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You're not listening with your eyes. -- Mitch Albom
If you're not listening, you're not learning. -- Lyndon B. Johnson
You confuse not speaking with not listening. -- Gregory Maguire
You can't go through life not listening to music. -- Graeme Simsion
I have no problem not listening to the Temptations. -- Mitch Hedberg
Listening is very inexpensive; not listening could be very costly! -- Tom Brewer
If you think you know it all, you are not listening. -- Marsha Johnson Evans
I'm not listening for song ideas; I'm listening for soul ideas. -- Chuck Cannon
[Too many musicians are] too involved with doing and not listening. -- Ray Still
The only mistake I ever made was not listening to my gut. -- Lee Iacocca
It is the disease of not listening...... that I am troubled with. -- William Shakespeare
Our children are trying to tell us something, and we are not listening. -- Bill Cosby
When anyone tells me I can't do anything, I'm just not listening anymore. -- Florence Griffith Joyner
It's amazing how we can do things simultaneously, like talking and not listening. -- Saul Gorn
Listen to everything all the time and remind yourself when you are not listening. -- Pauline Oliveros
During my sabbatical, I spent two years not listening to my songs at all. -- Ricky Martin
When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more. -- Florence Griffith Joyner
It's hard to bullshit the ocean. It's not listening, you know what I mean. -- David Crosby
It is extremely Sad to think that while nature is talking,humankind is not listening. -- J.D. Masterson
The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening. -- Campbell Newman
The number one reason conversations stall out is that you are not listening well enough. -- Max Weiss
The carbon tax is the single biggest rolled gold example of Federal Labor not listening." -- Campbell Newman
Privilege is not knowing that you're hurting others and not listening when they tell you. -- DaShanne Stokes
Acting is reacting. You can't react if you're not paying attention, if you're not listening. -- Reid Scott
People unconsciously know when you are not listening to them. Then they say 'No' to you. -- James Altucher
If you don't feel the blues, then you're not listening. Then you're just a professor or something. -- Brother Ali
The minute viewers callin or write about your looks, they were not listening to what you were saying. -- Jessica Savitch
When I hear a person talking about political solutions, I know I am not listening to a serious person. -- George Carlin
The result of your not listening to your experience is that you keep re-living it, over and over again. -- Neale Donald Walsch
I am definitely not listening to anything remotely close to my music, at least not on a nice day. -- William Fitzsimmons
If people are not listening to you as individuals, it's always good to get together and make a stand for something. -- Tinie Tempah
You're not listening to the Zen master, what he is saying outwardly, but even more importantly...what he is saying inwardly. -- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
Don't be angry at life. It is not life that is frustrating you, it is you who are not listening to life. -- Rajneesh
What are all the thoughts rattling in your mind when you're not listening to the answers to questions you ask?" -Jo, Boom -- Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
I learned quickly that if the student's perception is that you're not listening to them, and not understanding them, they discredit you. -- Tim Gunn
Theres a very fine line between not listening and not caring. I like to think I walk that line everyday of my life. -- Burnie Burns
I'm not usually an eavesdropper,but i dare you to try not listening if you hear your best friend talking about you to an adult. -- Rick Riordan
I feel that the BBC World Service is not as versatile as it used to be - or perhaps I'm not listening at the right times. -- Aung San Suu Kyi
When you're a creative person, there are just times when you're not listening. You know, I could be looking right at you and thinking about something else. -- Brad Paisley
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Our children are angry. The profanity is out in the street. It's on the buses and in the subway. Our children are trying to tell us something, and we are not listening. -- Bill Cosby
I encourage everyone to know that God has a plan for their life and that God never makes a mistake even though it seems like He is not listening or paying attention sometimes. -- Nick Vujicic
If you feel that Heavenly Father is not listening to your petitions, ask yourself if you are listening to the cries of the poor, the sick, the hungry, and the afflicted all around you. -- Joseph B. Wirthlin
If a child is not listening, don't despair. Time and truth are on your side. At the right moment, your words will return as if from heaven itself. Your testimony will never leave your children. -- Neil L. Andersen
Conversely, beware the man who does nothing but ask you questions about yourself and offers no information about himself. Not only is he keeping you at bay, he is probably not listening to your answers. -- Merrill Markoe
