Listening Quotes - page 6

I'd been listening to men talk since I arrived in New York City. That's what men like to do. Talk. Profess like experts. When one finally came along who didn't say much, I listened. (Rachel Kushner)
Sadie Kane here. If you're listening to this, congratulations, you survived doomsday. View quote
Rick Riordan
It was like Percy had faced death before, like he knew about grief. What mattered was listening. You didn't need to say you were sorry. The only thing that helped was moving on-moving forward. View quote
Rick Riordan
I'm not usually an eavesdropper, but i dare you to try not listening if you hear your best friend talking about you to an adult. View quote
Rick Riordan
Everything I do, whether it's producing or signing an artist, always starts with the songs. When I'm listening, I'm looking for a balance that you could see in anything. Whether it's a great painting or a building or a sunset. View quote
Rick Rubin
There's only one thing more boring than listening to other people's dreams, and that's listening to their problems. View quote
Sue Townsend
Anger is a signal, and one worth listening to. View quote
Harriet Lerner
Many words will be written on the wind and the sand, or end up in some obscure digital vault. But the storytelling will go on until the last human being stops listening. Then we can send the great chronicle of humanity out into the endless universe. View quote
Henning Mankell
I'm one of these children who grew up at the knee of my grandmother and her elder sister, listening to very old people talk about their memories. View quote
Hilary Mantel
When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears. View quote
Jose Bergamin
If I had to give up reading or give up listening to music, I suspect I'd stick with the music. (Charles Frazier)
Each one of us can do a good deed, every day and everywhere. In hospitals in desperate need of volunteers, in homes for the elderly where our parents and grandparents are longing for a smile, a listening ear, in the street, in our workplaces and especially at home. View quote
Shari Arison
I am not interested in statistics that tell me things are not as bad as they seem. Things are horrible. I have met people crying about what is happening, but there is no solution yet. Our children are trying to tell us something, and we are not listening. I don't care what the statistics say. View quote
Bill Cosby
I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition. View quote
Brian May
....there is a difference between hearing and listening. You can't always help what you hear. But you can control what holds your interest, what you choose to dwell on. View quote
Brandon Mull
I wrote several articles criticizing psychoanalysis, but the analysts weren't listening to my objections. So I finally quit after practicing it for six years. View quote
Albert Ellis
If we truly want to learn, we never learn when we are talking. We only learn when we are listening. View quote
James Altucher
I've been listening to how the Roman Empire fell and all I can say is, it didn't fall nearly fast enough!”-Iggy. View quote
James Patterson
I remember sitting there on my father's couch or my mother's couch, listening to this lecture about how there were two groups and we had to be separated. We've come a long way from this kind of open racism. And I think it's wonderful. View quote
James Heckman
I'm a praying atheist. When I hear an ambulance siren, I ask for a blessing for those people in trouble, knowing that no one's listening. I think it's just a habit of mindfulness. View quote
Geraldine Brooks
There is a simple, logical explanation,' I said to myself. And because you never know who else is listening, I added, 'And there is nothing under the bed.'" --Dexter. (Jeff Lindsay)
I love listening to people talking about their love, and it always gives me great energy. View quote
G-Dragon
I will come back as a little breeze. You will feel me on your face, and you will know that I am still listening. So you can still talk to me. View quote
Elizabeth Berg
I listen to both oldies and contemporary stations. I enjoy listening to current stuff because there's an energy to it that's inspiring. View quote
Carole King
She was afraid of these things that made her suddenly wonder who she was, and what she was going to be in the world, and why she was standing at that minute, seeing a light, or listening, or staring up into the sky: alone. View quote
Carson McCullers