This line came in from A Word A Day:
The older I grow, the more I listen to people who don't talk much.
-Germain G. Glien
I wonder who Germain G. Glien is, or was? All I could find from Google about him is he said the above quote.
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I also liked this quote! Thank you for putting it on your blog, or else I never would've found it.. I came across it on Hobo-Girl's Quote website Here: http://www.hobogirl.com/quotes/HGQ-Communication.htm
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is this one: "Most conversations are simply monologues
delivered in the presence of a witness."
-- Margaret Miller
These are also thought-provoking to me:
"The best way to become boring is to say everything."
-- Voltaire
"The time to stop talking is when the other person
nods his head affirmatively but says nothing."
-- Unknown
"The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention."
-- Richard Moss
"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers.
You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."
-- Naguib Mahfouz
"The right to be heard does not automatically include
the right to be taken seriously."
-- Hubert H. Humphrey
"Discussion is an exchange of knowledge;
an argument an exchange of ignorance."
-- Robert Quillen
"Stubborness does have its helpful features.
You always know what you are going to be thinking tomorrow."
-- Glen Beaman