Quotations about: listen
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I am too weary to listen, too angry to hear.
Daniel Bell (1919-2011) American sociologist, writer, editor, academic
“First Love and Early Sorrows,”
Partisan Review (Dec 1981)
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Added on 29-Mar-21 | Last updated 29-Mar-21
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Topics: anger , disappointment , disillusionment , hear , listen , weariness
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Not everyone is worth listening to.
Alain de Botton (b. 1969) Swiss-British author
The Consolations of Philosophy , ch. 1 “Consolation For Unpopularity” (2000)
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Added on 12-Oct-17 | Last updated 12-Oct-17
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Topics: guidance , listen , opinion , pay attention , selectivity , speech , value , wisdom
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Every man hears only what he understands.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, statesman, scientist
The Maxims and Reflections of Goethe , #385 [tr. Saunders (1892)]
Added on 25-Jan-17 | Last updated 25-Jan-17
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Topics: communication , comprehension , listen , meme , message , perspective , talking , understanding
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Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman and author
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Added on 7-Dec-15 | Last updated 7-Dec-15
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Topics: courage , listen , speak out
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If you don’t know what to do, sit still and listen. You may hear something.
Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) American poet, biographer
Incidentals (1900)
Added on 22-Jun-15 | Last updated 22-Jun-15
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Topics: decision , indecision , inspiration , listen , meditation , patience , stillness
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To listen closely and reply well is the highest perfection we are able to attain in the art of conversation.
François VI, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French epigrammatist, memoirist, noble
Réflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Maxims] (1665-1678)
Added on 24-Nov-14 | Last updated 8-Apr-15
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Topics: chat , conversation , engagement , listen , polite , response , talk
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HORATIO: Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear, till I may deliver
Upon the witness of these gentlemen
This marvel to you.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Hamlet , Act 1, sc. 1, l. 201ff (1.1.201-204) (c. 1600)
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Added on 1-Feb-04 | Last updated 19-Jan-24
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Topics: listen , patience , wait
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