“I think I was in high school, actually, and it was a guidance counselor or someone said, you know, you're just too loud; like you need to just stop talking so much and stop being so opinionated; like no one wants to listen to you because you're really annoying. And I'm glad that I didn't shut up, because it seems like people are listening.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantNeedsSaidSeemsSchoolTalkingLike YouListeningHigh SchoolGladLoudGuidanceAnnoyingShut UpCounselorOpinionatedGuidance Counselor Author:Jessica Valenti
“I wrote "Win" for people on both sides, legitimately on both sides. If you're a Democrat listening to this right now, you - the whole playbook is in this book. If you're a Republican, and you're frustrated because Barack Obama is a great communicator, the playbook is in this book. And if you're a corporation who wants to satisfy his - their employees, how to do it is in this book. And finally, if you're an employee and you want to get a raise, whether at NPR or anyplace else, it's in this book.” PeopleIfsWantBookWholeWinningSidesListeningRepublicanRight NowRaisesDemocratBarackCorporationsEmployeeFrustratedBoth SidesCommunicatorsNprPlaybooks Author:Frank Luntz
“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
“Everyday though, I'm just looking for like- I always ask people, What are you listening to? What sounds are good to you? Alot of people are in their car, in the club or on the internet looking and I just don't do any of that. Usually if I'm out and about it's because I have something to do, because I'm like a really big home body. If I'm at home, im watching Nickelodeon cartoons so sometimes I'm out of the loop with the cool music, but for sure I'm predicting that J.Cole is going to be good.” PeopleIfsSometimesHomeBodyBigsAsksSoundCarListeningInternetEverydayClubsBe GoodCartoonLoopsPredictingNickelodeonCool Music Author:Jhene Aiko
“I actually didn't find out about a lot of music until I was older. Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old.” PeopleYearsHas BeensWholeListeningWhole Life Author:Steven Soderbergh
“Being a Christian does not mean that there is one way of living a Christian life, people do it differently in different cultures because they have different interpretations, that's how it should be. The disciples had arguments with Jesus! It is about listening to one another, and respecting one another with those differences.” PeopleWayShouldMeanDoeDifferentChristianCultureJesusDifferencesListeningArgumentChristian LifeOne WayInterpretationDiscipleDifferent CulturesDifferent Interpretations Author:Alan Green
“I study a lot of the greats; I study the current people out now and what people are listening to now. I don't shun anything away; I just check it all out and make my own judgment.” PeopleMy OwnStudyListeningJudgmentCurrentsChecks Author:Ledisi
“Imagine Eminem writing a play with complex raps and syllables, and melodies flowing in and out. That's what it was like for me listening to Lin-Manuel Miranda, it was incredible. So it just goes to show that if you put your teaching style in a certain form, that will attract the attention of the people you are trying to teach.” PeopleIfsWritingTryingPlayShowsFormCertainAttentionTeachImagineTeachingStyleListeningComplexesIncrediblesRapMelodySyllablesMiranda Author:Ryan Montgomery
“I was listening to the inclusiveness of Spider-Man, and why he's so appealing to so many people, but I didn't connect it all at first.” PeopleMenFirstsListeningSpidersSpider ManInclusiveness Author:Brian Michael Bendis
“The most influential person in the room isn't the one who is being a bully, talking loudly, and imposing him- or herself on others. Surrendered people understand that true power comes from being respectful and listening.” PeoplePersonsRoomsTalkingListeningBullyInfluentialRespectfulImposingBe RespectfulTrue PowerInfluential Person Author:Judith Orloff
“I could go old-school; I listen to a lot of old-school music, like Teddy Pendergrass, the Temptations, people like that. I'm an old-school dude, and I'm vibin' with stuff like that to clear my mind. I like listening to that old-school music.” PeopleMindSchoolStuffClearListeningTemptationOld SchoolTeddy Author:Ace Hood
“Every day of my life is going out in public and seeing people's lives and listening to stories - all that kind of stuff musically inspires me.” PeopleKindStoriesLife IsStuffSeeingInspireListeningGoing Out Author:LeAnn Rimes
“You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to know people are listening.” PeopleKnowsWantRecordsListeningSellingGoing OutAcclaim Author:Kevin Drew
