Quotes About Listening

Rochelle went silent again. It was interesting, I thought. I resolved to be more like this, myself: not to speak until I was ready. Obviously, people waited for you.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little. It is plain than an ignorant person thinks everything he does know important, and he tells it to everybody. But a well-educated man is not so ready to display his learning; he would have too much to say, and he sees that there is much more to be said, so he holds his peace.

It is always a mistake to argue with a librarian.

I do not know the art of being clear to those who do not want to be attentive.

Nickie didn't like listening to him because his voice always sounded too smooth.

I'm none too big on giving advice,' Aunt Al said. 'Most times when folks ask for advice, they already know what they should do. They just want to hear it from someone else.

Only he who knows how to speak can be silent.

I am not listening to him any more, but he must have strayed from his original subject because I suddenly hear: . . . to have, as you, the good fortune of writing a book. I have to say something. Good fortune, I say, dubiously. He mistakes the sense of my answer and rapidly corrects himself: Monsieur, I should have said: 'merit.

The way I work, the interview never becomes larger than the person being interviewed.

When you work for other people you'll find ... that they do know what's best for them, and for the company. And you should listen to them and be respectful, but they don't know what's best for you.

Most people can tire of a lecture in fifteen minutes, clever people can do it in five, and sensible people don't go to lectures at all.

Great readers, great listeners, and all have great work ethics. ... They work hard at what they do and they're devout to their reading and listening.

I wanted to be a doctor that I might be able to work without having to talk because for years I had been giving myself out in words.

Listening is not just hearing what someone tells you word for word. You have to listen with a heart. I don't want that to sound touchy-feely; it is not. It is very hard work.

I never thought of myself as an impressionist, so when I do audition for voice-matching things, I have to work really hard and do a lot of listening and trial-and-error.

Go around with your eyes like a camera. Don't lose it by talking. Go and listen. And work!

In daily terms, the work of listening is to be constantly worn free of our preconceptions and preferences so that nothing stands in the way of our direct experience of life.

Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users sentiments.

Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.

I'm in love with Earth. I truly am. And so listening is not work, to work toward a better future. It's joy. To not be able to work toward a better future would be work. That would be tough.

I think the American electorate should work a little harder at getting informed. That includes hearing, truly listening, to what the other side is saying. Whether you're left or right.

The common man prays, 'I want a cookie right now!' And God responds, 'If you'd listen to what I say, tomorrow it will bring you 100 cookies.

Listening well is an exercise of attention and by necessity hard work. It is because they do not realize this or because they are not willing to do the work that most people do not listen well.

I do like that idea that music can work on two levels, and you only pick up on the second one after a few listens.