Listening Quotes

"No one every listened themselves out of a job."

". . . I would stand,If the night blackened with a coming storm,Beneath some rock, listening to notes that areThe ghostly language of the ancient earth,Or make their dim abode in distant winds.Thence did I drink the visionary power;And deem not profitless those fleeting moodsOf shadowy exultation: not for this,That they are kindred to our purer mindAnd intellectual life; but that the soul,Remembering how she felt, but what she feltRemembering not, retains an obscure senseOf possible sublimity. . . ."

"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen."

"I was never tired of listening to his wisdom or imparting my own."

"The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer."

"Give every man your ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. [Hamlet]"

"Nature has given us two ears, two eyes, and but one tongue-to the end that we should hear and see more than we speak."

"Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak."

"A good listener is a silent flatterer"

"I was up at 4 this morning listening to the NOAA [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] forecast. We let Mother Nature make the decision for us."

"Presumably this will only work when listening to music. Ideally you want to transfer the skill so that people learn something under music which they can apply at other times."

"When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me."

"People should talk less and draw more. Personally, I would like to renounce speech altogether and, like organic nature, communicate everything I have to say visually."

"The less you talk, the more you're listened to."

"Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis."

"We have not been efficient enough in communicating the EU. We have not invested enough in listening,"

"One who cares is one who listens."

"Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for forty-five minutes"

"Our listening interests are very different from the interests of the Central Valley or East Bay."

"This recent announcement proves that free markets work. After listening to its customers, McDonald's is taking responsible steps to provide them with the tools they've asked for to make informed choices. At the end of the day, it's personal responsibility, including educated, individual choices about food intake and physical activity, which make the difference--not government intervention or litigious arm-twisting."