If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.
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Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.
Sometimes listening is of greater value than speaking.
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
One advantage of talking to yourself is that you know at least somebody's listening.
The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
If you are ambitious to talk well, you must be as much as possible in the society of well-bred, cultured people. If you seclude yourself, though you are a college graduate, you will be a poor converser.
I make good money: One speech nets me more than what most people make in six months.
Many a man owes his advancement very largely to his ability to converse well. The ability to interest people in your conversation, to hold them, is a great power.
You can learn so much just by doing, not by listening to anybody.
The thing to strive for is to get paid to talk about yourself.