Quotes About Listening

I don't listen to my own music at home.

Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.

I learned so much from listening to people. And all I knew was, the only thing I had was honesty and openness.

God of hope, I look to you with an open heart and yearning spirit. During this Advent season, I will keep alert and awake, listening for your word and keeping to your precepts. My hope is in you.

I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.

How can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I'm on the right track or that I've started at some place that you're familiar with?

Even the cry from the depths is an affirmation: why cry if there is no hint of hope of hearing?

I hope there are some audiophiles still out there.

Our blessed radio. It gives us eyes and ears out into the world. We listen to the German station only for good music. And we listen to the BBC for hope.

We talk, even if no one listens, because we never know when someone will.

All that we can't say is all we need to hear.

Here's what I would want for humanity, because this is what I have come to see is true: it's so simple when we listen to people.

I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.

Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting.

part of the humor of living on this backward planet is listening to the hominids rationalize their predations.

I think people talk too much anyway. Sometimes people are talking to me and in my mind I'm just like "shut up, shut up, shut upblah blah blah blah blaaaaah.

No one is listening until you make a mistake.

I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.

If you can't hear me, it's because I'm in parentheses.

The average person suffers from three delusions: 1) That he is a good driver 2) That he has a good sense of humor and 3) That he is a good listener.

I never gossip. I observe. And then relay my observations to practically everyone.

Perhaps the difference between a professor and a bus driver is that the professor can say stupid things with complete authority while the bus driver is not authorized to make brilliant insights.

Just because I'm no jaw clacker doesn't mean there should be a ruction put up whenever I have sommat to say.