#listening

I'd like to think that most of what I do is self-evident if you're listening to it or seeing it. But I don't mind the fact that it's hard to describe. ↗

— Jon Brion

#fact #hard #i #i do #like

My access to music when I was growing up was through pirate radio, you know, transistor radio under the pillow, listening to one more and then 'just one more' until your favourite track comes on. ↗

— Robert Palmer

#comes #favourite #growing #growing up #i

People in America, when listening to radio, like to lean forward. People in Britain like to lean back. ↗

— Alistair Cooke

#back #britain #forward #lean #like

I've got CDs in my car, listening all the time for that next song, because everybody's looking. ↗

— Reba McEntire

#car #cds #everybody #got #i

Your silence creates a vacuum for others to fill The key is to stay present and keep listening. The silence of holding steady is different from the silence of holding back. ↗

— Ronald Heifetz

#silence #change

She told me she loved me. She told me a lot of things. Some of those things were true, and some of those may or may not have been true. It’s kind of hard to tell, because to be honest, I wasn’t listening.
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— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

#distracted #distraction #funny #humor #listening

The humble listen to their brothers and sisters because they assume they have something to learn. They are open to correction, and they become wiser through it. ↗

— Thomas Dubay

#listening #humility

A friend asks, "Tell me one word which is significant in any kinds of relationship." Another friend says, "LISTEN! ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#humor #listen #listening #relationship #humor

Love isn't relevant once things are really bad. They say love makes the world go round-but it doesn't, you know. Love is a luxury, and you indulge in it when things are OK. As soon as they are bad-really bad-there just isn't a place for it anymore-no place where there could be room for it ↗

— Celia Fremlin

#listening-in-the-dusk #love

An argument in apologetics, when actually used in dialogue, is an extension of the arguer. The arguer's tone, sincerity, care, concern, listening, and respect matter as much as his or her logic - probably more. The world was won for Christ not by arguments but by sanctity: "What you are speaks so loud, I can hardly hear what you say. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#listening #logic #sincerity #respect