Famous quotes containing the word listen:
““I have answered three questions, and that is enough,”
Said his father; “don’t give yourself airs!
Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff?
Be off, or I’ll kick you downstairs!””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
“When I listen to the engine of my car, I might say it sounds fine, but it would not occur to me to say “What lovely music!””
—José Bergamín (1895–1983)
“They’re fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don’t listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.”
—Lillian Hellman (1905–1984)