The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.
Listen to the mustn’ts, child. Listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossibles, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me… Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.
I’ve begun to realize that you can listen to silence and learn from it. It has a quality and a dimension all its own.
You can’t make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can’t last.
When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.
Victory does not come to men who listen to their fears.
To listen and answer well is one of the greatest achievements you can boast in conversation.[Bien écouter et bien répondre est une des plus grandes perfections qu’on puisse avoir dans la conversation.]
They who listen to only one bell hear only one sound.[Qui n’entend qu’une cloche n’a qu’un son, disaient les gens sages.]
There’s none so blind as those who will not listen.
The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.
The aim of talk should be like the aim of a flying arrow – to hit the mark; but to this end there must be a mark to hit, that is, there must be a listener.
One reason why so few people are intelligent and attractive in conversation is that almost everybody thinks of what he wants to say instead of how to answer properly what has been said to him.[Une des choses qui fait que l’on trouve si peu de gens qui paraissent raisonnables et agréables dans la conversation, c’est qu’il n’y a presque personne qui ne pense plutôt à ce qu’il veut dire qu’à répondre précisément à ce qu’on lui dit.]
