Quotes About Listening

Labour have been listening for too long to the so-called experts who think that competition is a dirty word and that communicating facts to our children is elitist.

Tout bruit passager est marqué d'hallucination, puisqu'il ne laisse pas de traces, et tout son peut retentir dans l'éternité d'un passé composé de l'écoute.

Speech belongs half to the speaker, half to the listener.

La parole est à moitié à celui qui écoute, et à moitié à celui qui parle.

The world calls on us to listen. Listen, says my daughter, who is writing a paper on Emily Dickinson. Listen, says my son, tucking an earbud in my ear so I can hear the angry rap song that he loves. Listen, says a friend, I have to tell somebody what just happened. . . .

The best listening, Elsa said, was silence dilated by love and attention.

I think God listens when I pray," Curtis said. "I think He listens in the way you said is the best kind of listening. He takes it in deep." "And how does that make you feel?" "Like He hears what I'm saying and understands." "That can be very powerful," Elsa said. "And I imagine very helpful." "Very helpful," said Curtis.

A story, after all, does not only belong to the one who is telling it. It belongs, in equal measure, to the one who is listening.

Tú no tienes madre? - No, no la tengo. Debió de interesarle mi orfandad porque oí crujir las sábanas como si su cuerpo buscara una postura más cómoda para escuchar. Pero yo no añadí nada. Al contrario, apunté la conversación hacia lo que a mí me interesaba. Lo hice con tiento, con miedo, como si a pesar de mis pocos años ya tuviese una sensación inconsciente de que pisaba terreno prohibido.

The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions. Make sure the communication is clear. If you don't understand, ask. Have the courage to ask questions until you are clear as you can be, and even then do not assume you know all there is to know about a given situation.

The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions. Make sure the communication is clear. If you don't understand, ask. Have the courage to ask questions until you are clear as you can be, and even then do not assume you know all there is to know about a given situation. Once you hear the answer, you will not have to make assumptions because you will know the truth.

The only truth for you is what you perceive in your world. With this awareness, there's nothing to prove to anyone. It's not about being right or wrong. You respect whatever somebody says because it's another artist speaking. Respect is so important. When you learn to listen, you show respect for the other artists—you show respect for their art, for their creation.

The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions. Make sure the communication is clear. If you don't understand, ask. Have the courage to ask questions until you are clear as you can be, and even then do not assume you know all there is to know about a given situation. Once you hear the answer, you will not have to make assumptions because you will know the truth. Also

I collect the words unheard. I pluck them from the air, rescue them from gutters, retrieve them from branches—they don't vibrate for long after the words are spoken. I often wonder if I weren't deaf whether I'd hear them. I gather them on my morning walk, along with bottles and cans from recycling bins, and again after supper at St. Joseph's soup kitchen.

And Bill Virdon, the incumbent manager, maintained all the charm and charisma of an old man's nut sack. Martin knew too well that somewhere, George Steinbrenner was watching and listening.

Now, perhaps, we are in a better position to understand the abyss separating Sabina and Franz: he listened eagerly to the story of her life and she was equally eager to hear the story of his, but although they had a clear understanding of the logical meaning of the words they exchanged, they failed to hear the semantic susurrus of the river flowing through them.

You know what it's like when two people start a conversation. First one of them does all the talking, the other breaks in with That's just like me, I... and goes on himself until his partner finds a chance to say, That's just like me, I... The That's just like me, I... 's may look like a form of agreement, a way of carrying the other party's idea a step further, but that is an illusion...

Promatra njihova usta koja se otvaraju sva istodobno, usta koja melju, izbacuju rije?i i bez prestanka praskaju u smijeh (zagonetka: kako se žene koje se me?usobno ne slušaju mogu smijati onome što govore?).

Noise has one advantage. It drowns out words - Franz

Quien trata de convencer a una mujer, de refutarle su punto de vista con argumentos razonables, difícilmente llegará muy lejos.

Comprende que esa impaciencia por hablar es a la vez una implacable falta de interés por escuchar

La sensualité, c'est la mobilisation maximale des sens : on observe l'autre intensément et on écoute ses moindres bruits.

El ruido tiene una ventaja. No se oyen las palabras.

He understands that that impatience to speak is also an implacable uninterest in listening