Author Profile
Deborah Tannen
1945 • American • Sociologist
62
Total Quotes
Collected Meditations
Showing 62 quotesIn this world, conversations are negotiations for closeness in which people try to seek and give confirmation and support, and to reach consensus. They try to protect themselves from others' attempts to push them away.— Deborah Tannen
The biggest mistake is believing there is one right way to listen, to talk, to have a conversation - or a relationship.— Deborah Tannen
I can't tell you how many times I heard from younger sisters that their older sisters were bossy and judgmental.— Deborah Tannen