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Quotes About Listening

Humor is how you change people's opinions, and if you can make someone laugh, they'll listen, even if they hate you.
~ John Waters
I keep telling myself sensible things, but I never seem to listen!
~ K. Farrell St. Germain
Zane raised his brow. "Didn't I say that yesterday?" he asked, forcinghimself to be patient. Somehow."You say that like you think I listen to you, " Ty responded instantly, asmile pulling at his lips.
~ Abigail Roux
Auntie Yang is not hard of hearing. She is hard of listening.
~ Amy Tan, The Joy Luck Club
He swallowed his food this time and actually spoke instead of humphing,
~ Elle Klass, City by the Bay
Talking about a problem sometimes makes it worse.
~ Dean Koontz, Chase
You have two eyes, and two ears, but only one mouth. This is so because you are supposed to look and listen more than you talk.
~ Lucca Kaldahl
Your tongue is moving my King but the words are not making their way to my ears
~ Dora Okeyo, Water
[Hearing] was distinct from listening, which could only be achieved when hearing was combined with giving a shit.
~ Jon Stewart
If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.
~ Robert Baden-Powell
We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
~ Diogenes
People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.
~ Marianne Williamson
Improve relationships with others by assuming that they can hear everything you say about them
~ Stephen Covey
Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
~ Plutarch
No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.
~ Sam Rayburn
If you want your kids to listen to you, don't yell at them. Whisper. Make them lean in. My kids taught me that. And I do it with adults now.
~ Mario Batali
We don't want to push our ideas on to customers, we simply want to make what they want.
~ Laura Ashley
The more you say, the less people remember.
~ Francois Fenelon
Be a good listener...It makes the person who's speaking to you feel loved,cared for and worthy of being heard.
~ Wayne Dyer
Don't bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.
~ Corrie Ten Boom
Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.
~ Jeanette Winterson
Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.
~ Dalai Lama
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
If I listen long enough, the person will generally come up with an adequate solution.
~ Mary Kay Ash