“Being on President Nixon's enemies list was the highest single honor I've ever received. Who knows who's listening to me now and what government list I'm on?” KnowsGovernmentPresidentEnemyListeningHonorHighestListsPresident Nixon Author:Paul Newman
“One thing is clear, the president of North Vietnam is not a fanatic. He is a very strong and determined man, but capable of listening, something that is very rare in a person of his position.” MenPersonsStrongPresidentClearOne ThingPositionListeningCapableDeterminedVietnamVery StrongFanatics Author:Martin Niemoller
“When you're president, the Democrats got to feel good when they walk in the door if you're a Republican; if you're a Democrat, the Republican has to feel like you're listening. And you should be listening.” IfsFeelsShouldPresidentWalksDoorsLike YouListeningRepublicanDemocratFeel Good Author:William J. Clinton
“I think the important thing is for the president to show action. The people in America want to know that we're listening to them and their concerns.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWantImportantShowsActionAmericaPresidentListeningConcernImportant Things Author:Trent Lott
“Being President is a little like being the grounds-keeper at a cemetery: there's plenty of people below you but no one's listening.” PeopleLittlesPresidentListeningPlentyCemeteryKeepers Author:William J. Clinton
“President Karzai is an incredibly kind and decent man. I had the pleasure of meeting him, and he genuinely cares for his people. But I think he had too much of a tendency to want to rule by listening to all voices at all times.” PeopleThinkingMenWantKindCarePresidentVoicePleasureToo MuchListeningMeetingsTendenciesAll TimeDecentDecent Man Author:Khaled Hosseini
“People want leadership, Mr. President, and in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. They want leadership. They're so thirsty for it they'll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and when they discover there's no water, they'll drink the sand.” PeopleWantPresidentWaterLeadershipStepsListeningDrinkDiscoveryDrinkingAbsenceGenuineDesertSandStep UpThirstyMicrophonesCrawlingAmerican PresidentMiragesDesert Sand Author:Michael J. Fox
“With any kind of physical test, I don't know what it is, I always seem to get competitive. Remember when you were in school and they'd do those hearing tests? And you'd really be listening hard, you know? I wanted to do unbelievable on the hearing test. I wanted them to come over to me after and go, 'We think you may have something close to super-hearing. What you heard was a cotton ball touching a piece of felt. We're sending the results to Washington, we'd like you to meet the President.'” ThinkingKnowsKindMayHardSeemsWantedSchoolRememberFeltPresidentResultsPiecesHeardLike YouListeningTestsBallsHearingTouchingUnbelievableRemember WhenCotton Author:Jerry Seinfeld
“John Kerry now getting slammed by the Republicans because of a botched joke he did about President Bush and Iraq in a recent speech. Kerry was stunned about this. He said, 'What? People are listening to my speeches?'” PeopleSaidPresidentListeningRepublicanSpeechJokesIraqPresident BushJohn KerryStunned Author:Jay Leno
“I think this transition to a candidacy will allow me to be more direct about my advocacy of the leadership skills necessary for the next president to fix a few things, and as a candidate, contrary to someone who has been listening and learning along the way, I'll offer up alternatives to the path we're on as well, so I'll be more specific on policy.” ThinkingWayWellsHas BeensNextPresidentLeadershipPathPolicyListeningOffersSkillsDirectContraryAlternativesCandidatesTransitionAdvocacyLeadership SkillsCandidacy Author:Jeb Bush
“You essentially have a human-relations database on millions of Americans. The administration said, "Well we're not listening to calls, we don't collect content." As [Vice President] Joe Biden said when he was a United States senator, you don't need to listen to those calls. If you have who somebody called, when and where, and you learned, for example, somebody called a psychiatrist three times in the last few days and twice after midnight, you know a lot about that person that they may not want people to know about them, especially the government.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantNeedsHumansWellsMayPersonsSaidStatesGovernmentLastsThreePresidentUnitedMillionsUnited StatesExampleListeningRelationVicesAdministrationSenatorsMidnightThree TimesPsychiatristHuman RelationsVice PresidentBidenDatabases Author:Ron Wyden