Quotes About Listening

Talking to children is like testifying in court, answer just whatÄs asked, don't elaborate, and don't volunteer information.

What do you say while someone whispers horrors in your ear, tells you their most intimate, nightmarish secrets? You sit and you listen. And you give them the only thing you can—the silence and the safety to talk and to be heard.

Don't talk about yourself too much, don't dominate the conversation, get him comfortable enough to chat about his favorite and most familiar topic: him.

When a marriage works, it is in no small part because a woman and a man have come to recognize in precise measure when enough has been said.

You listened so you would learn; you thought so that your answer would not return to humiliate or harm you, because, in Paulie's world, once something was said it could not be called back or explained away.

Fruity said, "It went in one ear and out the other." Baba said, "Not surprising. There's very little in between to stop it.

I needed to hear the world but didn't want the world to know I was listening.

My earbuds were in, but I wasn't playing music. I needed to hear the world but didn't want the world to know I was listening.

I nod like I'm listening,like we're communicating, and she never knows the difference.

It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.   Mr.

It is easier not to say anything. Shut your trap, button your lip, can it. All that crap you hear on TV about communication and expressing feelings is a lie. Nobody really wants to hear what you have to say.

My job is to nod or shake my head, to say "I know what you mean," when I don't, and "That is so unfair," when it isn't.

Melinda, Mr. Freeman says. Snow filters into the car and melts on the dashboard. You're a good kid. I think you have a lot to say. I'd like to hear it. I close the door.

I stood for a moment, letting my ears do the walking, and then I gave the bell a thorough ring and waited thirty thoughtful seconds before ringing it again. And that, let me assure you, is not a waste of time. Public institutions throughout the fifty states provide food and clothing and shelter for lads who don't ring the bell first.

I appreciate when people listen to the sad songs, because it's almost like telling someone your problems and having them listen with a compassionate ear.

So after a lovely family Xmas day, this 80s teen is off to bed feeling a bit sad, but listening to this masterpiece [George Michael: I can't make you love me].

If your best friend's feeling tearful, Try not to be too cheerful. Just let her fill your ear full Of sad tales by the score. And when she is through, She'll feel as good as.

There is only one cardinal rule: One must always listen to the patient.

If we watch ourselves honestly we shall often find that we have begun to argue against a new idea even before it has been completely stated.

To sell is above all to master the art and science of listening.

Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

More than anything else, we need in this society the opportunity for people to tell us what they think without being told that they're either dumb, or stupid, or uninformed.

Real dialogue isn't about talking to people who believe the same things as you.