#listening

I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return. ↗

— Billy Bragg

#falklands #first #got #gulf #gulf war

Listening is more important than talking. Just hit your mark and believe what you say. ↗

— Jimmy Fallon

#hit #important #just #listening #mark

Listening is more important than talking. Just hit your mark and believe what you say. Just listen to people and react to what they are saying. ↗

— Jimmy Fallon

#hit #important #just #listen #listening

Lately, I've been listening to some jazz albums. I love the new Pat Metheny album. John Coltrane. I still like good metal, though! ↗

— Geezer Butler

#albums #been #coltrane #good #i

One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about. ↗

— Madeleine Albright

#active #bottom #bottom line #by the time #get

In all the great periods of the drama perfect freedom of choice and subject, perfect freedom of individual treatment, and an audience eager to give itself to sympathetic listening, even if instruction be involved, have brought the great results. ↗

— George P. Baker

#brought #choice #drama #eager #even

Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we've had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you're really listening and reacting to the best ideas of the people we have. ↗

— Steve Ballmer

#fantastic #financial #five #get #had

If we play to first time Blink 182 listeners, it's good they are listening to us and not the Backstreet Boys. Old Fans or new fans, it's all the same to us. ↗

— Travis Barker

#blink #fans #first #first time #good

Most of the successful people I've known are the ones who do more listening than talking. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#known #listening #more #most #ones

I'm saying: to be continued, until we meet again. Meanwhile, keep on listening and tapping your feet. ↗

— Count Basie

#continued #feet #i #keep #listening