Quotes About Listening

I think I'm a pretty good listener.

I'm a pretty good listener.

There are times when you should listen to what people say about you, but also a lot of times you just don't need to listen so much. Don't worry so much and just go. Unless you're, like, in danger, and then don't. And then run, girl.

I wish people would listen rather than rush around in their own world. There's a danger that we are becoming stuck in a bubble and losing the ability to communicate.

If you have Darwin, Christ and Nietzsche, they're all going to talk at once. You need somebody who listens.

People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because they're going deaf, it has to be played louder still.

To really understand a deaf person's experience, you need someone that is deaf to be able to tell you what their experience is.

I'm totally deaf in my right ear, yeah.

I will listen to people, but then I will take very decisive action.

I just love listening to music and talking about it, so my social media is mostly dedicated to talking about songs and stuff that interests me.

What I've learned is that what most women really want deep down inside is time to get to know you - and your undivided attention. They want it to be about them for a little while.

Listen with an open ear is the first, most important thing to do. From there, if people feel like learning more, that's when you can kind of go deeper.

Here's the thing: When you become brilliant at listening, people feel that you care about them. When they feel you care about them, they begin to care about you. And when people care about you, your success becomes a part of how they define their success.

Talk to families in poverty and ask them what they need, instead of prescribing it for them. Ask what the barriers are. Ask what would help. And then deliver it.

Every demo I do has a mandolin or resonator on it - some element of the bluegrass or classic country world that I grew up listening to and that first drew me in. And then I always try to find somewhere for a bluesy guitar sound, because that's also what I love.

When I was 9 years old, growing up in Denver in the 1960s, I'd spend hours listening to my friend's mother's record collection.

Designers have been uncreative and very arrogant. They need to listen to people. People have always wanted more exciting, interesting design, but we designers didn't see it.

It's time architects start designing for our ears as well as our eyes.

Some of my best friends are architects. And they definitely do have ears. But I think sometimes they don't use them when they're designing buildings.

The desire to be right can be very destructive in relationships.

For women, detailed conversation is our lifeblood, while for men it's just not as critical.

More than reading - much more than reading, in fact - I developed a love for telling stories from listening to two parents who really knew how to do it. And it really is an art.

I'm about dialogue, and I'm always willing to talk.

I like books on tape, and will listen to just about anything.