Listening Quotes

When people talk listen completely. Most people never listen.

Ernest Hemingway, letter of advice to a young writer, reported in Malcolm Cowley, "Mister Papa", LIFE magazine (January 10, 1949), Volume 26, No. 2, p. 90. A longer version appears in Hemingway's Across the River and Into the Trees (1967): "When people talk listen completely. Don't be thinking what you're going to say. Most people never listen. Nor do they observe. You should be able to go into a room and when you come out know everything that you saw there and not only that. If that room gave you any feeling you should know exactly what it was that gave you that feeling".

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One of the most sincere forms of respect is actually listening to what another has to say.

bryant H. mcgill

— American writer and author of Simple Reminders

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Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

george w. bush

— 43rd U.S. President

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It is so important to listen! Husbands and wives need to communicate to bring happiness and serenity to family life.

Pope Francis

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It takes a great man to be a good listener.

calvin coolidge

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A listening culture is more likely to attract and retain great people.

richard branson

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