Listening Quotes
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.Listening
Brothers, Dr. Joyce
1927 American Psychologist Television and Radio Personality
The less you talk, the more you re listened to.
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Buren, Abigail Van
American Advice Columnist - Dear Abby
It is a rare person who wants to hear want he doesn t want to hear.
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Cavett, Dick
One who cares is one who listens.
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Clarke, J. Richard
No one every listened themselves out of a job.
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Coolidge, Calvin
1872-1933 Thirtieth President of the USA
Listen. Don t explain or justify.
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Dyer, William G.
American Business Writer
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
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Epictetus
50-120 Stoic Philosopher
Only if we can restrain ourselves is good conversation possible. Good talk rises upon much discipline.
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Erskine, John
1878-1951 American Poet Essayist Novelist Musician
One of the most valuable things we can do to heal one another is listen to each other s stories.
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Falls, Rebecca
Listen to life, and you will hear the voice of life crying, Be!
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Freeman, James Dillet
The older I grow the more I listen to people who don t talk much.
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Glien, Germain G.
A person hears only what they understand.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
1749-1832 German Poet Dramatist Novelist
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.
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Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von
1749-1832 German Poet Dramatist Novelist
Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead; therein lies the whole art of pleasing. Everybody knows it, and everyone forgets it.
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Goncourt, Edmond and Jules de
1822-1896 French Writers
I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
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Hemingway, Ernest
1898-1961 American Writer
When a woman is speaking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes.
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Hugo, Victor
1802-1885 French Poet Dramatist Novelist
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
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Humphrey, Hubert H.
1911-1978 American Democratic Politician Vice President
Let others confide in you. It may not help you, but it surely will help them.
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Imhoff, Roger G.
So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.
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Krishnamurti, Jiddu
1895-1986 Indian Theosophist
Listening well and answering well is one of the greatest perfections that can be obtained in conversation.
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La Rochefoucauld, Francois De
1613-1680 French Classical Writer
When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
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Lincoln, Abraham
1809-1865 Sixteenth President of the USA
Listening well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.
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Marshall, John
1755-1835 American Jurist Statesman
I always had one ear offstage, listening for the call from the bookie.
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Matthau, Walter
1920 American Actor
No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you ll see why.
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Mclaughlin, Mignon
1915 American Author Editor
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something.
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Mizner, Wilson
1876-1933 American Author
The word is half his that speaks, and half his that hears it.
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Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De
1533-1592 French Philosopher Essayist
Are you really listening... or are you just waiting for your turn to talk?
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Montgomery, Robert
1807-1855 American Author
The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.
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Moss, Richard
To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people who have been demanding all their lives to be heard so often fall speechless when confronted with one who gravely agrees to lend an ear. Man clamors for the freedom to express himself and for knowing that he counts. But once offered these conditions, he becomes frightened.
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Murphy, Robert C.
Every person I work with knows something better than me. My job is to listen long enough to find it and use it.
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Nichols, Jack
Set up the listening. Prepare who you are talking to for what you want them to hear. Get people to listen as a possibility rather than a problem.
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Pancoast, Mal
A new lens to look through. Hear the pain in people s speaking. People who have an ear to hear can hear. You will no longer tolerate what you used to tolerate. A second point of reality. Declare a new future. There are no right answers. There is no is. Give people breakdowns. It s the loving thing to do. What s being revealed here? Dogs don t have things wrong. Wrong disempowers people. Upsets indicate a right that s been violated. Notice when you are angry that you are the only one around. The only constant thing is you. Business is made up. It s invented. We invent our world through language. If it really turns you on, you may want to inform your face. There is no right way. A chair is only a chair because we say it s a chair.
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Pancoast, Mal
We only consult the ear because the heart is wanting.
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Pascal, Blaise
1623-1662 French Scientist Religious Philosopher
Never tell your story to a deaf man.
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Proverb
A hungry stomach has no ears.
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Proverb
No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.
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Proverb, Jewish
Sayings of Jewish Origin
Give every man your ear, but few thy voice. Take each man s censure, but reserve thy judgment. [Hamlet]
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Shakespeare, William
1564-1616 British Poet Playwright Actor
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.
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Socrates
BC 469-399 Greek Philosopher of Athens
The first duty of love is to listen.
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Tillich, Paul
1886-1965 German Protestant Theologian Philosopher
Learn to listen. Opportunity could be knocking at your door very softly.
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Tyger, Frank
Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
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Tyger, Frank
God gave us two ears and one mouth, so we can hear twice as much as we say.
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You can judge a good listener by asking the talker at the end of the conversation what the listener s position is on the topic. If the talker doesn t know, then the listener has probably done a good job of listening.
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When you are in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut
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There is only one rule to become a good talker, learn how to listen.
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Opportunities are often missed because we are broadcasting when we should be listening.
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One of the hardest things to do in life is to listen without intent to reply.
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Listening: A wise old owl sat in an oak. The longer he sat, the less he spoke. The less he spoke, the more he heard. Why can t we be like that wise old bird?
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His thoughts were slow. His words were few and never formed to glisten. But he was a joy to all his friends, you should have heard him LISTEN!
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Hear much, speak little
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Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.
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Ward, William A.
1921
A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.
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Wells, Kenneth A.
To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words are spoken, unless the eye, unveiled and listening, opens itself to the other.
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West, Jessamyn
1903-1984 American Author