Quotes of: Listening Keyword

Aman Mathur: [to Naina] Listen... live... be happy... smile... Who knows? Tomorrow may not be...

Kal Ho Naa Ho

George: Sam, if you were a house, this is where you would want to be built. On rock, facing the sea, listening.

Life as a House

Engywook: Listen, boy - next time, let me see what happens! It's *my* telescope!

The NeverEnding Story

Steve: Listen to me, Jeff! No, I'm not kidding! I know right, how can anybody sleep through a 6.5!

Poltergeist

Chef: Haven't you heard of the Emancipation Proclamation? General: I don't listen to hip-hop.

South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality is more important than the feeling for pictures.

Vincent Van Gogh

It is insight into human nature that is the key to the communicator's skill. For whereas the writer is concerned with what he puts into his writings, the communicator is concerned with what the reader gets out of it. He therefore becomes a student of...

William Bernbach

Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room.

Anthony Burgess

Listen, real poetry doesn't say anything; it just ticks off the possibilities. Opens all doors. You can walk through any one that suits you.

Jim Morrison

Most people read poetry listening for echoes because the echoes are familiar to them. They wade through it the way a boy wades through water, feeling with his toes for the bottom: The echoes are the bottom.

Wallace Stevens

When people discuss religion, it is a pity that they often become excited and argue. We should merely listen, as one does on a dark night; we should merely gaze at the stars.

Haniel Long

I was very interested in the relationship between the man who speaks and the woman who listens. I was drawn to the idea that the relationship between a man and a woman can be something like a war itself, very cruel and violent.

Antonio Lobo Antunes

Throughout my career, if I have done anything, I have paid attention to every note and every word I sing - if I respect the song. If I cannot project this to a listener, I fail.

Frank Sinatra

Listeners instinctively detect that when we lower the usual pitch of our voice, we are sad, and when we raise it, we are angry or fearful.

Leonard Mlodinow

I got picked on a lot, even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake, and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking.

Dan Savage

I'm kind of old-school and love nothing more than sitting, opening a book, and reading it. But I also love listening to audio books.

Nick Cave

I've been told the weirdest things: 'Yeah, I love taking a bath to your music!' or 'I gave birth to my daughter while listening to your music.'

Norah Jones

I love loud music. I listen loud, and that's part of how I've learned how to do this. Record softly and play back loud and a whole other thing happens.

T Bone Burnett

The more I got into playing guitar, the more I enjoyed music, and the broader my listening became. The instrument itself became important to me, and I started messing around with classical guitar and took classical lessons.

Alex Lifeson

I don't have very sophisticated taste in music. I listen to a lot of folk music. I like reggae.

Anne Lamott

There's a certain type of indie fan who would balk at the prospect of there being value in pop music, but I think that's foolish. They're not really listening.

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