Quotes of Hearing - somelinesforyou

“ If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear. - A. A. Milne. ”

- A. A. Milne

“ A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it. ”

- Stanley Baldwin

“ The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and gladly entertained by men around him. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. ”

- Epictetus

“ The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next. ”

- Edgar Watson Howe

“ Praise does wonders for our sense of hearing. ”

- Arnold H. Glasow

“ Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble. ”

- Frank Tyger

“ Give every man your ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. ”

- Fran Lebowitz

“ None so deaf as those that will not hear. ”

- Matthew

“ When anyone tells me I can't do anything. I'm just not listening any more. ”

- Florence Griffith Joyner

“ Were we as eloquent as angels we still would please people much more by listening rather than talking. ”

- Charles Caleb Colton

“ You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time. ”

- M. Scott Peck

“ Went in at the one ear and out at the other. ”

- John Heywood

“ Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Season your admiration for a while. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for forty-five minutes. ”

- Aaron Copland

“ It really comes down to the fact that, because I was perceived as a bad guy for leaving the show, I think people were rooting against the movies. That was really unfortunate. ”

- David Caruso

“ When a woman is speaking to you, listen to what she says with her eyes. ”

- Victor Hugo

“ One of the best ways of keeping your temper in an argument, as most of us know only too well, is not to listen to anything the other person has to say. ”

- Alice Miller

“ One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears — by listening to them. ”

- Dean Rusk

“ He that has ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton. ”

- William Makepeace Thackeray

“ The first duty of love is to listen. ”

- Paul Tillich

“ Well done is better than well said. - Unknown. ”

- Unknown

“ The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing. - Unknown. ”

- Unknown

“ If any man shall have ears to hear, let him hear. ”

- Bible

“ The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them. ”

- Bible

“ Whose words all ears took captive. - All 's Well that Ends Well. Act v. Sc. 3. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ One of the best ways to persuade others is with your ears by listening to them. ”

- Dean Rusk
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