Quotes About Nonverbal

We routinely participate in elaborate nonverbal exchanges even when we are not consciously aware of doing so.

More important than learning to speak Japanese when you come to Japan is learning to speak silence. My neighbors seem most at home with nonverbal cues, with pauses and the exchange of formulae. What is the virtue of speaking Japanese, Lafcadio Hearn noted, if you cannot think in Japanese?

I discovered that silent film is almost an advantage. You just have to think of the feeling for it to show. No lines pollute it. It doesn't take much - a gaze, an eyelash flutter - for the emotion to be vivid.

Not responding is a response.

Hablaba con los ojos, con la boca, con toda mi cara, lo hacía con el alma cuando hablaba con el

Silence gives meaning to the language of the eyes; and silence of the lips cannot keep the secret that a glance betrays.

The best thing about animals is that they don't talk much.

I love body language.

I can judge someone by body language and eyes.

I have these big brown eyes, so ever since I was a baby, you could tell what I was feeling and thinking based on my eyes.

How do, Peter," Mr. Yarby said. Mrs. Yarby just gave me a nod.

The testers found that training attention not only improved executive control; scores on nonverbal tests of intelligence also improved and the improvement was maintained for several months.

do this – and very large lines appeared across his forehead. His nostrils flared, becoming even wider holes than they already were. Speak-No, Hear-No and See-No

Our eyes met, and then, with one accord, each of us dropped his gaze to the other's crotch. It was one of those moments of mutual understanding which never cease to delight me.

Tails often say a lot more than mere words.

For myself, I've kind of always been interested in pets because they're not human.

There's a kind of telepathy that goes on with the photographer and model.

One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity.

An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy.... One of the most wonderful things in nature is a glance of the eye; it transcends speech; it is the bodily symbol of identity.

Ideally, the problem-solving group meets around a single table, thereby providing as much nonverbal information as possible. Being physically close to other human beings provides an immeasurable advantage as you interact and communicate.

He looks at you or doesn't. You look at him. He says nothing and you say nothing. There is nothing to communicate.

In the great burrow, however, things happened differently. The rabbits mingled naturally. They did not talk for talking's sake, in the artificial manner that human beings—and sometimes even their dogs and cats—do. But this did not mean that they were not communicating; merely that they were not communicating by talking.

And if you had no tongue, no celebrating language, you'd do this: cross your hands at the wrist with palms facing towards you; place your crossed wrists over your heart (the middle of your chest, anyway); then move your hands outwards a short distance, and open them towards the object of your love. It's just as eloquent as speech.

You don't need to be told some things. You can sometimes tell more by a man's silence and the set of his head than by what he says.