Quotes About Listening

So I went out and bought Hard Again by Muddy Waters. That was a big learning curve. I listened to that album again and again and again. James Cotton was the harmonica player on that album.

My parents are great listeners Which is why I never tell them anything

Your body tells you what it needs, and if you sleep past your alarm on a Saturday morning, it's probably because you need the sleep.

Just because I'm quiet doesn't mean I have nothing to say.

One reason listening can be exhausting for introverts is that we pay attention. We listen hard. Words enter our ears and then go straight to our busy, whirring brains to be processed, considered, and analyzed.

The Guest Speaker I have to keep myself awake While the guest speaker speaks. For his and for procedure's sake I have to keep myself awake. However long his talk might take (And, Christ, it feels like weeks) I have to keep myself awake While the guest speaker speaks.

If she had been willing to listen, Poirot might have told her that he would be unlikely to cooperate with any man who considered himself to be the cleverest man in England for as long as he, Hercule Poirot, resided in London.

Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.

I find that when I get casual in my relationships with divinity and when it seems that no divine ear is listening and no divine voice is speaking, that I am far, far away. If I immerse myself in the scriptures the distance narrows and the spirituality returns. I find myself loving more intensely those whom I must love with all my heart and mind and strength, and loving them more, I find it easier to abide their counsel.

I find that when I get casual in my relationshsip with divinity and when it seems that no divine ear is listening and no divine voice is speaking, that I am far, far away. If I immerse myself in the scriptures the distance narrows and the spirituality returns.

Be not foolish, O my soul, nor become deaf in the ear of thine heart with the tumult of thy folly. Hearken thou too. The Word itself calleth thee to return: and there is the place of rest imperturbable, where love is not forsaken, if itself forsaketh not.

Your body will always tell you what you need. If you crave sweet things, your energy is flagging. If it's meat you want, your iron is low. When you want potatoes above everything else, there is something not grounded with you. Whatever tricks your head many play on you, however fickle your heart, your body will tell you very specifically what it is you need, and it is up to you to listen.

Wives should be kissed - not heard.

Kuulata saab vaid see, kes unustab vahel kella vaadata.

He listened yet more intently to what was within him, to the past, to see whether that voice of memory truly foretelling the future would not speak to him again, revealing the present to him as well as the past.

And he listened yet more intently to what was within him, to the past, to see whether that voice of memory truly foretelling the future would not speak to him again, revealing the present to him as well as the past.

She liked to watch her father as he read, and to listen to the smoothly rolling tones; she felt no curiosity about what the words meant. It was only Shakespeare and she was used to him.

By now Flora was really cross. Surely she had endured enough for one evening without having to listen to intelligent conversation? Here

Listening is a form of accepting.

Listening to Aunt Eliza, one could learn that when people talk too fast the content becomes as superfluous as the speed.

Ohhhhkay... say again but slooooowly.

T]alking can lead to deeper connections. So my therapist said.

She backed away toward the door as, softly, too softly for anyone to hear, she joined in on "Don't ask where I'm going; just listen when I'm gone." She slipped out the door without anyone noticing.

Listen for what you identify with, not for what makes you different.