Quotes About Listening

I really listened to a lot of oldies. I didn't really listen to anything that was modern until I was 11 or 12.

It's all about the chairman, listening to what he wants to do with the football club on and off the pitch.

I think one of the things I really learned in Denver is the value of being a good listener.

I became a better listener than I ever had been as a result of playing Jean Luc Picard because it was one of the things that he does terrifically well.

I think that when you follow Christ, one of the things that happens when you start listening to His voice is that you really are alone.

One of the things that was a blessing for me is my parents were music lovers. Neither of my parents played an instrument, but they were avid record buyers. And I grew up at every age listening to all kinds of music.

I do a lot of eavesdropping. That's one of the things I miss about New York: just checking people out.

One of the things that make actors good is their capacity to listen.

One thing I like to tell founders is the more you talk, the more you have an opportunity to say something that people don't like. Talk less, and it will probably be better.

I believe that the best way to campaign is one-on-one with people.

What I like to do is have an opportunity to talk with people in neighborhoods and answer their questions one-on-one. I think it's one of the places I have greatest strength.

I never focus on success; I only focus on listening to my online community and being consistent.

I've probably spent more time than any other brand reading every last comment. To listen to people the way you're able to online is very powerful.

When I was coming up, there was only one way to listen to music, and that was on a Walkman.

I think with how society makes me feel like I should grasp onto the inner strength of me being a woman, and I felt like it was all just very much married into what I'm listening to, what I'm writing, how I'm feeling.

I've made it clear that I have an open door policy - which means that the employee can tell me anything that is on their mind.

I am someone who will listen and someone who has an open mind.

I keep an open mind when a script is narrated to me.

I always want to listen with an open mind.

I think the main lesson that I have learned is that a good scientist is a humble scientist who is open-minded to listen to other scientists when they discover something.

My mom has a good way of engaging me in a conversation about the choices I make, listening, being objective and open-minded, and respecting those choices so long as they don't put me in danger.

In all of my books, I've emphasized that the fundamental difference between civilized and indigenous ways of being is that, for even the most open-minded of the civilized, listening to the natural world is a metaphor.

It's a matter of people closing their eyes and opening their ears. If people are able to do that, then music is ageless.

Mentors can gain so much wisdom from really focusing on what their mentees are saying. Once a person knows you're truly listening, both parties will establish trust over time that will allow the mentee to open up and express themselves openly without fear of judgement.