Quotes About Receptiveness

Why ask for truth when you close your ears to it? - Ser Barristan Selmy to Daenerys

Why ask for truth," Ser Barristan said softly, "if you close your ears to it?

Some people approach every problem with an open mouth.

There are certain things that can be asked that get me excited. It's never a thing where I think I'm too good, I'm just the type of person who likes to be enlightened. I don't like to go through the motions.

Stubbornness destroys good advice.

Like this cup, you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you wisdom unless you first empty your cup?

When you are weary of praying, and do not receive, consider how often you have heard a poor man calling, and have not listened to him.

Discoveries can come in many different ways, and the most important thing is to be ready for them.

I admit, I prefer an open mind to a closed one.

I think that if you keep your eyes and your ears open and you are receptive to learning, there are skills you can get from any job at all.

I'm like a sponge: I like to listen.

As an actor, I do not come with preconceived notions. I am like clay that can be moulded or like a sponge that can absorb things. I do what the director wants me to do.

No one is unreachable as long as he is teachable.

There's no point meeting somebody with a meat cleaver the moment they open their mouth - because they're going to clam up, you're going to have lost your impact and the audience is going to hate you for not allowing anyone to say anything.

At such times [drunk] all the doors of a woman's being are opened. The sentinels relax and a kind word is as powerful as gold or love.

Si acudimos a Él en actitud de rebeldía, de indiferencia y de orgullo, no oiremos lo que quiere decir. Para escuchar debemos poner de manifiesto una actitud adecuada hacia Dios.

I don't really have that many judgements on things, or crazy statements that I feel like I have to put across.

The voice of wisdom is silent, except to the open mind.

I do my best not to have any expectations when I go into a movie because it's not fair.

I love New York audiences, because they're used to going to shows, and you really notice it. They laugh and applaud and do all the things that you want an audience to do.

I prefer to listen to people who change their mind now and then.

We will take almost any kind of criticism except the observation that we have no sense of humor.

Little children gladly accept even the strangest stories that others tell them, because they lack either the context or the confidence to doubt.

As you read the next two sections, please keep an open mind, even if what you read conflicts with what you've believed all your life!