Quotes About Listening

I'm not being weird, you're being a little rude. Don't you think as a host, when I say 'this is what I want to talk about' that's what we should address?

Why don't you lay the footpaths where the students want to walk?

I think it's easier than ever to hear only what you want to hear. That doesn't make a good citizen.

Freud said he didn't know what women wanted. I know what women want. They want a whole lot of people to talk to.

But right now I'm here with you. And I want to know where you are, what you need, and what you want to do.

When a woman talks, she just wants to be heard.

We are often unable to tell people what they need to know, because they want to know something else, and would therefore only misunderstand what we said.

In our home we have a rule: You can disagree with a man's position as much as you want - after you have been able to state it to his satisfaction.

We can't wave a magic wand and get rid of any of these people's problems, but what they want is they want to be heard.

If you feel like eating, eat. Let your body tell you what it wants.

I always take time for somebody who wants to talk to me.

When your kids come home, they don't necessarily want to talk to you. They just want to know you're standing there, ready to talk.

I don't know, but I think kids just want to be listened to, so I want to make sure I do that.

My wife and daughter have accused me of being too silent at breakfast but I don't want to talk when I don't have much to say.

I set myself that decision, otherwise I'm driving an opinion at you, and I think that would be treating you like you're an idiot. I don't want to force-feed you my opinion.

I think the hardest thing is to know what you want, ask for it, and then to stop talking.

Yelling and screaming won't really get what I want from my kids.

I always tell people that if you really want to know somebody, they should listen to that person's interview with me. I spend a lot of time with my guests.

Market leaders inevitably slip into decline when they tell the people what they want instead of giving the people what they want.

In fact, we actually listen to fans all the time. It's helpful because you want to get a sense of what people are looking for and what they disagree with.

I take pride in having something to say, which people actually want to hear.

Being nonconfrontational allows people to feel like they can say anything they want.

You ask rather too many questions. I have given you answers enough for the present: now I want to read.

I think people hear the question they want to hear.