“No man would listen to you talk if he didn’t know it was his turn next.” — E. W. Howe, Country Town Sayings
Tag: listening
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“Let other people talk about themselves, as much as they will. If they do so it is because they like it, and they will think all the better of you for listening to them.” — Sir John Lubbock, “Tact,” The Use of Life
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“Doesn’t matter how much you talk if people don’t listen.” — Jamel Brinkley, “Witness,” the Paris Review (Summer 2020)
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“An appreciative listener is always stimulating.” — Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles
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“The ordinary hindrances to good listening are very considerable, such as the desire to talk oneself, the proneness to interrupt.” — Arthur Helps, Brevia
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“Most people are not listening but instead projecting.” — Vincent Gallo, “An Essay by Vincent Gallo – Unfiltered and Unedited,” Another Man
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“What you say is not nearly as important as what we hear.” — Seth Godin, “Different people hear differently”
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“Nobody really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you’ll see why.” — Mignon McLaughlin, The Complete Neurotic’s Notebook
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“He and I were good friends, because he liked to talk, and I liked to listen.” — Anna Deavere Smith, Talk to Me: Listening Between the Lines
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“Sometime when you’re talking up a storm so brilliant, so charming that you can hardly believe how wonderful you are, pause just a moment and listen to yourself. It’s good for the soul to hear yourself as others hear you, and next time maybe, just maybe, you will not talk so much, so loudly, so brilliantly, so charmingly, so utterly shamefully foolishly.” — Russell Baker, “10 Ways to Avoid Mucking Up the World Any Worse Than It Already Is,” Connecticut College, (1995-05-27)
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