Jimmy Fallon Quotes

I think I'm a pretty good listener.

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

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

Listen more than you talk.

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.

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.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

I can be incredibly focused, and I can appear impatient. So I've learned to slow down, get to know people, and provide more context. There's nothing wrong with getting to the point pretty quickly, but it's also helpful to give people an opportunity to talk about their work.

I think one of the things I really learned in Denver is the value of being a good listener.

Listen more than you speak.

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.

I actually think of myself as quite a shy person, although I know I give the impression of someone much more confident. I think what I do have is a capacity to listen to the other, even if the other is an opponent. That leads, in all senses of the word, to an engagement.

Effective listening is something that can absolutely be learned and mastered. Even if you find attentive listening difficult and, in certain situations, boring or unpleasant, that doesn't mean you can't do it. You just have to know what to work on.

I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

I've always been very aware of what I'm saying, but I'm also aware of what you're saying. I always want to make sure that my point is clear.

My job is to have empathy and curiosity for things that I've never done. Also, I'm a person whom people talk to.

Tone is often the most important part of a conversation - and listening is so much more important than what you say.

I can be a good listener. I can ask the right questions a lot of the time.

You've got to be an observer. And you've got to take time to listen to people, talk, to watch what they do.

When you talk, you only talk about something that you already know. But when you listen, you can learn something you don’t know.

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

My ears are really good. I'm a good listener.

I think I am quite a good listener.

I'm a pretty good listener.