Famous quotes containing the word listening:
“Listening to learn isnt about giving adviceat least not until askedbut about trying to understand exactly what someone means, how it is that someone looks at and feels about her particular situation.... Listening to learn from a daughter in adolescence, conspiring with her thoughts and feelings, keeps a mother in touch with a daughters growing and changing self.”
—Elizabeth Debold (20th century)
“When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears.”
—José Bergamín (18951983)
“Proportion ... You cant help thinking about it in these London streets, where it doesnt exist.... Its like listening to a symphony of cats to walk along them. Senseless discords and a horrible disorder all the way.... A concert of Brobdingnagian cats. Order has been turned into a disgusting chaos. We need no barbarians from outside; theyre on the premises, all the time.”
—Aldous Huxley (18941963)