Being a good listener is more than just being quiet. It's reflecting back on what you're hearing. It's processing the information to formulate a question, a comment or a speech.
I may not be the most famous songwriter in the world, but you know a David Friedman song when you hear it. It took me a long time to appreciate that.
You hear horror stories about scary mothers who just want their kids to be famous. I could be waitressing in a restaurant, and my mum would be happy as long as I was happy.
Shirley MacLaine said, You're so funny, then gave me a hug. Everything went white. I couldn't hear, I couldn't see. I thought I was going to pass out.
God made man merely to hear some praise of what he'd done on those Five Days.
Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
As a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, I will be participating in several hearings on the startling revelations contained in the report.
I must have been heavily schizophrenic all my life. The me who hears what the other me can't play is the dominant one.
There was a time in my life that my mother told me that they didn't know whether they were going to send me to college or an institution, and it's rough to hear that... Childhood is tough.
If you're in the middle of the ocean with no flippers and no life preserver and you hear a helicopter, this is music. You have to adjust to your needs at the moment.
Waiting is a period of learning. The longer we wait, the more we hear about him for whom we are waiting.
First there was racism. Then liberals created institutional racism and coded racism. You can only hear it with a dog whistle.
When I hear that "Possession is the grave of love," I remember that a religion may begin with the resurrection.
It destroys the soul to hear that you're all hype, that you have no talent, and that your whole career has been contrived.
I'm sorry. I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am.
Imagine this: Ice is coming to YOUR house. Can you HEAR it knocking? Are you ready? What will YOU do?
When you hear the first five seconds to a song and you've pretty much heard the whole song, that's kind of a bummer.
Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.
The last thing he ever said to me was, 'Just always be waiting for me, and then some night you will hear me crowing.
It's all a matter of hearing what I like and seeing if I can make it fit into my style.
For all the import and message of 'The Iliad,' it's ultimately a story that's meant to be heard, and the person hearing 'The Iliad' determines what it means.