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If I'm improvising and I'm not doing well it's because I'm not listening very well. Either I'm overly concerned with something or I'm drifting or maybe I'm too stoned but I'm not getting a clear signal. -- Reggie Watts
Stress is the result of not listening to your heart. If you ignore it for too long, and surrender your power to someone else, your chest will explode with panic. I take plenty of time for me. -- Jason Mraz
I know how I could beat myself: by not being disciplined, by slacking, by not dedicating myself to my craft, by not working hard, by not listening, by thinking I know it all - short like that. -- Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
People understand when I talk about my son not listening, or issues at home or his real dad coming back into the picture, or even stories about family members not seeing eye to eye with what you're doing. -- Gabriel Iglesias
For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can is either writing badly, or not listening to the music, or lying. You need to hear what you're writing, and for that you need silence. -- Philip Pullman
As Albert Einstein once said to me: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity." But what is much more widespread than the actual stupidity is the playing stupid, turning off your ear, not listening, not seeing. . . playing helpless. -- Frederick Salomon Perls
For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can is either writing badly, or not listening to the music, or lying. You need to hear what you're writing, and for that you need silence -- Philip Pullman
Check your ego at the door and check your gut instead. Every right decision I have ever made has come from my gut. Every wrong decision I've made was the result of me not listening to the greater voice of myself -- Oprah Winfrey
Life is like music for its own sake. We are living in an eternal now, and when we listen to music we are not listening to the past, we are not listening to the future, we are listening to an expanded present. -- Alan Watts
It was a drowsy summer afternoon, and the Forest was full of gentle sounds, which all seemed to be saying to Pooh, 'Don't listen to Rabbit, listen to me.' So he got in a comfortable position for not listening to Rabbit. -- A. A. Milne
The thing that I love about television there are no more than two or three people watching you at a time. If there are more than two or three people in a room they're talking to each other, they're not listening to you. -- Betty White
Every man is different. You can't generalize with men; you have to find out what your man wants. You have to listen to him when he's telling you what he wants, because a lot of times they're telling you, but you're not listening. -- Karrine Steffans
There are these sounds that come from outside that work really well if you're listening. If you're not listening, if you're blocking them out, then you don't get it. You don't get the merger of what the players are doing with everything, listening to everything. -- Pauline Oliveros
I love the confidence! I am who I am, and I know who I am. I respect what you have to say, but I'm not listening to you, and your opinion is not affecting me. I am a 49-year-old woman. Don't tell me! That's what I love! -- Wendy Williams
Leaders can get stuck in groupthink because they're really not listening, or they're listening only to what they want to listen to, or they actually think they're so right that they're not interested in listening. And that leads to a lot of suboptimal solutions in the world. -- Jacqueline Novogratz
In moments of unmet desire, heartbreak, or grief, Satan sends a poisonous arrow of doubt straight at your heart. This was his plan with Eve. He persuaded her to think God was "holding out on her" and that she would be better off not listening to Him. -- Marian Jordan Ellis
Improv relies just as much on listening as it does you delivering dialogue. That's the hard for some people. Some people just concentrate on what they're going to say, and they're not listening. You have to listen in order to see where the other person is going to. -- J. B. Smoove
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. -- Scoot McNairy
New Rule: If you're one of the one-in-three married women who say your pet is a better listener than your husband, you talk too much. And I have some bad news for you: Your dog's not listening, either; he's waiting for food to fall out of your mouth. -- Bill Maher
Music, for me, is vital. Punjabi, Bollywood, Sufi, RnB... I listen to it all. When I'm not listening to music, you will find me chatting with friends. Off the field, I just let my instincts take over. I certainly don't think about batting, or which bowlers I'm going to face. -- Virat Kohli
When I was in my early teens, I joined a cult. And we weren't allowed to listen to secular music or anything that wasn't made by us. So I spent a lot of time not listening to music, and by the time I could, I just didn't get into it. -- Natalia Kills
Let me listen to me and not to them. -- Gertrude Stein
I'm not going to lie; listen, I'm nice at basketball. -- Drake
Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. -- Joyce Brothers
Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. You are not here long. -- Walker Evans
Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees. -- Ryan White
Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not. -- Barbara Kruger
If you cannot smile when you listen to music, then do not listen to it! -- Estelle
I'm not a big radio guy, I don't listen to whatever is the hip new thing. -- Dustin Diamond
They seem not to listen to what I have to say, so I'm going to quit. -- Richard Kerry
I usually listen to surf music, not much instrumental music, and when I was younger I listened to jazz. -- John Hughes
Listen to the silence. Listen to your life. Be present, not just think about what's going on next week, next month. -- Mike Dirnt
I can't listen to anything when I write, not even the TV. I do have to listen to music when I drive, though. -- Emma McLaughlin
Listening moves us closer, it helps us become more whole, more healthy, more holy. Not listening creates fragmentation, and fragmentation is the root of all suffering. -- Margaret J. Wheatley
You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut. -- Carly Fiorina
I like to put something on and want to listen to it again once I get done listening to it, not feel like I need an ear break. -- Chris Stapleton
Yes, I've listened to just a few audiobooks - but hope to listen to more. I've wanted to investigate how my own books sound in this format and find the experience of listening, and not reading, quite fascinating. -- Joyce Carol Oates
I used to not listen that much, but I've really learnt to listen to other people and to really listen to what they're saying. I've found, especially being on a film set, people have so many different stories; if you just listen, you can pick up so much stuff. I try to listen as much as I can. -- William Moseley
Not everyone is worth listening to. -- Alain de Botton
Male silence is not the same as listening -- Gloria Steinem
Listening is not a skill; it is a discipline. -- Peter Drucker
I don't like listening to music. I'm not a music fan. -- Celine Dion
It is not the hearing that improves life, but the listening. -- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
I'm quite into listening to music and not doing anything else. -- Jonny Greenwood
Listening is not a displacement for leadership. You have to have leadership. -- Angelo Sotira
Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment. -- Donald Rumsfeld
Rain drops are not synchronized yet they create that sound worth listening to. -- Sameera Pappu
The formulation of a public relations strategy properly begins with listening, not talking. -- Leonard Saffir
With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny. -- Kristen Wiig
I do not remember joy or sorrow in childhood, but listening for clues. -- Mason Cooley
You can learn so much just by doing, not by listening to anybody. -- Juliana Hatfield
I fill my life with speech, but not with people who are truly listening. -- Jarod Kintz
I think chemistry is about not acting, but reacting, and not talking, but listening. -- Amy Poehler
It's safe to talk openly and honestly with people because they're not really listening. -- Chuck Lorre
Listening is not the same as hearing and hearing is not the same as listening -- Pauline Oliveros
I was nostalgic even as a young man. Preferred listening to Opera not Bing Crossby. -- Ruskin Bond
Listening is not only about waiting, but it's also learning how better to ask questions. -- Jacqueline Novogratz
Great acting is about listening to what they are saying ....not waiting to deliver your lines. -- Michael Caine
A good radio show will captivate you, and it's active listening. It's not in the background. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
A good radio show will captivate you, and it's active listening. It's not in the background. -- Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood
No one knows who is listening, say nothing you would not wish put in the newspapers. -- Charles Spurgeon
Poetry is not a creed or dogma. It is a special way of speaking and listening. -- Dana Gioia
Listening to classical music is a journey not a state; it's an activity not a meditation. -- Armando Iannucci
Always keep your ego in check and not be afraid to listen. Listening is a great art form. -- Clint Eastwood
I don't really like to sit around the house listening to my own records. They're not that good. -- David Johansen
It's probably listening to country music that got me to start playing a lot cleaner, not as distorted. -- Joe Perry
The reason that I have Global Grind is to communicate ideas to people who might otherwise not be listening. -- Russell Simmons
Listening is not merely hearing. Listening is reacting. Listening is being affected by what you hear. Listening is active. -- Michael Shurtleff
A good Muslim is not one who is strictest in his judgment, but who is most patient in listening. -- Tariq Ramadan
We should all know this: that listening, not talking, is the gifted and great role, and the imaginative role. -- Brenda Ueland
Sometimes listening itself may not be enough-some people must be prodded if you are to find out what they're thinking. -- Mary Kay Ash
Translation is not appropriation, as is sometimes claimed; it is a form of listening that then changes how you speak. -- Eliot Weinberger
I often pray, though I'm not really sure Anyone's listening; and I phrase it carefully, just in case He's literary. -- Mignon McLaughlin

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