Louis MacNeice Quotes

We tend to think of extremes of emotions as registering, for example, you have to cry or laugh or get angry. But for the most part, we find it difficult to read each other most of the time. If you walk through the street, most people are pretty difficult to read. But they're thinking inside.

People call me the human emoji because I think people recognize that if I'm ever thinking something or feeling a certain emotion, it goes straight to my face. So if I'm happy, you'll know I'm happy, and if I'm mad, you'll know I'm mad just by looking at me.

I'm not very good at talking about my emotions.

I'm just not very comfortable talking about my emotions on a normal, day-to-day basis.

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.

Nonverbal communication forms a social language that is in many ways richer and more fundamental than our words.

To a guy like me, a laugh is full of information.

There's something about studying body language and non-spoken emotion - I know the innate response. But to really study it like a science would be fun.

In this respect I suppose I'm the total opposite of Garry. With his very emotive body language at the board he shows and displays all his emotions. I don't.

Listen with your eyes for feelings.

Watch how you communicate with a woman. Because you're always communicating, even when you're not talking - with your body language, your facial expressions, your eyes.

Emotions often must be portrayed from an inner feeling, of course, but I had a double advantage because I was learning to direct my as-yet expressionless feelings as well as gaining an ability to express emotion by a very conscious manipulation of my muscles.

When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings.

I think humans are just hard-wired to process people's faces and understand meaning and expression at such a more granular level than other types of communication.

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

I think you can actually express a lot more in ways without words.

I am one of those people who are out of touch with their emotions. I tend to treat my emotions like unpleasant relatives - a long-distance call once or twice or year is more than enough. If I got in touch with them, they might come to stay.

Make it your profitable habit to carefully study facial expressions. You can see the entire human drama in a face; you can tell its owner's history.

I've always been a very sensitive person, and people tell me that if I'm in a certain mood, and I go into a room, my mood will permeate the room. It's not on purpose - I'd rather be invisible in those moments - but I'm really bad at faking how I feel.

Some people can't connect with their own emotions.

My face moves, unlike some actors' do. I guess it's kind of a response to what's happening internally.

I've always been very open with my emotions. Actually, that's got me into a lot of trouble, too, in the past.

I'm not the best at hiding my emotions.

You can tell a lot about a person just by watching their facial expressions. But there are times when it's best to hide your feelings, especially at work.