Quotes About Listening

I didn't really listen to music when I was doing homework or when I - when I work on a script. I tend to drift to NPR and news.

We are a government that does its homework and listens to the public.

I listen to all kinds of music, honestly.

I listen to everything: hip hop, R&B, alternative, pop. I love JCole, so I'm always listening to him. Kendrick and Drake.

What I'm hoping is that people in my age group will grow up with me and keep listening.

We had an old Victrola with the old bulldog they used to have there. The horn would come out.

You can detect a hostile listening or a bored listening or a tired listening or an excited and engaged listening.

People who listen to NPR are forever thanking the hosts for 'sharing,' or 'initiating a dialogue,' or 'taking the time to explain this very important issue.'

I think kids in France, and certainly in my household, don't necessarily stop interrupting when you tell them, but they gradually become more aware of other people, and that means that you can have the expectation of finishing a conversation.

I don't trawl record shops anymore. I usually hear music in bars or at friends' houses.

All you have to know is mathematically how many times to scratch it and when to let it go - when certain things will enhance the record you're listening to.

I think the best thing that you can do with your kids is to talk to them like they're human beings, not like they're children and they don't know what they're doing.

Learn how to humble yourself, and be able to take advice and not feel like you know everything.

We must be humble and listen to the people who elected us to lead.

You have to be humble when somebody is, not blaming you, but having to say something isn't right or correct.

When you meet someone who gives you good advice for your own, you must have the humility to listen.

I could listen to Lorne Michaels tell stories for a hundred years.

When you make a record, you listen to it literally hundreds of times. When it's done and you can't do anything else, I never listen to my records.

My philosophy is, 'Eat when hungry, stop when you're full.'

It is already hard enough to understand what someone is saying. Discussion is just an exercise in narcissism where everyone takes turns showing off. Very quickly, you no longer have any idea what is being discussed.

The problem is no longer getting people to express themselves, but providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find something to say.

Empathetic silence is one of the most underused weapons in the world.

It was enough to be near her and hear her talk, it didn't always matter what she was saying. It should have, but it didn't.

A lot of people lacked that gift: knowing when to fuck off. People love talking, and I have never been a huge talker. I carry on an inner monologue, but the words often don't reach my lips