Famous quotes containing the word listening:
“Downtown Manhattan, clear winter noon, and Ive been up all night, talking, talking, reading the Kaddish aloud, listening to Ray Charles blues shout blind on the phonograph”
—Allen Ginsberg (b. 1926)
“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)
“I bring you a warning. Every one of you listening to my voice. Tell the world. Tell this to everybody wherever they are: Watch the skies. Everywhere. Keep looking. Keep watching the skies.”
—Charles Lederer (19101976)