Two Ears And One Mouth Quotes

• A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.

  Wilson Mizner

  Relationship, Positive, Success

  Quoted in Evan Esar, The Dictionary of Humorous Quotations (1949)

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• actions speak louder than words

  Becca Fitzpatrick

  Inspirational, Suicide, Wisdom

  Becca Fitzpatrick (2013). “The Complete Hush, Hush Saga: includes Hush, Hush; Crescendo; Silence and Finale”, p.659, Simon and Schuster

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• We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

  Epictetus

  Kindness, Communication, Compassion

  "The Golden Sayings of Epictetus" by Epictetus, translated by Hastings Crossley, Vol. II, Part 2, The Harvard Classics. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909.

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• Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.

  Leo Rosten

  Two, Giving, Ears

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• we have two ears and one mouth and we should use them proportionally

  Susan Cain

  Two, Use, Ears

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• I learned real early why God gave us two ears and one mouth, because you're supposed to listen twice as much as you talk.

  Quincy Jones

  Real, Two, Ears

  "Quincy Jones Recalls 'Freaking Out' at Michael Jackson's Death and His Private Nickname for the Star (Q&A)". Interview with Stephen Galloway, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 11, 2015.

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• You have two ears and one mouth. Use them accordingly.

  Stephen Covey

  Use, Mouths, Two

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• Listen twice as much as you talk, since you were born with two ears and one mouth.

  Terri Farley

  Two, Ears, Mouths

  Terri Farley (2009). “hantom Stallion: Wild Horse Island #10: Faraway Filly”, p.21, Harper Collins

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• I'm a good listener, you know. My gran used to say that's why you've got two ears and one mouth. I just truly love what I do and treat it with a lot of respect and all these relationships in the music business that people talk about.

  Johnny Reid

  Two, People, Ears

  "Johnny Reid headlining Fredericton's Maritime Countryfest". "Information Morning Fredericton" with Terry Seguin, www.cbc.ca. June 20, 2015.

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