Listening Quotes - Page 13

Anyone who ever studied mankind by listening to them was self-deluded. The first thing they should have done was to answer the question, "Can they report to you correctly on their behavior?" And the answer is, "No, the poor bastards cannot."

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.

People learn in different ways: reading, listening, pictures, watching.

You ought to stop listening to stereotypes and start forming your own opinions.

Listening is not understanding the words of the question asked, listening is understanding why the question was asked in the first place.

The activity of interpreting might be understood as listening for the 'song beneath the words.

Listening to critics is like letting Muhammad Ali decide which astronaut goes to the moon.

A sweeping statement is the only statement worth listening to. The critic without faith gives balanced opinions, usually about second-rate writers.

You really should be able to feel the higher power of music and be moved by it, rather than listening to me waffle on and having to explain it.

Everything in life opens and closes, sheds and renews. We are no different. Listening in its endless forms is the way we stay open, the way we stay in relationship, the way we refresh who we are and what we're doing here.

I'm quite into listening to music and not doing anything else.

After listening to modern tirades against the great creeds of the Church, one receives a shock when one turns to the Westminster Confession... and discovers that in doing so one has turned from shallow modern phrases to a "dead orthodoxy" that is pulsating with life in every word. In such orthodoxy there is life enough to set the whole world aglow with Christian love.

As a songwriter, it's very hard to listen to music that's not coming from the heart and soul, personally.

Tone is often the most important part of a conversation - and listening is so much more important than what you say.

Listening is a lamp that dispels the darkness of ignorance.

Most people never listen.

When I'm following someone, I'm listening to a bear bell strapped to their packs. When I'm leading on a climb, like on a rock, I like to feel my way through it on my own, so I know the tricky moves and where to place gear.

What you always do before you make a decision is consult. The best public policy is made when you are listening to people who are going to be impacted. Then, once policy is determined, you call on them to help you sell it.

In my view, the lost art of listening and ignoring the patient as a human being is a quintessential failure of our health care.

To understand music, you must listen to it. But so long as you are thinking, “I am listening to this music,” you are not listening.

There's a time for words and a time for silence. If you're listening, you'll hear the difference.

We do have our finger on the pulse of the marketplace, if for no other reasons than having all these live events and listening to our audience all the time.

Half the time you think your thinking you’re actually listening

The music beckons to those who are listening.

By listening with calm and understanding, we can ease the suffering of another person.