Keyword: Listening
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
Tonight I’m going to listen with my ears.
(1899 – 1985) Hungarian-born conductor & violinist
The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.
(1868 – 1930) cartoonist, humorist & journalist
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
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
No man ever listened himself out of a job.
(1872 – 1933) 30th U.S. president
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
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
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
(1926 – ) newspaper columnist
Bore: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
(1842 – 1914) author & satirist
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 opposite of talking isn't listening; the opposite of talking is waiting.
(1950 – ) writer & humorist
A man is already halfway in love with any woman who listens to him.
(1923 – 1964) Irish poet, short story writer, novelist & playwright