Quotes about Listening

The world does not have time to be with the poor, to learn with the poor, to listen to the poor. To listen to the poor is an exercise of great discipline, but such listening surely is what is required if charity is not to become a hatred of the poor for being poor.

But—we must ask today—why then did no one listen to Overbeck?

It is the man who does not want to express an opinion whose opinion I want.

My mother always said, 'When you're eating pretzels, chew before you swallow'. Always listen to your mother.

One of the greatest gifts you can give to anyone is the gift of attention

The most important thing I look for in a musician is whether he knows how to listen.

At home, we don't listen to our music-we listen to other people's music. It keeps you attached to the show business world.

Parents need to listen as much to their kids as they do to them: "The first duty of love is to listen."

There are more quarrels smothered by just shutting your mouth, and holding it shut, than by all the wisdom in the world.

When I get ready to talk to people, I spend two thirds of the time thinking what they want to hear and one third thinking about what I want to say.

Grant that the voice of our own desires may not be speaking so insistently that we become deaf to your word.

Talk, talk, talk: the utter and heartbreaking stupidity of words.