Quotes About Listening

Much unhappiness comes from walking alone. When there are several, it's somewhat different. I must get into the habit of listening to others, for what the others say concerns me, too.

I live in a rural residential area. It's a great place for a walk. I'm at my happiest when I'm listening to my iPod while walking around where my feet take me.

I run everywhere and eavesdrop. It's the best way to see a city.

Just writing a lot doesn't necessarily make you a better writer. You have to hear yourself as a writer, and the best way to do that is to read your writing out loud.

The more I can hear, the more I can learn, the better off I'll be.

Certainly part of being from a big family is that you have to shout to make yourself heard.

I got into writing because books and stories were always a big part of my life. I loved listening to them and then reading them, and I loved making them up.

The biggest mistake most people make when it comes to listening is they're so focused on what they're going to say next or how what the other person is saying is going to affect them that they fail to hear what's being said.

I respect Billy Joel, but I'm not a guy who's gonna sit down and listen to the entire 'Essential Billy Joel.'

I think that gay men in particular need to just listen to bisexual people and believe them when they say they're attracted to different genders.

I try to listen to as much different music as possible - I've always got music blasting in my ears!

If you've really got a problem with me, and you came and told me you had a problem with me, I'd be interested to listen to you. But if you're just some loser that sits there and hammers away on some blog form or whatever, I don't have time for that. Why even worry about it?

My father used to say, 'What the hell are you listening to? Put that bloody rubbish off.' And it was The Beatles.

The show isn't about screens, and we don't have any video content or lasers or things blowing up. I want people to come to our show to listen. I want the show to be the music.

One of the greatest listeners I know is Bob Tishman. That has probably had the greatest impact on my life than any other thing.

He's Bobby Orr - he's been through it all. Whatever he says, you listen. If you ask a question, you're dying to hear the answer, trying to figure out any piece of information that made him successful.

When you're actually talking over someone, it's as if you're just pontificating and they're not even there. And their body language - they're trying to get away from you. And if you're pontificating at an audience, and there's a break, the non-martyrs in the audience are not going to come back. I mean, they just want to get away from you.

If you're ahead of your time, who's going to listen? If you're behind the times, it's boring.

I've learned to set boundaries and know when to say, 'I just need to rest.' I'm good at listening to what my body's telling me.

The lion's share of what I listened to in the Eighties, what really affected me, was coming from Britain.

I like NPR's podcasts because I can listen to those on the bus.

The key to success is to get out into the store and listen to what the associates have to say.

The recipe to our success is that you have a bunch of different guys who listen to a lot of different music.

Part of being successful is about asking questions and listening to the answers.