“All this business of a labour to accomplish, before I can end, of words to say, a truth to recover, in order to say it, before I can end, of an imposed task, once known, long neglected, finally forgotten, to perform, before I can be done with speaking, done with listening, I invented it all, in the hope it would console me, help me to go on, allow me to think of myself as somewhere on a road, moving, between a beginning and an end, gaining ground, losing ground, getting lost, but somehow in the long run making headway.” ThinkingLongI CanEndsDoneHelpingRunningMovingOrderLostKnownListeningGoes OnLosingTasksForgottenAccomplishHelp MeLabourLong RunsNeglectedConsoleGetting Lost Book:The Unnamable Source: The Unnamable
“I do not want to be bored listening to music that is muffled and known only to the poet himself.” WantKnownPoetListeningBoredListening To Music Author:F. Sionil José
“Listening is one of the lesser-known skills that mistresses offer.” KnownListeningOffersSkillsMistressLesser Known Author:Betty Jane Wylie
“Most people like the sad songs. Some of the oldest songs known to man are sad. Listening to a voice singing something sad is a really great way to help you to feel sad when you need to.” PeopleMenWayNeedsFeelsHelpingSongVoiceKnownListeningSingingReally GreatSad SongVoice Singing Author:Patty Griffin
“I think, as a comedian, the funniest you can be is with people you know, and [whom] you've known for years, in a pub. That's as funny as you get, and so the aim [while stand-up] is to get that funny on stage with 5,000 strangers, to get that funny in a room where people shouldn't be listening but they are.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsRoomsKnownStageListeningAimStrangerComedianPubs Author:Ricky Gervais
“Instead of taking care to acquaint ourselves with others, we only think of making ourselves known to them. It would be better to listen to other people in order to become enlightened rather than to speak so as to shine in front of them.” PeopleThinkingWould BeCareOrderSpeakKnownFrontsListeningShiningEnlightened Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable
“As much as he's been through, he's so alive and open to change. That's what I wanted to channel and I feel that's the root of who he is. So I was still and listening to God. All of that came together to really birth this human being known as Ralph Angel.” FeelsHumansStillsWantedTogetherHuman BeingsKnownAliveListeningBirthAngelRootsListening To God Author:Kofi Siriboe
“Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking.” PeopleInspirationalSuccessTalkingKnownSuccessfulListeningSuccessful PeoplePeople TalkingTalking And ListeningEffective Listening Author:Bernard Baruch