Charles Caleb Colton Quotes

If we were meant to talk more than listen, we would have two mouths and one ear.

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

I talk too much.

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

Conceit causes more conversation than wit.

If God had wanted us to talk more than listen, he would have given us two mouths rather than two ears.

Communication is the most important skill in life. We spend most of our waking hours communicating. But consider this: You've spent years learning how to read and write, years learning how to speak. But what about listening?

Listening is as important as talking. If you're a good listener, people often compliment you for being a good conversationalist.

In a conversation, keep in mind that you're more interested in what you have to say than anyone else is.

The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard.

Conversation is a beautiful thing. When I was a younger guy, just wandering around talking to people was what kept me connected to the world.

I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.

The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

I see people in terms of dialogue and I believe that people are their talk.

I do do a lot of talking, because it saves me listening.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

Talking is the disease of age.

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.

I genuinely enjoy talking one-to-one. I have no shyness about that.

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

If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.

I'm a communicator.

Stupidity talks, vanity acts.

The reason why we have two ears and only one mouth is that we may listen the more and talk the less.

I love talking to people and finding out their opinion.