"Listening to what people were saying wasn't even important. But it was important to look as if you were listening to what people were saying. Actually, listening to what people are saying, to me, interferes with looking as if you were listening to what people are saying"
- Errol Morris
About this Quote
This quote by Errol Morris talks with the suggestion that often it is more important to appear to be paying attention than to actually be paying attention. Simply put, it is more vital to give the impact that you are paying attention than to actually be paying attention. This could be due to the fact that the speaker intends to appear to be courteous and also considerate, or because they are much more interested in the impression they are making than in the web content of the conversation. It can likewise be because they are much more curious about the social dynamics of the conversation than in the real words being said. Whatever the factor, this quote suggests that occasionally it is more crucial to seem paying attention than to actually be paying attention.
This quote is written / told by Errol Morris somewhere between February 5, 1948 and today. He/she was a famous Director from USA.
The author also have 3 other quotes.
"The opportunity to create a small world between two pieces of cardboard, where time exists yet stands still, where people talk and I tell them what to say, is exciting and rewarding"
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday"