Steve Harvey Quotes

Look, I think if you talk down to a kid or aim specifically at a kid, most kids aren't gonna like it, really, because most kids can feel when you are being patronizing.

When you don't talk down to your audience, then they can grow with you.

If you have learned how to disagree without being disagreeable, then you have discovered the secrete of getting along - whether it be business, family relations, or life itself.

The key to high-quality communication is trust, and it's hard to trust somebody that you don't know.

The worst mistake you can make with children is to talk to them in a condescending, patronising way and think that you can teach them something. You have to understand that it is you who will be learning from them. You have to get into their world and see things from their perspective.

Avoid sarcasm. Don't insist on the last word.

If you want to be listened to, you should put in time listening.

Real answers need to be found in dialogue and interaction and, yes, our shared human condition. This means being open to one another instead of simply fighting to maintain a prescribed position.

I don't like the idea of talking down to kids. I think I was talked down to, and you rebel against that.

If you engage people honestly, and you're willing to do the leg work, people will respond to that.

Civility is not not saying negative or harsh things. It is not the absence of critical analysis. It is the manner in which we are sharing this territorial freedom of political discussion. If our discourse is yelled and screamed and interrupted and patronized, that's uncivil.

My belief is that communication is the best way to create strong relationships.

Communication is so much better when people are vulnerable.

In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change.

A real conversation always contains an invitation. You are inviting another person to reveal herself or himself to you, to tell you who they are or what they want.

The more people talk directly to each other, the better. Dialogue is the way of solving issues.

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'm a very good listener, and I'm not interested in having fights simply for a question of protocol or vanity.

If you snap off people's heads and get on to a kind of a pedestal, it's more difficult for people to approach you. It's much easier if you are down there with them. They will talk to you.

In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.

When you know you haven't been connecting with, persuading, or getting through to someone, consciously pause before meeting them and say to yourself, 'During this conversation, I am committing to being present and to connecting.'

I just want to have folks be comfortable and just share and have a good conversation. To me, that's kind of a lost art.

Communication is number one, and we have to communicate honestly and openly with each other.

The greatest communication skill is paying value to others.

The difference between listening and pretending to listen, I discovered, is enormous. One is fluid, the other is rigid. One is alive, the other is stuffed. Eventually, I found a radical way of thinking about listening. Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you. When I’m willing to let them change me, something happens between us that’s more interesting than a pair of dueling monologues.