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Quotes About Listen

There's a saying in High Egypt: The sky won't listen, so complain all you like.
~ Tanith Lee
I glanced around, hoping Bobbie would appear to give me some guidance. "She's not here now," Eli said. "I sent her away because I want you to listen to me before we go back to town." He had that power over her? I felt exposed there, but maybe he did have some power over the Fury.
~ Ted Dekker
It was a visit from the goddess, the beauty Who was poetry's sister—she had come To tell poetry she was spoiling us. Poetry listened, maybe, but we heard nothing And poetry did not tell us. And we Only did what poetry told us to do.
~ Ted Hughes
Sound is complex. There are many countervailing influences. It can be a bit like a bowl of spaghetti: sometimes you just have to eat it and see what happens.
~ Julian Treasure
A veces el pensamiento parece tener que abrirse camino por incontables barreras, hasta proponerse y ser escuchado.
~ Julio Cortazar
I must have the footprint of fresh disaster on my face. They listen to my troubles like they're a couple of capos and I'm talking murder.
~ Junot Diaz
And I strongly believe people should rescue dogs, or, at the very least, listen to Bob Barker and have your pet spayed or neutered.
~ Justin Chambers
How many times have an author come to me to say that I had told them so? Many. Choose to listen to or not the advice gained from experience and wisdom at your own peril. You might save yourself a lot of time and grief. - Strong by Kailin Gow on Being Strong for the Long Tail
~ Kailin Gow
Themes are important to me, but the beats are what catches someone's ear and makes a record a hit, ... The music is more important than anything. You can have instrumental tracks and people will listen to it. But if you put a really good theme to a bad beat, no one will care about it.
~ Kanye West
Have faith in your intuition and listen to your gut feeling.
~ Ann Cotton
And unless you think there is a serious chance you're going to jail, don't listen to your lawyer.
~ Barney Frank
Early on I was more interested in gypsy jazz music until rock and roll came around and I listened to a lot of Buddy Holly, Eddie Cochran and skiffle singer Lonnie Donegan.
~ Denny Laine
Jim Tomsula is going to be great coach for us. Players' coach. Always around the guys. Someone that's willing to listen to what the players say and has their intake.
~ Colin Kaepernick
God has two textbooks - Scripture and Creation - we would do well to listen to both.
~ Francis Bacon
I'm not saying that people have to listen to rock music. It's a great, cool thing and it can really be liberating for a lot of people but, hey, so can Charles Dickens so I'm not going to judge.
~ Frank Black
But witchy magic doesn't listen to please and pretty please, and anyway, I didn't really care. I only pretended to care because not caring makes me a monster.
~ Franny Billingsley
I certainly didn't want to fight with him. I did, however, want to shout, "Listen, you son of a bitch, life isn't all a goddam football game! You won't always get the girl! Life is rejection and pain and loss" -- all those things I so cherishly cuddled in my slef-pitying bosom. I didn't, of course, say any such thing
~ Frederick Exley
You have the Barbarian viewpoint, I see. Radio, for instance. We use it for emergency needs. The Barbarians used to listen to keep from doing things--I know, they even had radio with pictures, and used to sit and listen and look at other people doing things instead of doing them themselves.
~ bradley marion zimmer ii
The end of the world has come, and still nobody will listen.
~ Brandon Sanderson
That lighta above, the lunks from the sky. I head loudin about it that was you, outsida, eh? "Yeah" The girl turned as if to leave, but then reconsidered and put a hand on lift's arm. "You," the girl said to Lift. "Outsida?" "Yeah." "You listenin'?" "I'm listenin'." "People, they don't listen.
~ Brandon Sanderson
At least sit and listen. And stop looming like a mountain.
~ Brandon Sanderson
He'd been convinced that if he could just explain his condition to the city, they would all listen to reason and let him control their lives perfectly.
~ Brandon Sanderson
Dear Abba, I have had glimpses of enlightenment, quicksilver encounters that have allowed me to say a little more of who You are. But they've just been the tip of the iceberg. Give me the eyes to not merely notice but see. Give me the ears to not only hear but listen. Give me the courage to further touch Your scars. I want to taste more and digest more of the riches of the mystery that is You. Help me come to my senses, and know You better.
~ Brennan Manning
Each room has its own life and breath. You have to listen for it . A room can tell you many secrers about the person who lives there. - Rydberg
~ Henning Mankell