“The stuff that I've been doing lately is political. It's not always about people who are super famous movie stars. The fact that people are still taking a chance and listening to the blacklist episodes is really exciting.” PeopleStillsFactsPoliticalStarsStuffChanceListeningExcitingEpisodesMovie Star Author:Karina Longworth
“The thing I've been talking about with daughter is the idea of - and I'm talking about essentially in America - the possibility of, a lost generation. I've been listening to a lot of music - as a fan, as a critic, as somebody who likes to dance - but I hear, you know, within these songs and half the people I hear, these philosophies encoded and embedded in these songs.” PeopleKnowsIdeasPhilosophyAmericaSongLostHalfTalkingGenerationsFansPossibilityListeningDaughterCriticsLikesEmbeddedLost Generation Author:Saul Williams
“The challenge is to just focus on what's actually happening, focus on the people who get it, and focus on the people who are listening.” PeopleChallengesFocusListeningHappenings Author:Amanda Palmer
“I think too many politicians are not listening to the men and women they represent, and if we're going to change the path America is on, we have got to be fighting for policies not that benefit the giant corporations and the banks and the special interests and the lobbyists, which is what Washington focuses on every day, but instead every policy needs to focus on the working men and women, the truck drivers and the steelworkers, and the young people.” PeopleIfsThinkingMenNeedsAmericaYoungFightingInterestPathFocusSpecialPolicyHe ManListeningPoliticianBenefitsMen And WomenCorporationsGiantsDriversTruckSpecial InterestsLobbyistsWorking ManTruck Driver Author:Ted Cruz
“I was rather free, and I always did what I wanted to do, sometimes without listening to the people who warned me not to do this or that.” PeopleSometimesWantedListening Author:Sonia Rykiel
“I grew up listening and looking up at these people and laughing at Carol Burnett and singing James Taylor songs. And same with Smokey Robinson. So they were such a huge influence as a child that to actually sit alongside them and perform on the same bill was an amazing experience for me.” PeopleChildrenSongLaughingInfluenceHugeListeningGrewGrew UpSingingBillsCarolsAmazing Experiences Author:MC Lyte
“You know, I had a new kind of thought on Black Lives Matter and the All Lives Matter thing. And the best way to explain it is if we're all sitting around at a table having dinner, and everybody gets pie except for you and you say, my pie matters, I don't have pie, and everybody at the table looks at you and says, I know, all pie matters, it shows that the people at the table aren't really listening.” PeopleIfsKnowsWayLooksKindMatterShowsBlackListeningSittingTablesDinnerBest WayPieBlack Lives MatterSitting AroundBlack Lives Author:Glenn Beck
“I've always listened to jazz or folk or blues. I was always listening to the prophets. I don't really go for...I don't know how to say anything about the singles scene without slamming people.” PeopleKnowsKnow HowListeningSceneJazzFolksProphetSay AnythingSingles Author:Van Morrison
“I didn't get into Tupac [Shakur] until a little later, once I started understanding rap and people's stories. Eminem was the first rapper that I actually started dissecting the lyrics, and once I got attached to his stories, then I started listening to Dr. Dre, then Snoop 'cause they were all under one camp.” PeopleFirstsLittlesStoriesCausesUnderstandingListeningRapCampsRapperDrsDissectingDr Dre Author:Tyga
“It [The Esemblist] is also about the generation of audience members that are watching shows and listening to us at the same time; hopefully, in time, when they listen to our show and then go see a show, they'll realize even more what it takes to make a show, and they'll know even more about everybody on stage, rather than just people above the title of the show.” PeopleKnowsShowsRealizingAudienceGenerationsStageListeningMembersHopefullyTitles Author:Nikka Graff Lanzarone
“That's why this generation is the least racist generation ever. You see it all the time. Go to any club. People are intermingling, hanging out, having fun, enjoying the same music. Hip-hop is not just in the Bronx anymore. It's worldwide. Everywhere you go, people are listening to hip-hop and partying together. Hip-hop has done that.” PeopleDoneTogetherFunEnjoyPartyGenerationsListeningHip HopClubsHipsHaving FunHopsRacistHanging OutThis GenerationBronxNightlife Author:Jay-Z
