Quotes About Listening

Lack of communication is the key to any successful relationship going wrong.

If you are approachable, if you keep your line of communication open, then very often, you get to hear what you need to hear.

Communication is important.

I honestly always really try to get people to share their feelings. I always say to everyone that communication is key.

Anybody who wants to compare Pele to any other athlete... do you know what I do? I hear but I don't listen.

I tend to listen to the classical composers: Rachmaninov, Satie.

I mean, I love buying albums, I'm obsessed, but now you just click 'add', don't you? And when do you actually listen to anything? You know, unless you're in the car or you've got time to do that, it's just not the same world any more in terms of concentration.

I appreciate women who lay all their concerns out, and can talk through things.

No, I don't want you to draw any conclusion. I want you to listen to what I just said.

Sometimes I prefer when I can hear other people conduct my music so I can sit out and actually hear it. When you are in the middle of it, sometimes it's a little bit hard to hear and get the whole effect.

I confess to being a CNN junkie. And when I'm driving, it's all NPR all the time.

All world conflicts will be resolved if people listen to my advice.

Connecting with Canadians isn't about what you say, it's about what you're listening to. It's about what you understand.

What I enjoy most with acting is when it's a good scene with one or two other actors, and you feel a strong connection, and you don't know how you're going to respond, and everybody is listening to each other and getting affected by each other, and even though you've rehearsed it many times, it feels like it's happening right now.

I wish I would have listened, when I was a kid, to my elders or people who had my best interests at heart, and then I wish I would have been more conscious at that age also.

I would advise any 17-year-old to surround yourself with people who listen to you, nod when you speak, and smile when you enter spaces.

Being president isn't a solo position. You surround yourself with highly qualified people that are smarter about issues than you are. But that's not enough. You then have to listen to them.

A mate of mine said recently said a lot of stuff sounds like you're listening to it outside, but also like you're surrounded by it, and I think that's quite similar.

I am surrounded by counselors. My sister is a counselor. My daughter is training to be a counselor. A lot of my friends are counselors.

As soon as you start listening to the gossip surrounding you, you just get dragged down by it.

I feel like my strength is surrounding myself with people who have an ear for things, and then they play it for me. I'm always looking; my ear is always open.

The key concept is to open your ears. Music can be here and there, anywhere surrounding you.

The trouble with listening is that so much of what we hear is noise, surrounding us all the time.

Profiling, listening in on anyone and everybody who looks suspicious, or interviewing Muslims in a more intense way than interviewing Christian refugees is all acceptable.