Sandi Toksvig Quotes

To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.

Different people need different kinds of communication for it to have the same effect. That was something I had to learn.

It takes a little bit of mindfulness and a little bit of attention to others to be a good listener, which helps cultivate emotional nurturing and engagement.

It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then.

I spent over 90 percent of my time talking to people who didn’t have to listen to me.

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.

I think, to be a great conversationalist, you need to be interested in being in said conversation. Oddly enough, I think you need to be a great listener, and I do think I'm a good listener. I think that's my asset - I always listen to people when I talk to them, and that's a big thing you have to have in life and in podcasts.

Emotions are one of the main things that derail communication. Once people get upset at one another, rational thinking goes out of the window.

Here's the problem: People have completely and utterly forgotten one thing when it comes to communication - intent.

You need to be able to communicate what you feel - good or bad. But when I feel things are falling on deaf ears, I take a step back.

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.

Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.

You should communicate with your other one. Understanding what they are on about is pretty key.

I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I've been practising it for so long over so many years I've almost lost my accent.

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.

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.

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

One of the other things I think that I've been able to do in my life, is to listen well.

I find that communication as an actor and person is an important part of who I am. And I'm really drawn into the psychology of those dynamics.

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

If I can make one generalised statement, and generalised statements are never entirely true, nobody wants to be talked down to, kids included.

I learned very early on in life that not everyone wants to hear every fact in the world, even if you want to tell them everything you've ever read.

To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.

There are a lot of things that need to be done to improve communications.

I'm not that guy who thinks I have all the answers. Writing is a means of communicating, and if enough people say, 'I don't get it,' it's worth looking at.