#listen

Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give them to a total stranger to listen to. I find it offensive to hear other people do that. ↗

— Will Oldham

#find #give #hear #i #interactions

I grew up in Deptford in south London, and at that time I used to wear toppers, loon pants and tonic suits from shops like Take 6 and Topman. I was a bit of a soul boy, but I had a very eclectic taste in music - I was into James Brown and Bowie; and I was the only kid in the neighbourhood who would also be listening to Chopin. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#bit #bowie #boy #brown #chopin

If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up. ↗

— Alan Perlis

#head #him #his #listener #nods

Great deeds give choice of many tales. Choose a slight tale, enrich it large, and then let wise men listen. ↗

— Pindar

#choose #deeds #enrich #give #great

In some South Pacific cultures, a speaker holds a conch shell as a symbol of temporary position of authority. Leaders must understand who holds the conch that is, who should be listened to and when. ↗

— Max de Pree

#cultures #holds #leaders #listened #must

Now, I know you expected me to say that, well, I just kick back in the rocking chair, fished a little bit, listened to Willie Nelson tapes and watched old baseball games on the Classic Sports network. And, tell you the truth, I have done that for maybe about five total minutes. ↗

— Dan Rather

#back #ball games #baseball #bit #chair

You have to do a lot of listening, you don't just learn out of yourself. ↗

— Ruggiero Ricci

#learn #listening #lot #out #you

Silence is so freaking loud ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#loud #owen #sara-dessen #silence #listening

Once we get them in the studio, you interview a person the same way you would interview another. You ask them a question. You let them answer. You try to listen closely and then ask a follow-up. ↗

— Bob Schieffer

#answer #ask #closely #follow-up #get

We shall listen, not lecture; learn, not threaten. We will enhance our safety by earning the respect of others and showing respect for them. In short, our foreign policy will rest on the traditional American values of restraint and empathy, not on military might. ↗

— Theodore C. Sorensen

#american values #earning #empathy #enhance #foreign