Verne Troyer Quotes

I feel that if a person has problems communicating the very least he can do is to shut up.

I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.

I don't always know how to communicate. I think I get a bit unfiltered and a bit strange to people.

Screaming, it's not me. I tried it before! Action is more my thing. Not talking. It's hard for me to have word fights, fighting with words. I'd rather just listen.

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

I kind of do this awkward body language because, growing up, I had a really hard time expressing myself vocally.

It is really hard to completely re-learn how to express yourself without using words. When you take away speech, you have to re-invent the way you express yourself. You have to exaggerate your body language and your facial expressions.

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.

I like my hands. They do most of the talking.

It's finding those nonsensical pieces of conversation that we all do all the time. We do all the time. When we're talking on the telephone, there are arguments with people who agree when they both think that they disagree.

It's not that I don't like words. There's sometimes no need for words.

We're losing social skills, the human interaction skills, how to read a person's mood, to read their body language, how to be patient until the moment is right to make or press a point. Too much exclusive use of electronic information dehumanises what is a very, very important part of community life and living together.

I think there's a worry that an excessive use or an almost exclusive use of text and emails means that as a society we're losing some of the ability to build interpersonal communication that's necessary for living together and building a community.

Part of being out there, campaigning, talking to people, is being able to read body language.

Being a good listener is more than just being quiet. It's reflecting back on what you're hearing. It's processing the information to formulate a question, a comment or a speech.

I think there's a great deal of information you can convey with looks or silence.

Some people are very good at that, communicating with the world; I'm not sure I'm suited to it.

We have to teach girls communication skills.

It's not just about the words you use, but the way you use them, and the message that puts over. Also your face too and the way you project your message. If you're telling the group to stay calm, be good, and you have beads of sweat dripping down your forehead, you're in trouble.

How are you supposed to communicate on the pitch when you don't off it?

I'm not the greatest communicator. I kind of internalize a lot. See, I just said I need to be quiet, but that's not the kind of communication I mean. I mean expressing myself or even standing up for myself. I can sometimes be very passive.

If someone is difficult to talk to, if someone cannot communicate clearly, it's a real problem in terms of their likelihood to work out.

It is one of the worst things of sentiment that the voice grows to be more important than the words, and the speaker than that what is spoken.

You don't need to be told some things. You can sometimes tell more by a man's silence and the set of his head than by what he says.

You have to learn to express differently. Whenever I do TV or film, I ask if I can see the shot to see, to see if it's full body or a close-up. That helps me understand how to communicate.