Quotes About Listening

Poetry is the art of overhearing ourselves say things from which it is impossible to retreat.

More people than ever are slowly but surely turning their ears toward poetry

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

Politics is about listening and it's about leading.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

Outrage is easy, cheap, and oversold. The nation needs less anger and more thoughtful reflection, less shouting and more listening, less dissembling and more honesty.

It seems the natural thing for us to listen whilst the Europeans talk.

Congress is so strange. A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens then everybody disagrees.

Be very careful what you say to yourself because someone very important is listening . . . YOU!

A person hears only what they understand.

We should always pray for help, but we should always listen for inspiration and impression to proceed in ways different from those we may have thought of.

Genuineness requires listening through both verbal and nonverbal channels.

Everyone has a heart, but not everyone listens to another's

To often we speak just to hear the sound of our own voice, when we should speak only when the words are sweeter than silence.

Always keep an open mind and to listen to what those around you have to say about you. You might actually learn something that may help you become a better person!

An advice is truly valuable when people not just give it their ears but also their obedience.

Treat your advices like your money, don't give it to others unless they ask for it.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

There is a craft and a power in listening.

There is often grace in silence. But there is always power in understanding.

Stories are medicine. They have such power; they do not require that we do, be, act anything - we need only listen.

For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals. Then something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination. We learned to talk and we learned to listen.

People don't listen to karaoke, they endure it until it is their turn. It is the singularly most self-indulgent form of entertainment available.

Take it from someone using the chair: people who do not use chairs do not like to talk about the chair. They are so worried about saying the wrong thing that they either don't say anything at all or, more likely . . . they say the wrong thing. But that's OK too! I like talking about the chair! I like it when people ask me how I'm feeling. I like it when people remember there's a person in here.