Top 31 Most Famous Larry King Quotes (LISTENING)

Top 8 Most Famous Larry King Quotes (BEST)

I remind myself every morning Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening. — I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to **learn**, I must do it by **listening**.

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing at the right time but also to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The best conversationalists are curious about everything. That’s why they are good at listening and why they have broad horizons—they’re always learning something new. — The best conversationalists are curious about everything. That’s why they are good at listening and why they have broad horizons—they’re always **learning** something new.

You cannot talk to people successfully if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no respect for them. — You cannot talk to people **successfully** if they think you are not interested in what they have to say or you have no **respect** for them.

Those who have succeeded at anything and don't mention luck are kidding themselves. — Those who have succeeded at anything and don’t mention **luck** are kidding themselves.

There is nothing in your destiny, nothing in your future that you cannot accomplish. — There is nothing in your **destiny**, nothing in your **future** that you cannot accomplish.

I don't have to like the person I'm interviewing, but I have to be interested in them. — I don’t have to like the person I’m interviewing, but I have to be interested in them.

I never stopped being curious, never stopped wondering, and never stopped wanting to learn.

6 Wise Larry King Quotes to Live By (WISDOM)

“What you want in an interview is four things: You want someone who can explain what they do very well, who can have a sense of humor and hopefully is self – deprecating, who has a bit of a chip on their shoulder, and passion. If you have passion, a chip on the shoulder, a sense of humor, and you can explain what you do very well, it doesn’t matter if you’re a plumber or a singer or a politician. If you have those four things, you are interesting.”
Larry King

Getting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your life. Personal organization some how releases or frees you to operate more effectively. — Getting your house in order and reducing the confusion gives you more control over your **life**. Personal organization some how releases or frees you to operate more effectively.

I'm curious about everything. Even subjects that don't interest me. — I’m curious about everything. Even subjects that don’t interest me.

There’s always one guaranteed way to get out of the conversation 'Excuse me. I have to visit the restroom.' — There’s always one guaranteed way to get out of the conversation: ‘Excuse me. I have to visit the restroom.’

If you do something, expect consequences.

I never forgot being poor, and I never stopped thinking how fortunate I am.

5 More Larry King Quotes About Speaking & Listening

“If you look at the media now all of the hosts of these other shows are interviewing themselves. The guests are a prop for the hosts on these cable networks. The guests for me are always the paramount.”
Larry King

The first rule of my speaking is listen! — The first rule of my speaking is: listen!

I never learned anything while I was talking. — I never learned anything while i was talking.

I've always been more interested in asking questions than knowing the answers. — I’ve always been more interested in asking questions than knowing the answers.

You gotta ask 'why' questions. 'Why did you do this' A 'why' question you can't answer with one word. — You gotta ask ‘why’ questions. ‘Why did you do this?’ A ‘why’ question you can’t answer with one word.

8 Larry King Quotes About Life

“My biggest fear is death because I don’t think I’m going anywhere. And since I don’t think that, and I don’t have a belief… I’m married to someone who has the belief, so she knows she’s going somewhere.”
Larry King

I'm having as much fun today as I did when I made $55 a week, because it is as much fun. — I’m having as much fun today as I did when I made $55 a week, because it is as much fun.

The secret of success is an absolute ungovernable curiosity. — The secret of **success** is an absolute ungovernable curiosity.

You make your own luck. Luck is the residue of design. — You make your own luck. **Luck** is the residue of design.

All of my life doing interviews, comedy has been my favorite thing, comedians are my favorite people.

If I do something caring for a friend, I have no doubt in my mind they would do it for me.

I don't know what to say, except to you, my audience, thank you. And instead of goodbye, how about so long. — I don’t know what to say, except to you, my audience, thank you. And instead of goodbye, how about so long.

4 Larry King Quotes that will Make You Think

“You know what amazes me about UFO’s? They never land at the White House. They always land at laramie, Wyoming. Thiry miles out, where they’re seen by one farmer.”
Larry King

Anonymous sources are to journalism what silicon enhancements are to the feminine figure; they look impressive to the gullible, but something doesn't feel right. — Anonymous sources are to journalism what silicon enhancements are to the feminine figure; they look impressive to the gullible, but something doesn’t feel right.

“Nobody beats a bunch of journalists for inflating their rather mundane straightforward chores with a lot more melodrama and self-importance than the job should be asked to contain.”
Larry King