Quotes About Listening

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for." ? Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Mike has a theory that most calls are boring, so he often leaves his phone where he can't hear it.

you some examples, you should be aware of the fact that most people don't really forget names. They just don't remember them in the first place—often, they don't really hear them in the first place. Just think back and remember the many times you've been introduced to someone, when all you heard was a mumble.

Being active every day makes it easier to hear that inner voice.

most people in the world don't really use their brains to think. And people who don't think are the ones who don't listen to others.

There are three ways you can get along with a girl: one, shut up and listen to what she has to say; two, tell her you like what she's wearing; and three, treat her to really good food...If you do all that and still don't get the results you want, better give up.

If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage

The silence grew deeper, so deep that if you listened carefully you might very well catch the sound of the earth revolving on its axis.

The silence is so deep it hurts our ears

And now I'm really, really, really tired and I want to fall asleep listening to someone tell me how much they like me and how pretty I am and stuff. That's all I want. And when I wake up, I'll be full of energy and I'll never make these kinds of selfish demands again. I swear. I'll be a good girl.

Sometimes we don't need words. Rather, it's words that need us.

Not prejudging things, listening to what's going on, keeping your ears, heart, and mind open.

I've got people I want to understand and people I want to be understood by.

Their hearts, lost in thought, slowly tick away time. When we pass each other on the road, we listen to the rhythm of each other's breathing, and sense the way the other person is ticking away the moments.

The absence of conversation didn't bother Kafuku. He wasn't good at small talk. While he didn't dislike talking to people he knew well about things that mattered, he otherwise preferred to remain silent.

Tell him everything and then be quiet and listen

listen-and-validate-only (on their part) venting sessions for you;

Learn how to lean into Jesus. Let Him hold you close until you can hear the rhythm of His heartbeat. Then you will know when to rest, when to run and when to release!

There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is absolutely necessary, and that God is listening.

All speech, written or spoken, is a dead language, until it finds a willing and prepared hearer.

When I heard 'Jesus, Take the Wheel,' I was like, OK. Some people look at it as a song written for an American Idol, Carrie Underwood, who is wonderful. But when you're a songwriter listening to a song, you hear something else. I heard that song, and wow.

What you're doing is putting into professional play the way that you relate to other people, the way that you analyze and relate to a written text, the way that you would persuade anybody to do anything. It has to do with listening, with humility and a sense of yourself.

When you are mute, you become a good listener - it's all one-way. You appreciate the written word. You appreciate the sound.

If a man is talking in the forest, and there is no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?