Keyword: Listening

No one is listening until you make a mistake.

A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.

(1923 – 1964) Irish poet, short story writer, novelist & playwright

The opposite of talking isn't listening; the opposite of talking is waiting.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

No one is listening until you make a mistake.

Everybody lies, but it doesn't matter since nobody listens.

When you talk to him, he looks at you and grins and grins and nods and nods and appears to be the world's best listener, until you realize he is not listening at all.

(1933 – ) television & radio host

If you think communication is all talking, you haven't been listening.

(1933 – ) English author & cartoonist

The older I grow the more I listen to people who don’t talk much.

Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Gentlemen, listen to me slowly.

(1879 – 1974) film producer

Everybody lies; but it doesn't matter since nobody listens.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

(1872 – 1933) 30th U.S. president

Tonight I’m going to listen with my ears.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient; it may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear.

fictional character from the book series by A. A. Milne

The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

The reason most people talk to themselves is because they’re often the only ones who will listen.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

If you lend someone an ear, don’t expect to be repaid with interest.

fictional mascot and cover boy of Mad, an American humor magazine

Yeah I called her up, she gave me a bunch of crap about me not listening to her, or something, I don’t know, I wasn’t really paying attention.

(1955 – ) American actor, musician & playwright

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist