Quotes About Listening

The secret, Reagan's secret, is to listen, to value what you hear, and then to make a decision even if it contradicts the very people you are listening to. Reagan impressed his advisers, his adversaries, and his voters by actively listening. People want to be sure you heard what they said—they're less focused on whether or not you do what they said.

Dac? poÈ›i încânta doar È™ase sute de oameni, cel mai bun mod de a începe este s? stabileÈ™ti pe care. Alege oamenii care vor ceea ce oferi tu. Alege oamenii cei mai deschiÈ™i s?-È›i asculte mesajul. Alege-i pe cei care le vor spune persoanelor potrivite...

A piece of advice his father had given him surfaced in Edgar's mind. Sometimes, he had said, it's better just to keep quiet and think with your heart.

Why do people not listen when you say no? Why do they think you are too stupid or too young to understand? Why do they think you are too shy to reply? Why do they keep badgering you until you will say yes?

On their way home, John said, "Marta, that's a long way to go so that Jacob can have a friend." "Shh," Marta said. "Ears." "What?" "We all have ears. Everyone in this car can hear, John." "Well, of course we all have ears. Oh.

when he left, my dad said two things. First: Sometimes I envy your mom not being able to hear and Second: If Uncle Bill is allergic to cats maybe he won't be able to visit us anymore. Ha ha ha.

When we don't tell those we love about what's really going on or listen carefully to what they have to say, we tend to fill in the blanks with stories.

Often in close relationships, the subject being discussed is not the subject at all.

Not everyone wants to take up meditation, but most people can feel an alignment with values like mutual respect, insightful investigation, listening to one another. Meditation is a way to help those values become real in day-to-day life, helping people to understand themselves more and more and have a way to not get lost in old patterns.

when you've come to the end of yourself and you don't get it, take a nap, have a good meal, and lean in for the gentle whisper of God.

The best that any education can do is to add understanding of the past and present, to gird one for the future, to sharpen the intelligence, to enable one to evaluate whatever comes along, to listen, to learn, to question, to be interested in what is going on, to be involved, to believe "this concerns me," above all to keep the mind alive. This is what I believe Scott Fitzgerald did for me in his College of One.

One listened and one remembered. I listened as best I could, but there were no hooks in my head to hang much of it on.

Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions.

What's so funny?' asked Peone. 'Catholic cops are funny,' said Lester. 'You were listening?' 'Yeah.' 'Yeah? Catholic Indians are funny.' 'There's lots of Catholic Indians.' 'There's lots of Catholic cops.

Like a good Indian, he knew when to talk and when to remain silent. Like a good Indian, he knew there was never a good time to talk.

But whenever I started in on my crazy theories, Norma would put her finger to my lips really gently. Junior, she would say with gentleness and patience. Shut the fuck up. Norma always was a genius with words.

Stop a minute and listen. I know I'm asking the impossible from you, but for once in your life, shut your mouth and open your ears. I'm not the one talking. Kyrian snarled at him. Don't get smart with me. You want me stupid? Nick....

If you can't improve the silence, you shouldn't be speaking. -Hauk

His mom always said that 90 percent of intelligence was knowing when to shut up.

Then I want you to run all of your words backward in your head and listen to them. Then put on my ears and listen to them again, and then tell me what you hear. -Lydia to Seth

After all these years of listening to you rant about Prince Dickhead, I want to meet him for myself. (Francesca) Fine, but remember to avert your gaze from his. He'll suck the goodness right out of the marrow of your bones and leave you as morally bankrupt as he is. (Esperetta)

I don't know of a greater privilege than being allowed to tell a story, or to listen to a story. They're the only thing we have that can trump life itself.

The best way to persuade is with your ears.

God has willed that we should seek and find God's living Word in the testimony of other Christians, in the mouths of human beings.