“When I was young, I was interested more in (singing the songs). ... I can't say I'm enjoying it more now than I did before, because I loved it when I first sang in Wales, in a pub or a club. I loved it then, getting up and singing. Or as a kid in school, I've always loved to sing. But I think when you've been around a long time, it's even more satisfying to think that people are listening to me now, and I've been in the business for a long time.” PeopleThinkingFirstsLongI CanKidsSchoolYoungSongEnjoyListeningLong TimeSingingClubsSatisfyingPubsWales Author:Tom Jones
“Not many people understand that, but if you open yourself to listening - you don't even have to exercise - you get better with time.” PeopleIfsListeningExerciseGet Better Author:Sergei Polunin
“Call it whatever you need to call it to make it feel good to you. But the fact of the matter is, I've been in lots of place growing up and listening to people tell great tales of sexual conquest. It is an immature thing to do -” PeopleNeedsFeelsMatterFactsGrowing UpGrowingListeningTalesFeel GoodThings To DoConquestImmature Author:Benjamin Carson
“I'm more trying to connect; I'm more listening to people. Whatever I get is very meaningful to me.” PeopleTryingListeningMeaningfulVery MeanVery Meaningful Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o
“I'm a grown-up and I'm a creative person so I should try to give something to that and see what I can make with that. And not sit around listening to people be like, 'You really should be on an HBO show. You'd be great on an Amazon series.' You're like, 'Thank you, okay. I don't have any offers.'” PeopleGivingShouldTryingPersonsI CanShowsCreativeLike YouListeningOffersOkaySeriesAmazonCreative PersonHbo Author:Parker Posey
“It's insane that there are actually people listening to my music all over the world, which is amazing.” PeopleWorldListeningInsane Author:Kris Allen
“We have been listening year after year to [white people] and what have we got? We are not even allowed to think for ourselves. "I know what is best for you," but they don't know what is best for us! It is time now to let them know what they owe us, and they owe us a great deal.” PeopleThinkingKnowsYearsHas BeensWhiteDealsListening Author:Fannie Lou Hamer
“[My fashion] line is inspired by real people, so I guess you could say it was listening to them, what they need, what they want and then translating that into coming from me.” PeopleWantNeedsRealLinesFashionListeningInspiredTranslate Author:Zendaya
“You just have to get out of the bubble and you have to quit listening to yourself. People are really hurt. The irony of this is, though, had Ms.[Hillary] Clinton listened to her husband instead of her boss, she might could have stopped this Rust Belt redneck revolt.” PeopleMightHurtListeningHusbandClintonQuittingIronyBossBubblesBeltsRedneckRevoltRust Author:Mary Matalin
“Growing up, my grandmother did not want worldly music in the house. Then when I went out to California, I started listening to Spanish music, mostly Mexican music. But were I in Egypt, I would listen to the music of the people, or if I was in Italy, I'd listen to Italian music.” PeopleIfsWantHouseGrowing UpGrowingListeningCaliforniaGrandmotherItalianEgyptWorldlyMy GrandmotherMexican Author:Maya Angelou
“The mission [of institution] won't change. It will continue to be what it is: to spread the practice of deep listening and introduce it to people, to do workshops and retreats and certification programs and so on.” PeoplePracticeListeningProgramInstitutionsSpreadMissionsIntroducingRetreatWorkshopsDeep Listening Author:Pauline Oliveros
“People's experiences are all different, and you don't know what the person experienced. They know, but you don't, so I think it's important to listen carefully to what a person has to say. And not to force them into any direction at all but simply to model what you've experienced, model it and also be what I call a Listening Presence. If you're really listening, then some of the barriers can dissolve or change.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsPersonsImportantDifferentForceListeningModelsBarriers Author:Pauline Oliveros
“Whether you're with a group of people, whether you're playing music or whether you're by yourself, even if it's written material, you have to be listening.” PeopleIfsWrittenGroupsMaterialsListeningPlaying Music Author:Reggie Watts
“I have intentions as a writer, but people - when they're listening to a track - will take from it what they interpret.” PeopleListeningIntentionTrack Author:Kate Bush
