Listen

Famous quotes containing the word listen:

“They listen for me in the bedroom
To ask me a thing or two
About who is too old to go walking,
With too much stress on the who.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)

“Quite often ... these little guys, who might be making atomic weapons or who might be guilty of some human rights violation ... are looking for someone to listen to their problems and help them communicate.”
—Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)

“So, laying his cheek against the dresser’s wooden one,
He died making up stories, the ones
Not every child wanted to listen to.”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)