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Listening

Lenin could listen so intently that he exhausted the speaker. – Isaiah Berlin

Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. – Native American Indian Proverb

The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities…. I listen to them and they go away delighted. – Andre Gide

I tell you everything that is really nothing, and nothing of what is everything, do not be fooled by what I am saying. Please listen carefully and try to hear what I am not saying. – Charles C. Finn

“Silent” and “listen” are spelled with the same letters. – Author Unknown

If animals could talk, the world would lose its best listeners. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. – Thich Nhat Hanh

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something. – Wilson Mizner

The easiest way to meet people is to just look like someone who is willing to listen. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. – James Baldwin

No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen. – Yiddish Proverb

Never tell your story to a deaf man. – Proverb

A hungry stomach has no ears. – Proverb

He listens well who takes notes. – Dante Alighieri

There is a difference between being listened to and being heard. – Gillian Anderson

To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil. – Pearl Bailey

You need to become a good listener. VERY VERY important. As youre working, you hear someone elses lines and how you absorb them becomes your acting. – Jacqueline Bisset

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. – Joyce Brothers

It is a rare person who wants to hear want he doesnt want to hear. – Dick Cavett

One who cares is one who listens. – J. Richard Clarke