Trevor Nunn Quotes

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.

When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.

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

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.

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 have to do a lot of listening, you don't just learn out of yourself.

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.

The best way to persuade people is with your ears - by listening to them.

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.

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.

Well, you can't argue with somebody that won't argue back.

One of my strengths is my ability to talk and communicate with people.

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

I will listen to any argument put to me.

Training to be a therapist teaches you to shut up and listen, and that is certainly useful as a writer.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

I don't have the ability to find a middle ground with my audiences, and I know this too well.

I've learnt to listen. I don't think I always did listen.

Don't beg, don't threaten and don't assume you're always right.

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

The best police officers I know (no matter what their physical stature) have one common trait: their ability to communicate with others. Personally, I do not have the physical stature to dominate those with whom I come in contact, so I have had to develop excellent communication skills that help me talk people into handcuffs.

I'm a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.

The biggest piece of advice I have is - listen. Don't jump to the answer or what you think the answer is. The more you listen, the more you learn.

In order to practice dialogue, you need to be able to set aside your assumptions and try to listen more than you want to talk. It's not always politically correct to be able to do that, but it can give you a better sense of the reality.

I think it's important to have conversation about things instead of shutting things down.