#listen

Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#cemetery #got #like #listening #lot

President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. Listen to me now. No president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#could #damage #did #economy #found

The poet doesn't invent. He listens. ↗

— Jean Cocteau

#invent #listens #poet

Usually, I don't want to sit down and listen to the director gas on about his movie. I just can't actually imagine myself sitting down and having that much to say. ↗

— Joel Coen

#actually #director #down #gas #having

I am thrilled to have been able to put together this new album. I listened to everything I had recorded in the 24 years with Elektra, and then just took all the ones I am mad about. ↗

— Judy Collins

#about #album #am #been #elektra

A lot of the music that you listen to now is because of the things that the Meters did, the Neville Brothers did, and they're there, the guys who invented those beats that the guys sample today. Such an enormous opportunity. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#because #brothers #did #enormous #guys

Talk about yourself as much as you like, but do not expect others to listen. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#expect #like #listen #much #others

Well-behaved: he always speaks as if his mother might be listening. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#his #listening #might #mother #speaks

It takes a great man to be a good listener. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

#great #great man #listener #man #takes

Universal was absolutely marvelous about sitting down with me and listening to my input. It wasn't something where they chose a bunch of songs that were best sellers. They did a marvelous job on the packaging. It's a beautiful tribute. ↗

— Rita Coolidge

#absolutely #beautiful #best #bunch #chose