“I think nowadays it doesn't really matter where we are physically located. We create our own culture around us to a large extent, whether it's what we're listening to, what we're watching, what we're reading - it can have very little to do with one's immediate cultural environment. We are in a global culture in that respect.” ThinkingLittlesMatterCultureReadingEnvironmentListening Author:David Sylvian
“I am amused when goody-goodies proclaim, from the safety of their armchairs, that children are naturally prejudice-free, that they only learn to "hate" from listening to bigoted adults. Nonsense. Tolerance is a learned trait, like riding a bike or playing the piano. Those of us who actually live among children, who see them in their natural environment, know the truth: Left to their own devices, children will gang up on and abuse anyone who is even slightly different from the norm.” KnowsChildrenDifferentHateLeftNaturalEnvironmentListeningAdultsAbusePrejudiceSafetyTolerancePianoNonsenseDevicesTraitsRidingBikeNormGangAmusedNatural EnvironmentArmchairs Author:Josh Lieb
“Real communication is an attitude, an environment. It is the most interactive of all processes. It requires countless hours of eyeball to eyeball, back and forth. It involves more listening than talking.” RealProcessHoursAttitudeTalkingEnvironmentCommunicationListeningBack And ForthInteractiveEyeballs Book:Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader Source: Jack Welch Speaks: Wit and Wisdom from the World's Greatest Business Leader
“It's too bad music can't be like movies. For me, playing music and listening to music and creating music is very environmental. It creates a certain environment; it sets a specific mood.” CertainEnvironmentListeningCreatingMusic IsEnvironmentalMoodListening To MusicPlaying MusicBad MusicCreating Music Author:Avey Tare
“The difference between a healthy environment and an unhealthy environment can be summed up in one word, and it's not 'CO2' or 'climate' or 'temperature.' It's 'development.' [...] Whether you're drinking clean drinking water, listening to a thunderstorm with pleasure instead of fear, or going to the Grand Canyon, you should be thanking Big Coal, Big Oil, and Big Gas.” ShouldBigsWaterDifferencesPleasureEnvironmentListeningDevelopmentHealthyCleanDrinkingClimateOilGasCoalOne WordTemperatureUnhealthyCanyonsDrinking WaterCo2Grand CanyonThunderstormBig OilHealthy EnvironmentClean Drinking Water Author:Alex Epstein
“Kevin [Drew] beat me to the punch because when he first sent "Sister OK" and I'm listening to it, it took me to a place that I had not been to in a long time. It took me to a place when you're a teenager. I understand it all now, but in a moment of confusion, in a moment of trying to find some kind of solid ground in an environment that was quicksand in my life, it's that first line just kills me all the time: "Well it's just that your sister said you'd be OK."” TryingFirstsWellsKindLongSaidMomentsLinesEnvironmentListeningLong TimeBeatsConfusionTeenagerKill MeKevinQuicksand Author:Andy Kim
“The students were missing out a lot in their ensemble playing because they weren't listening to each other or the environment.” EnvironmentMissingStudentsListeningEnsembleMissing Out Author:Pauline Oliveros
“"Acoustic ecologist" is basically a fancy name for someone who tries to become a better listener. Not just listening to those thoughts, ideas, and productions of human intention, but listening to places - whether it's an urban environment, residential, industrial, or even the farthest corner of the world, in one of our last great quiet places where we can listen to the pure sounds of nature without any human-caused noise intrusions.” WorldTryingEnvironmentListeningQuietIntentionUrbanJust ListenQuiet Place Author:Gordon Hempton
“The most important thing for our species is, before it speaks, to listen to its environment. That has a higher priority in any species' survival. We need to be listening to our environment - in other words, restoring the quiet - not just to our natural areas, but also to towns like Portland, Maine.” ImportantSpeakNaturalEnvironmentListeningQuietSurvivalPrioritiesOur Environment Author:Gordon Hempton
“Why does the lizard stick his tongue out? The lizard sticks its tongue out because that's the way its listening and looking and tasting its environment. It's its means of appreciating what's in front of it.” WayMeanDoeEnvironmentFrontsListeningAppreciateSticksTongueTastingLizards Author:William Shatner