“Being in this game if you are gonna sell drugs and make records too then as many records you make is gonna be as many people that know you sell drugs. We got the hip hop cops listening now.” PeopleIfsKnowsGamesRecordsListeningDrugSellsHip HopHipsHopsCop Author:Rakim
“[Ronald] Reagan had an agenda, three agenda items. George W. Bush had some. But [Donald] Trump, because people weren't listening, Trump has the longest agenda item list I have seen in modern American politics.” PeopleThreeModernListeningTrumpListsAgendasItemsAmerican Politics Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I believe a good leader brings out the best in people by listening to them, trusting in them, believing in them, respecting them and letting them have a go.” PeopleBelieveI BelieveLeaderListeningGood Leader Author:Richard Branson
“I think the big lesson to the political class is stop listening so much to each other, and start listening to the people.” PeopleThinkingBigsPoliticalClassListeningLessons Author:Kellyanne Conway
“I think Allah (swt) has given me the ni'ma of this voice, for which I use for Allah (swt) and his Prophet (pbuh) to read nasheeds. That is a certain kind of music, which is pleasing in the eyes of Allah (swt) and His Prophet (pbuh). And if people can start listening to it, I think that is a great service to the ummah. Keeping that in mind, that now has become a priority.” PeopleIfsThinkingMindKindUseEyeCertainGivenVoiceListeningPrioritiesProphetGreat ServiceAllah Swt Author:Junaid Jamshed
“The Fox News anchors are lovely. They have an incredible combination of brains and beauty. And I think that's one of the reasons people love watching them and listening to them.” PeopleThinkingReasonBrainListeningNewsIncrediblesLovelyCombinationFoxesAnchorsFox NewsBeauty And BrainsNews Anchors Author:Megyn Kelly
“The people listening very closely to what the Muslims have always declared. They'll find that in every declaration there's the fact that, the same as, as Moses told Pharaoh, "You're doomed if you don't do so and so," or as Daniel told, I think it was Balthazar or Nebuchadnezzar, "You are doomed if you don't do so and so."” PeopleIfsThinkingFactsListeningDoomedDeclarationMosesPharaohs Author:Malcolm X
“Some people have argued that listening to a work of literature does not really promote literacy in the same way that reading does. Having tried this for several months, however, I can report from the trenches that, for me, immersive listening is as intellectually challenging, stimulating, and rewarding as immersive reading.” PeopleWayDoeI CanReadingLiteratureChallengesListeningMonthsReportsLiteracyTrenches Author:Tom Peters
“I know that some of the folks in the press are uptight about this [moving the press corps out of the West Wing ], and I understand. What we're - the only thing that's been discussed is whether or not the initial press conferences are going to be in that small press - and for the people listening to this that don't know this, that the press room that people see on TV is very, very tiny. Forty-nine people fit in that press room.” PeopleKnowsMovingRoomsTvsListeningFitPressesWingsWestFolksTinyNineFortyConferencesInitialsPress ConferencesUptight Author:Reince Priebus
“When you're dealing with a constant rhythm, no matter how great your lyrics are, if you don't switch it up, people's heads are going to start bobbing. And they're going to stop listening to what you're saying, so consistently keep the ear fresh and keep the audience surprised.” PeopleIfsMatterAudienceListeningEarsConstantRhythmConsistently Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda
“I was listening to Tommy Chong talking about how he feels like there is like a creative flow happening and how certain people just know how to hook into the pipe. He played music with Jimi Hendrix and felt that he was personally connected to some higher intelligence or creativity.” PeopleKnowsFeelsCertainFeltTalkingCreativityKnow HowCreativeListeningHigherHappeningsFlowConnectedHookPipeHendrix Author:Judd Apatow
“I wasn't popular in school, I was Mexican, I was all these inappropriate things. I started playing the ukulele and taking it to school, and I realized people liked listening to it. I would play it to comfort myself at home, and I'd play rhythm and blues songs that had four chords. That's how it started.” PeoplePlayHomeSchoolSongFourListeningComfortI RealizedRhythmChordsMexicanInappropriateUkuleleRhythm And Blues Author:Joan Baez