Quotes About Listening

I grabbed her and held her close, whispering, "Shhh," as I kept looking and listening. Kenjii nudged me, as if to say, That's no welcome.

You never know what you're missing when you run away from a conversation.

Todos habláis mucho. Alguien tiene que ser la persona que no hable. La persona que escuche. (...) Es como ser invisible, ¿sabes? No hablar.

She loved his seriousness. Most men, even quite clever ones, became silly when they talked to women. Walter spoke to her just as intelligently as he spoke to Robert or Fitz, and—even more unusually—he listened to her answers.

The ability to listen to smart people who disagree with you is a rare talent –

capacidad de escuchar a gente inteligente que no está de acuerdo contigo es un talento difícil de encontrar…

Cómo se pueden obtener soluciones si a nadie se le permite hablar de los problemas?

La capacidad de escuchar a gente inteligente que no está de acuerdo contigo es un talento difícil de encontrar… pero un presidente debe tenerlo

Saber escutar pessoas inteligentes que discordam das suas opiniões é um talento rato, mas que um presidente deveria ter.

Una de las mejores cualidades de aquél era su habilidad para mantenerse callado cuando debía hacerlo.

aurem cordis, the ear of the heart.

Brother Godleof read the prologue to the Rule of Saint Benedict: "Obsculta, o fili, praecepta magistri, et incline aurem cordis tui." Listen, my son, and turn the ear of your heart to the precepts of your master. Aldred loved the phrase aurem cordis, the ear of the heart. It suggested a way of listening more intense and thoughtful than the norm.

No podemos detener a trabajadores por el mero hecho de que escuchen un punto de vista distinto.

The ability to listen to smart people who disagree with you is a rare talent – but a president should have it.

La capacidad de escuchar a gente inteligente que no está de acuerdo contigo es un talento difícil de encontrar…

I had to keep on acting deaf if i wanted to hear at all.

Mi-a zis ca un om care-a tacut atata amar de vreme avea pesemne multe de spus, dupa care se intinse la loc pe perna si astepta. Eu ma straduii un minut sa-i zic ceva, dar singurele lucruri care-mi venira in minte erau din acelea pe care un om nu le poate spune altuia in cuvinte.

Un uomo, dopo essere rimasto zitto a lungo come me, soggiunse, probabilmente aveva parecchie cose da dire, e si appoggiò al guanciale e aspettò. Riflettei per un minuto cercando qualcosa da dirgli, ma la sola cosa che mi venne in mente era una di quelle cose che un uomo non può dire a un altro uomo, perché tradotta in parola suona falsa.

The only way I could discover how to help someone was by listening. Only when I heard what they were trying to say could I get a sense of what they needed, of the issues they were confronting at that time, of the kind of help that would really help at that specific moment.

Listening, I suddenly realized who the man was. This was the legendary leader of the northern California birders, Rich Stallcup, the Pirate of Point Pinos.

One can hear all that's going on in the street. Which means that from the street one can hear what's going on in this house.

Whomever speaks first gives up some power.

Words have no power when someone isn't listening to you anymore

I know the power of speech. I don't talk much.