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“A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with.”
Kenneth A. Wells
“Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can't hear, and not bothering.”
Winnie the Pooh
“Skillful listening is the best remedy for loneliness, loquaciousness, and laryngitis.”
William Arthur Ward
“So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
Ernest Hemingway
“" Evervybody hears, but few listen”
Bobby Knight
“What Women Want: To be loved, to be listened to, to be desired, to be respected, to be needed, to be trusted, and sometimes, just to be held. What Men Want: Tickets for the world series.”
Dave Barry
“Listen a hundred times; ponder a thousand times; speak once.”
Turkish Proverb
“Change happens by listening and then starting a dialogue with the people who are doing something you don't believe is right.”
Jane Goodall
“Marge, it takes two to lie. One to lie and one to listen”
Dan Castellaneta