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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.(Quote by - A. A. Milne)

I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I'm going to learn, I must do it by listening. (Quote by - Larry King)

A good listener tries to understand what the other person is saying. In the end he may disagree sharply, but because he disagrees, he wants to know exactly what it is he is disagreeing with. (Quote by - Kenneth A. Wells)

Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. (Quote by - James Baldwin)

The ear is something we cannot close at will, and we are the poorer for it. (Quote by - E. Brian)

Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it. (Quote by - Sa'di)

It takes two to speak the truth - one to speak and another to hear.(Quote by - Thoreau)

I can't think of a music genre that I don't listen to, apart from easy listening, actually. And indie. (Quote by - Jade Jagger)

Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. (Quote by - Robert Greenleaf)

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he knows something. (Quote by - Wilson Mizner)

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear. (Quote by - Buddha)

The opposite of talking is not listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.(Quote by - Fran Lebowitz)

No man would listen to you talk if he did not know that it was his turn next. (Quote by - Edgar Watson Howe)

The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)

From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance. (Quote by - Italian Proverb)

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. (Quote by - Dr Joyce Brothers)

I must have been quite young, about five. At the time it was the coolest thing I had. I played it all the time and couldnt stop listening to it [bad by michael jackson] (Quote by - James Morrison)

There is no such thing as a worthless conversation, provided you know what to listen for. And questions are the breath of life for a conversation. (Quote by - James Nathan Miller)

Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment. (Quote by - Donald Rumsfeld)

To listen well, is as powerful a means of influence as to talk well, and is as essential to all true conversation (Quote by - Chinese Proverb)

To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also. (Quote by - Igor Stravinsky)

Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. (Quote by - J. Isham)

It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the sense, that we become oblivious of their utterances. (Quote by - Alexander Crummell)

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen. (Quote by - Ernest Hemingway)

Listen, every one That listen may, unto a tale That's merrier than the nightingale. (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

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