Keyword: Listening

No one is listening until you make a mistake.

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

Listen or your tongue will keep you deaf.

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

Tonight I’m going to listen with my ears.

(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist

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

I'm always relieved when someone is delivering a eulogy and I realize I'm listening to it.

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

No one is listening until you make a mistake.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

(1872 – 1933) 30th U.S. president

No one is listening until you make a mistake.

Kids, just because I don't care doesn't mean I'm not listening.

cartoon character in The Simpsons (Dan Castellaneta)

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

(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist

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

(1926 – ) newspaper columnist

A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat.

(1928 – ) British journalist, writer & columnist

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

There are some experiences in life which should not be demanded twice from any man, and one of them is listening to the Brahms Requiem.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

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

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

You sit there and you talk about yourself for an hour straight, and the other person listens to everything you say; it's like I'm the guy on a date.

(1964 – ) Canadian stand-up comedian, actress & television host

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