill that you can learn. It's like riding a bicycle or typing. If you're willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of evry part of your life.

Communication is an issue where we can improve, and if I can do anything to help, I am happy to.

'No comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again.

People seem to think that you should be willing to speak to them whether they're jerks or not.

Listen more than you talk.

Listening is harder than just acting. Listening is the hardest part.

We do not learn first what to talk about and then what to say about it.

Tact is after all a kind of mind reading.

As a person, I have never been discourteous or nasty to anybody. I may have stood my ground a bit too directly, a bit too firmly, and I believe I have, over a number of years, learned to be a little less direct.

Be slow to speak, and only after having first listened quietly, so that you may understand the meaning, leanings, and wishes of those who do speak. Thus you will better know when to speak and when to be silent.

There is a fine line between assertiveness and being relaxed.