“Naked girls with the heads of Marx and Malraux prone and helpless in the glare of the headlights, tried to give them a little joie de vivre but maybe it didn't take, their constant bickering and smallness, it's like a stroke of lightning, the world reminds you of its power, tracheotomies right and left, I am spinning, my pretty child, don't scratch, pick up your feet, the long nights, spent most of my time listening, this is a test of the system, this is only a test.” WorldGivingChildrenLittlesLongNightGirlLeftFeetListeningPicksTestsConstantNakedMy TimeLightningHelplessStrokesScratchesSpinningGlareSmallnessBickeringHeadlightsLong NightsJoie De Vivre Book:Sixty stories Source: Sixty stories
“Trusting the government to monitor your calls without listening. It's kind of like trusting Chris Christie to pick up the McDonald's and not eat the fries on the way home.” WayKindHomeGovernmentListeningPicksMcdonaldsFriesWay HomeChristie Author:Bill Maher
“We've all had the experience of you pick up a book, you can't get into it, you can't concentrate.Then one day you pick up the same book and you don't hear the phone ring. You're totally absorbed. Same thing I have to do every day. When you get into that special place of unconsciousness - you get it listening to great music or seeing a great movie - it just takes you out of yourself, out of this whole world. There's no feeling quite like it.” WorldBookWholeFeelingsSeeingSpecialListeningOne DayPicksPhonesRingsWhole WorldGreat MusicSpecial PlacesUnconsciousness Author:T.C. Boyle
“I can watch anybody all day long if they're really doing what they're doing. I have a fascination with human behavior, watching people talk, when they pick at their face or how they hold their hand or if they're listening to you, if they're not listening to you.” PeopleIfsHumansLongI CanHandsFacesWatchesListeningBehaviorPicksHuman BehaviorFascination Author:Scoot McNairy
“One of the things that I loved about listening to Miles Davis is that Miles always had an instinct for which musicians were great for what situations. He could always pick a band, and that was the thing that separated him from everybody else.” SituationListeningBandMusicianPicksInstinctMiles Author:Branford Marsalis
“I got really tired of metal music. How do you pick what's good to sell when you're not totally into what you're listening to and marketing?” ListeningPicksSellsTiredMarketingMetalsMetal Music Author:Blake Judd
“I think that being in politics, being in leadership should be as much about listening as talking. That's how I think you can get the information and sort of pick up the nuance that will enable you to do the best possible job.” ThinkingShouldJobsTalkingInformationListeningPicksDo The BestNuance Author:Hillary Clinton