Listeners Quotes - Page 10

• Becoming a good listener, you are able to connect with others on more levels and develop stronger, deeper relationships.

  John C. Maxwell

  Stronger, Levels, Able

  John C. Maxwell (2006). “Motivated to Succeed: Inspirational Selections from John C. Maxwell”, p.101, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• If you want to become a better listener, however you need to learn to direct that energy and attention positively by concentrating on the person you're with.

  John C. Maxwell

  Energy, Needs, Attention

  John C. Maxwell, Jim Dornan (1997). “Becoming a Person of Influence: How to Positively Impact the Lives of Others”, p.86, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The best way to sell yourself to others is first to sell the others to yourself. Check yourself against this list of obstacles to a pleasing personality: interrupting others; sarcasm; vanity; being a poor listener; insincere flattery; finding fault; challenging others without good cause; giving unsolicited advice; complaining; attitude of superiority; envy of others' success; poor posture and dress.

  Harold Geneen

  Attitude, Sarcasm, Vanity

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• What I love most about playing in front of people has something to do with a certain kind of energy exchange. The attention and appreciation of my audience feeds back into my playing. It really seems as if there is a true and equal give and take between performer and listener, making me aware of how much I depend on my audience. And since the audience is different every night, the music being played will differ too. Every space I performed in has its own magic and spirit.

  Nils Frahm

  Appreciation, Night, Space

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• If you capture the first thought that you have when you're creating, and then play that to people, it's kind of like the listeners are part of that beginning. And that's the most exciting part.

  Joss Stone

  Play, Creating, People

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• I'm an entertainer. Not a journalist or spokesman for anybody. Truth is, a lot of my listeners absolutely hate what I have to say.

  Neal Boortz

  Hate, Truth Is, Journalist

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• Deep listening is miraculous for both listener and speaker. When someone receives us with open- hearted, non-judging, intensely interested listening, our spirits expand.

  Sue Thoele

  Summer, Communication, Judging

  Sue Patton Thoele (2000). “Heart centered marriage: fulfilling our natural desire for sacred partnership”

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• We're all learning here; the best listeners will end up the smartest.

  Charlene Li

  Marketing, Ends, Great Marketing

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• You have heaven adorned, earth beautified, the sea populated with its own creatures, the air filled with birds which scour it in every direction. Studious listener, think of all these creations which God has drawn out of nothing; . . . recognize everywhere the wisdom of God; never cease to wonder, and, through every creature, to glorify the Creator.

  Saint Basil

  Animal, Thinking, Air

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• I'm the kind of person that, as a listener, will go the extra mile to interpret something that's fairly meaningless, or that might be meaningless.

  J. Robbins

  Might, Kind, Miles

  "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.

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• I think... you know, collaboration, in general - no matter movies, television or Broadway - is offering of what you can bring to the table and also fighting what you think the important battles are. Not everything is going to make it in there. Not everything is going to work. You have to collaborate. And you have to be a good listener.

  Kristin Chenoweth

  Fighting, Thinking, Offering

  Interview with Pat Cerasaro, www.broadwayworld.com. October 2, 2010.

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• The best leaders are very often the best listeners. They have an open mind. They are not interested in having their own way but in finding the best way.

  Wilferd Peterson

  Leadership, Mind, Way

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• To be a deep listener, one of the first things we have to do is give up the need and the desire to give advice. Knowing answers does not require stating them; there are times when offering answers is not helpful, as when a person is in the middle of their own learning process.

  John Earle

  Inspirational, Giving Up, Knowing

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• Everyone will recognize that each sound carries with it a tangle of sensations, already well-known and exhausted, which predispose the listener to boredom, in spite of the efforts of all musical innovators.

  Luigi Russolo

  Boredom, Effort, Musical

  Luigi Russolo (1986). “The art of noises”, Pendragon Pr

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• But really important, perhaps most important is the craft; how you make your record, the creation of these sonic worlds you want your listener to hear.

  Duncan Sheik

  Important, Records, World

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• My faith, I mean, that's such a personal aspect that a lot of times, of course it's going to come out through the song. But at the same time, I'm not a religious salesman. I feel like God doesn't really need a salesman, and what these songs are are simply my interactions with this life and learning. I guess the bottom line is the songs are really honest, you know what I mean. That faith is going to come through. If the listener is looking for it, that's definitely a part of it.

  Jon Foreman

  Song, Religious, Mean

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• Pharoahe Monch is like an eloquent linguistics professor moonlighting as a rhyme serial killer terrorist, challenging the listeners' I.Q. while daring him or her to keep up.

  Kool Moe Dee

  Challenges, Serial Killer, Killers

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• A good listener is not someone with nothing to say. A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.

  Katharine Whitehorn

  Women, Listening, Sore Throat

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• The focus of my life begins at home with family, loved ones and friends. I want to use my resources to create a secure environment that fosters love, learning, laughter and mutual success. I will protect and value integrity. I will admit and quickly correct my mistakes. I will be a self-starter. I will be a caring person. I will be a good listener with an open mind. I will continue to grow and learn. I will facilitate and celebrate the success of others.

  Merlin Olsen

  Laughter, Integrity, Mistake

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• I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Believe, Play, Inspire

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• When I was speaking about communicating, I meant that the listener - we have to reach the listener; otherwise, of course, you're writing the piece, as I say, only for the satisfaction of seeing it on the paper for yourself, and then it ends right there.

  Leo Ornstein

  Writing, Pieces, Paper

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• Each of us has been designed for one of two immortal functions, as either a storyteller or as a cross-legged listener to tales of wonder, love, and daring. When we cease to tell or listen, then we no longer exist as a people.

  Bryce Courtenay

  Wonder Love, Two, People

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• And the people listened, and their faces were quiet with listening. The story tellers, gathering attention into their tales, spoke in great rhythms, spoke in great words because the tales were great, and the listeners became great through them.

  John Steinbeck

  People, Listening, Gathering

  John Steinbeck (2016). “The Grapes of Wrath”, p.262, Hamilton Books

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• I am naturally taciturn, and became a silent and attentive listener.

  William Hamilton Maxwell

  Quiet, Silent, Taciturn

  William Hamilton Maxwell (1833). “Stories of Waterloo”, p.4

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• A skilled listener can help people tap into their own wisdom.

  Richard Rohr

  People, Helping

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