Quotes on Listening:
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
~Doug Larso
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. ~Epictetus
Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Indian Prover
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. ~Winston Churchill
The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities.... I listen to them and they go away delighted. ~Andre Gide
I tell you everything that is really nothing, and nothing of what is everything, do not be fooled by what I am saying. Please listen carefully and try to hear what I am not saying. ~Charles C. Finn
No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you'll see why. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
Home is where you can say anything you like cause nobody listens to you anyway. ~Author Unknown
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said. ~Peter F. Drucker
If animals could talk, the world would lose its best listeners. ~Robert Brault, WWW.robertbrault.com
My wife says I never listen to her. At least I think that's what she said. ~Author Unknown
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Don't worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. ~Robert Fulghum
Lots of people talk to animals.... Not very many listen, though.... That's the problem. ~Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh
The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen. ~Tommy Smothers
I guess I've spent my life listening to what wasn't being said. ~Eli Khamarov, America Explained!
Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. ~James Baldwin
No one is listening until you fart. ~Author Unknown
Women like silent men. They think they're listening. ~Marcel Achard, Quote, 4 November 1956
In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, "We are losing our listening." In this short, fascinating talk, Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening -- to other people and the world around you.
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Julian Treasure says our increasingly noisy world is gnawing away at our mental health -- even costing lives. He lays out an 8-step plan to soften this sonic assault (starting with those cheap earbuds) and restore our relationship with sound.
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In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply letting sound waves hit your eardrums.
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