Quotes About Listening

It's not easy, but I truly that think being a good listener is an important part of being a good journalist.

It's important to stay a human, to be a journalist, to be a human covering the stories and trying as best as I can to put myself in their shoes, to be respectful, to just listen.

I will always try to stay on the right path, listen only to my coaches and my inner voice. If there is good advice from journalists, I will take that as well.

Journalists like to talk and write and produce, but the most important part of that process is learning how to listen. And that's what makes you a good journalist.

In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey.

I've spent a lot of long car journeys listening to audiobooks, so I know firsthand just how amazing they can be.

Judas heard all Christ's sermons.

Since I am me, I find it very difficult to judge how fascinating listening to my nasal, heavily-accented drone for two hours would be to somebody who wasn't me.

Hairdressers don't judge you. They pretty much accept everything because they've heard everything. They're on your side, like a cheerleader, and there's no competition. They don't want to be you, and you don't want to be them.

Before I judge someone, I need to talk to them and learn what their journey's are.

Music should be judged on what you hear, not what you think you might hear.

But stand-up is also one of the few art forms where women aren't judged on their appearance - possibly the only one where people are actually there to listen to what they say on stage.

People in grief need someone to walk with them without judging them.

Listen with grace, with no judgment, without imposing the law.

It's a hard thing to find in people: to sit and just be present with someone, even for two minutes.

Imagine if everyone was able to help just one child who needs to be listened to, needs to be respected, and needs to be loved - we could make such a huge difference for an entire generation.

Kanye's the best listener I've ever worked with. If I interrupt Kanye, every single time, he'll wait for me to finish before speaking. It's a running joke - sometimes I interrupt him just to see. And he always goes, 'No, no, finish. I want to hear what you have to say.'

It gives me a very keen satisfaction that, after listening to my blather all those years, former students are now seeing that I wrote a book, that I did have it in me.

I make all my decisions by listening to my instinct and then keeping my fingers crossed it will lead to a good place.

Listening to people keeps them entertained.

Kelly has a rather bad habit of interrupting.

One of the most important keys to getting through to anyone and then influencing them is to realize that inside everyone's mind, they listen to someone or something.

My only hope is that we can all try and be kinder, always show love and listen to one another.

When I was growing up, you would put on a KISS record or a UFO or Aerosmith record and listen to it from the first song through the last song. It's been so long since a band has put out a record like that.