listening quotes

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

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

There’s something about music that encourages people to want to know more about the person that made it, and where it was recorded, what year it was done, what they were listening to, and all this kind of stuff. There’s something that invites all this obsessive behavior.

When you have good friends you’ve been around, every time they talk, you don’t give them your full attention. You don’t look them in the eye and stop. Half the time, you’re listening, half the time, you are ignoring them.

I love that for Barack, there is no such thing as ‚us‘ and ‚them‘ – he doesn’t care whether you’re a Democrat, a Republican, or none of the above… he knows that we all love our country… and he’s always ready to listen to good ideas… he’s always looking for the very best in everyone he meets.

When I talk to kids, I’m really listening. When I do that, we have a little bit of a bigger connection than me being Kendrick Lamar and you being a student. It’s almost like we’re friends. Because a friend listens.

I always want to listen to people and receive good criticism, but I just don’t have to answer to them; I have to answer to God.

Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: ‚Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?‘ If you don’t ask those questions, your governance will not be good.

If you make listening and observation your occupation you will gain much more than you can by talk.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen.

My mami and papi love my music. They’re always listening to the radio waiting for one of my songs to come on. And when it does, they turn up the volume – and turn it back down when it’s over.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together.

If you can’t hear me, it’s because I’m in parentheses.

A saint is tolerant and is attentive to the pleadings of other human beings, not only to spoken messages but to unspoken messages as well.

People are generally amazed that I would take an interest in any forum that would require me to stop talking for three hours.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

You aren’t learning anything when you’re talking.

One day, I’ll be listening to a bunch of Ray Charles, the next day it’s nothing but Red Hot Chili Peppers. The next day it might be Tupac all day.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another – until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can’t, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

Surely wisdom will come as we listen to learn from children, parents, partners, neighbors, Church leaders, and the Lord.

I like to read books. I like to listen to music.

In the normal flow of a conversation, our attention is divided. We hear parts of what other people are saying, in order to follow and keep the conversation going. At the same time, we’re planning what we’ll say next, some exciting story of our own.

I will listen to anyone’s convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself.

My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don’t share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.

If you’ve heard this story before, don’t stop me, because I’d like to hear it again.

People talk to people who perceive nothing, who have open eyes and see nothing; they shall talk to them and receive no answer; they shall adore those who have ears and hear nothing; they shall burn lamps for those who do not see.

You know, as a writer, I’m more of a listener than a writer, cuz if I hear something I will write it down.

What I have never been afraid of is to be a little silly, and you can engage people that way. My view is, first you get them to laugh, then you get them to listen.

When I do listen to music, I’m more prone to listen to the people I’ve always listened to: George Jones, Otis Redding, Alison Krauss and Emmylou Harris.

I’m a very strong believer in listening and learning from others.

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.

This land is your land and this land is my land, sure, but the world is run by those that never listen to music anyway.

Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don’t believe is right.

If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender.

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

In ‚Changeling,‘ I tried to show something you’d never see nowadays – a kid sitting and looking at the radio. Just sitting in front of the radio and listening. Your mind does the rest.

Listen with your eyes for feelings.

When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely – the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears – when you give your whole attention to it.

My mother knew how to read music and everything. But I just kinda learned off of records. And so, I was listening to records and I’d play ‚em over and over.

You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.

If you listen through the screen of your desires, then you obviously listen to your own voice; you are listening to your own desires.

My mother always taught us that if people don’t agree with you, the important thing is to listen to them. But if you’ve listened to them carefully and you still think that you’re right, then you must have the courage of your convictions.

Here in the West, people often don’t like listening to their leaders, even if they are right.

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

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

Proselytism is solemn nonsense; it makes no sense. We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us.

No, it’s not a very good story – its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

I’ve often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.

Well I have a microphone and you don’t so you will listen to every damn word I have to say!

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.