Quotes About Listening

People are usually so hard of hearing that hardly anything is heard by them, but surprisingly they can easily listen even to a person's hushed word with which they can derive their individual monetary profit in this selfish world.

Something that is said with the word "YOU" is truly heard by a very few and, that too, listened only of someone who leads a very simple life and regularly says the things refreshingly new because "YOU" has a tone and texture of an ADVICE, which everyone tries to give than take from others as almost all consider themselves to be WISE.

The challenge is not finding and/or telling the truth , but finding a person who on telling the truth is willing to listen and/or accept it.

The more a person speaks the thoughts with the word 'YOU' , the less the people should lend their ears to his/her point of view.

The more a person speaks with the word 'YOU', the less should be listened about his/her thoughts or points of view.

The people who have closed mind do find NO SENSE in the open heart communication/conversation done by a person.

When all are talking, no one is probably listening; but if no one is speaking then perhaps all are only sleeping.

The wise man speaks of what he sees, the idiot of what he hears.

magic is about listening to what's inside you and the messages the Divine and nature have for you.

ALWAYS FULL OF QUESTIONS...How many times must I tell you, better to listen than to talk. But you're always talking...asking useless things...whatever for?" "Because I want to know.

Instead of putting people in boxes, we need to stop and listen to their stories.

We speed past the questions that would help us get to know another person's story and instead immediately look to the places of greatest difference and disagreement.

the more willing we should be to listen and engage—especially if the person with whom we are in conversation will challenge our deeply held—even our most cherished and identity-forming—beliefs. . .

I love that Hillary actually cares enough about the issues to study them and listen to people who are affected by them. She's gotta be one of the most knowledgeable and qualified people to ever run for president. She's been a woman in the public eye for decades now.

I'd say that what we hear is the quality of our listening.

I know that it's my queer perspective that's helping people make songs that the world is listening to.

On 'Queer Eye' I come in with what I know, and I try to parlay that into lessons for our 'heroes.' But that's really listening to what they need. Sometimes it's a little more ambitious. Sometimes it's very simplistic. But it's got to be something that's condensed into a short amount of time.

I grew up listening to 'Planet of the Apes' and other scores, and it was fun for me because you weren't just listening to those scores, but you were also questioning what you were listening to. What are those sounds?

Ask questions; don't make assumptions.

The key to being a good interviewer is to listen, no matter how heinous the act that person has committed, you have to listen to them and ask the right questions to get the truth out.

If you ask the right questions, you learn a lot about people.

Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages.

It makes no sense to pack an auditorium with 5,000 people and then tell them to keep quiet.