“A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word 'BUT' which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative - before they tell you. Thus: 'I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but...(a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut).” WayFirstsPoliticsBeliefStrongCuttingListeningPoliticianOppositesConservativeActiveSentencesDefenseBillionsMaximumAlways BelieveProposeComprehensionClausesNational Defense Author:Frank Mankiewicz
“In a world where the great technologies enable us to record, replay, cut and paste, zoom in, and delete, listening is the crucial commitment to keep the heart touchable.” WorldHeartTechnologyRecordsCuttingListeningCommitmentCrucialReplayZoomGreat Technology Book:Seven Thousand Ways to Listen: Staying Close to What Is Sacred Source: Seven Thousand Ways to Listen: Staying Close to What Is Sacred
“I love listening to these guys give us lectures about debt and deficits. I inherited a trillion-dollar deficit. ... This notion that somehow we caused the deficits is just wrong. It's just not true. ... If they start trying to give you a bunch of facts and figures suggesting that it's true, what they're not telling you is they baked all this stuff into the cake with those tax cuts and a prescription drug plan that they didn't pay for and the wars.” IfsGivingTryingWarFactsGuyStuffPayCuttingPlansFiguresListeningDrugTaxesDollarsNotionDebtBunchCakeDeficitLecturesPrescriptionsSuggestingTax CutsPrescription Drugs Author:Barack Obama
“Hearing politicians tell us we can't afford a tax cut is like listening to a glutton tell you he can't afford a diet. In no other context do people talk about paying for money they don't have. I can't pay for your refusal to give me money because I need a yacht.” PeopleNeedsGivingI CanPayCuttingListeningPoliticianTaxesGive MeHearingDietsRefusalTax CutsYacht Author:Ann Coulter
“I hear something I like, and sometimes, I think it's gonna work, and I will cut it up, try it out, try to work with other material. Sometimes, it falls flat, and other times, it works out, so in that way, I'm constantly listening to music because I enjoy it.” ThinkingWayTryingSometimesFallEnjoyCuttingMaterialsListeningMusic IsWork OutFlatsListening To Music Author:Girl Talk
“Electronic technology has been a part of music making and music listening for a century. We always treat it like it's new, and cutting edge, but it's actually omnipresent, so we should just treat it as part of the arsenal today.” TodayTechnologyCuttingListeningCutting Edge Author:Vijay Iyer
“You live through the play at 8 o'clock, straight through, and nobody can call "Cut!" But also with the stage you're getting instant reactions. You hear people snoring in the audience, and bored to tears, or sometimes you hear the laughter, and you can hear them listening.” PeopleSometimesAudienceCuttingTearsListeningLaughterBoredInstantSnoring Author:Chris Messina
“The learning curve on soaps is through the roof because it's a three-camera setup. There's a master and then there's two singles. And the great thing about soaps, and soap actors will tell you, is that when you get your line wrong, they don't re-shoot it. They just cut to the person listening.” PersonsTwoThreeActorsLinesCuttingMastersListeningCamerasGreat ThingsRoofCurvesSoapSinglesSetupsLearning Curve Author:John C. McGinley
“I'm a provincial. I live very much like a hermit: reading, listening to music, working in the cutting room, writing, commercial work - which doesn't take up that much time.” WritingReadingRoomsCuttingListeningListening To MusicHermits Author:Orson Welles
“If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience.” IfsWaySoundDealsMusicCuttingListeningEgoEarsMusicalRefuseDeveloping Author:John Cage
“The mother memories that are closest to my heart are the small gentle ones that I have carried over from the days of my childhood. They are not profound, but they have stayed with me through life, and when I am very old, they will still be near . . . Memories of mother drying my tears, reading aloud, cutting cookies and singing as she did, listening to prayers I said as I knelt with my forehead pressed against her knee, tucking me in bed and turning down the light. They have carried me through the years and given my life such a firm foundation that it does not rock beneath flood or tempest.” YearsHeartDoeSaidStillsLightMotherReadingGivenMemoriesPrayerCuttingChildhoodRocksTearsListeningMomMy HeartBedSingingFoundationProfoundFirmGentleKneesClosestFloodCookiesForeheadsTempestThrough The YearsReading AloudFirm Foundation Author:Margaret Sanger