“Many, perhaps most, very learned people prefer the company of their books to sitting in a crowd listening to history and art being mangled; furthermore, it is unlikely that the venerable scholars will stand up afterward to declare, "This lecture was a load of crap." The more profound a professor's distaste with the proceedings, the more likely he is to melt away at the end of the talk.” PeopleArtBookEndsCompanyListeningArt IsSittingProfoundCrowdsProfessorsScholarLoadCrapUnlikelyLecturesProceedingDistasteHistory And Art Author:Camille Paglia
“Listening to other companies' customers is the best way to gain market share, while listening to the visionaries is the best way to create new markets.” WayCompanyShareListeningGainsCustomersBest WayVisionariesListening To Others Author:Esther Dyson
“A lot of people are listening and most people believe global warming is a problem and they'd like to see it addressed. But governments and the biggest companies in the world don't want to deal with it like they didn't want to deal with the fact that tobacco causes cancer.” PeopleWorldWantBelieveFactsProblemGovernmentCausesDealsCompanyListeningCancerGlobal WarmingTobacco Author:John H Richardson
“Can you be alone without being lonely? Can you spend time by yourself without craving noise or company of other people? Have you discovered the glory of quiet time spent alone, time spent listening to your soul? Solitude brings with it gifts that come from nowhere else.” PeopleSoulCompanyListeningSolitudeQuietGloryLonelyNoiseYour SoulEnd TimesCravingSpend TimeBeing LonelyTime SpentAlone TimeQuiet Time Author:Steve Goodier
“I used to enjoy all the white bands when I was a kid listening to the radio. But the record companies, they take music and label it - like, they say "rock". Because the white singers can't sound like James Brown, they call him "soul". They've been doing that for years. That's the prejudice crap.” YearsSoulKidsUsedEnjoySoundWhiteCompanyRecordsRocksListeningBandPrejudiceRadioSingersLabelsBrownCrapRecord Companies Author:Miles Davis
“The companies that make meaningful contributions while also listening to the voices of others are the ones that will genuinely engage their community, who will then go to work for them.” VoiceCommunityCompanyListeningMeaningfulContribution Author:Simon Mainwaring
“Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.” UnderstandingCompanyFamilyVirtueListeningEmpathyDiscourseGood CompanyVice And VirtueGood Food Good Company Author:Izaak Walton