Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.

So, yes, there's nothing I love more than listening to directors talk about their movies.

Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form.

A little bit if listening with a passable ear will get an awful lot of messages anywhere.

Sometimes, even if there was no useful advice to give, I saw that listening still helped.

The saddest part about being human is not paying attention. Presence is the gift of life.

A lot of the time I tend to overlook the music because I'm listening to how it's produced.

I have been training since 8th grade, but it has to do with listening, more than practice.

I think the one lesson I have learned is that there is no substitute for paying attention.

In the night of death, hope sees a star, and listening love can hear the rustle of a wing.

There are none so deaf as those listening to ‘All by Myself’ over and over and over again.

When you go to church you are really listening in to the secret wireless from our friends.

Don't ever get so big or important that you can not hear and listen to every other person.

One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

The person who talks a lot or talks over people misses out because they weren't listening.

Listening to critics is like letting Muhammad Ali decide which astronaut goes to the moon.

When you read comic material and people aren't laughing how do you know they're listening.

I misdirect the audience, so they have no idea where they are or who they're listening to.

Reading is more of a left-brain process, and listening to music is a right-brain function.

Music is more than just listening to it. People use the music for them protection at times.

I enjoy writing rhymes and sitting alone in a room listening to beats. It's pretty amazing.

To launch a business means successfully solving problems. Solving problems means listening.

The formulation of a public relations strategy properly begins with listening, not talking.

We need to start listening to each other and getting out of our own little labeled bubbles.

Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.

Unless the radio is on I am usually listening to stuff that is very different to what I do.

Wit, to be well defined, must be defined by wit itself; then it will be worth listening to.

Nature listening stood, whilst Shakespeare play'd And wonder'd at the work herself had made.

For a songwriter, you dont really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes.

Acting is reacting. You can't react if you're not paying attention, if you're not listening.

A good radio show will captivate you, and it's active listening. It's not in the background.

Those who still think that listening isn’t an art should see if they can do it half as well.

As before, there is a great silence, with no end in sight. The writer surrenders, listening.

Good listening is always the first step in the process that creates technique and capability

I like being on the floor, listening in on the huddles. It makes me feel like a player again.

So I am just sitting and waiting, listening, and if something exciting comes, I just jump in.

We must stop talking about the American dream and start listening to the dreams of Americans.

I listen to classical music very much. There's a lot of jazz that I don't enjoy listening to.

Of all human activities, man's listening to God is the supreme act of his reasoning and will.

When you put someone down all the time, eventually they stop listening to the sensible stuff.

I'm so glad this is the last day of these thing, I get so tired of listening to my own voice.

God has given you two ears--that should tell you something about the importance of listening.

More people are listening to opera, and I'm happy - everybody must be given that opportunity.

We are storied folk. Stories are what we are; telling and listening to stories is what we do.

The friends who listen to us are the ones we move toward, and we want to sit in their radius.

The activity of interpreting might be understood as listening for the 'song beneath the words.

Best selling authors are always worth listening to, even if you choose to ignore their advice.

Great acting is about listening to what they are saying ....not waiting to deliver your lines.

Part of doing something is listening. We are listening. To the sun. To the stars. To the wind.

There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.

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