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Listener Quotes (page 14)

We must be silent before we can listen. We must listen before we can learn. We must learn before we can prepare. We must prepare before we can serve. We must serve before we can lead. William Arthur Ward
What I bring to the interview is respect. The person recognizes that you respect them because you're listening. Because you're listening, they feel good about talking to you. When someone tells me a thing that happened, what do I feel inside? I want to get the story out. It's for the person who reads it to have the feeling . . . In most cases the person I encounter is not a celebrity; rather the ordinary person. "Ordinary" is a word I loathe. It has a patronizing air. I have come across... Studs Terkel
You know," said Arthur, "it's at times like this, when I'm trapped in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, and about to die of asphyxiation in deep space that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young."Why, what did she tell you?"I don't know, I didn't listen. Douglas Adams
For the listener, who listens in the snow, / And, nothing himself, beholds /Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is. Wallace Stevens
What came first, the music or the misery? Did I listen to music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to music? Nick Hornby
who says you're not star potential who says you're not presidential who says you cant be in movies listen to me listen to me who says you dont pass the test who says you can't be the best who said who said would you tell me who said that. yea! who says Selena Gomez
You probably think of the orchestra as a heterogeneous mass of instrumentsproducing a confused agreeable massof sound. You do not listen for details because you have never trained your ears to listen to details. Arnold Bennett
You can listen to silence, Reuven. I’ve begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own. It talks to me sometimes. I feel myself alive in it. It talks. And I can hear it. Chaim Potok
When children listen to music, they don't just listen. They melt into the melody and flow with the rhythm. Something inside starts to unfold its wings - soon the child and the music are one. Michael Jackson
I ought not to have listened to her,' he confided to me one day. 'One never ought to listen to the flowers. One should simply look at them and breathe their fragrance. Mine perfumed all my planet. But I did not know how to take pleasure in all her grace. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Kyle, every boy pays for kisses. Do you know what I am saying? If you've got a girl, and she kisses you, sooner or later you're paying for it. You've gotta take her out to lunch, take her to a movie, and then spend time listenin' to all her stupid problems. Look, look at Stan right there. [Kyle turns to see Stan, who's listening to Wendy over at the merry-go-round] Why he's gotta sit there and listen to her stupid motherfuckin' problems 'cause she kisses him. If you ask me, that's a lot more... Trey Parker
A good listener is very nearly as attractive as a good talker. You cannot have a beautiful mind if you do not know how to listen. Edward de Bono
Marilyn Manson quote: "If you intend to create something that people will observe and..."
If you intend to create something that people will observe and listen to, you've got to listen to them first. Marilyn Manson
Why were you lurking under our window?"Yes - yes, good point, Petunia! What were you doing under our windows, boy?"Listening to the news," said Harry in a resigned voice. His aunt and uncle exchanged looks of outrage."Listening to the news! Again?"Well, it changes every day, you see," said Harry. J. K. Rowling
Uncle Vernon: What were you doing under our window, boy? Harry Potter: Listening to the news. Uncle Vernon: Listening to the news! Again? Harry: Well, it changes every day, you see. J. K. Rowling

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