Listeners Quotes

Listeners Quote of the day

Normally writers do not talk much,because they are saving their conversations for the readers of their book- those invisible listeners with whom we wish to strike a sympathetic chord.

Speakers who talk about what life has taught them never fail to keep the attention of their listeners.

Communication can't always follow the top-down model. With the fluidity of information in business today, leaders need to be masterful listeners; they need to be able to receive as well as send.

Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves.

Listeners ne'er hear good of themselves.

My work should be judged as it enters the ears and heads of listeners, not as it is described to the eyes of readers.

It seemed rather incongruous that in a society of super sophisticated communication, we often suffer from a shortage of listeners.

Nobody is more persuasive than a good listener

I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.

There' something about universal truths with the simplicity of the acoustic guitar. You can take it anywhere and it helps me reach listeners of all ages and walks of life.

The worst of all listeners is the man who does nothing but listen.

Everybody talks, nobody listens. Good listeners are as rare as white crows.

Super casual music listeners. That's most of the people in the world. And you have to understand, that's why Top 40 radio exists. It's not there for people who seek out music and who love music.

Of all bad listeners, the worst and most terrible to encounter is the man who is so fond of listening that he wishes to hear, not only your conversation, but that of every other person in the room.

My main concern is making the connection with my listeners and making records that the whole world can sing. That's what makes me happy.

The casual listener won't be around forever.

So if you aspire to be a good conversationali st, be an attentive listener.

The goal of effective communication should be for listeners to say, 'Me, too!' versus 'So what?'

If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.

I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.

If animals could talk, the world would lose its best listeners.

What else is soul but a listener?

The best musicians are not the best players, they're the best listeners.

Back in my day, we called it rock 'n' roll, but then we always reminded listeners that it was no big deal if they didn't like it.

With radio, the listener absorbs everything.

I was not a writer to begin with; I was a listener.

Reciter and listener of the Qur'an are alike in prize and reward.

When will talkers refrain from evil speaking: when listeners refrain from evil-hearing.

I'm more of a listener than a talker.

Some of the most successful people managers are also the best listeners.

I started young but at every turn, listening provided a foundation for my leadership. I can say categorically that all the really excellent leaders I have known were, in my view, excellent listeners.

Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your listeners to enter in and enjoy it's glories.

We're all learning here; the best listeners will end up the smartest.

Good listeners believe they can learn something from everyone.

... and when he put his mind to it, he could make his words coil themselves around and around the listener until they held her in some sort of a mild hypnotic spell.

Radio listeners are voyeurs: lurking, invisible, eavesdropping.

A musician must lift up the souls of the listeners, and take them towards space.

There is something in us, as storytellers and as listeners to stories, that demands the redemptive act, that demands that what falls at least be offered the chance to be restored.

Music is not merely a study, it is an entertainment; wherever there is music there is a throng of listeners.

Dogmatists have one advantage: they are poor listeners.

What separates great jazz musicians from average ones is Taste. Those who have taste consistently choose notes, tempos, timbres and voicings that seduce and satisfy attentive listeners.

History has repeatedly been changed by people who had the desire and the ability to transfer their convictions and emotions to their listeners.

If as a family we must be selective listeners, then let us pay more attention to the words of the heart and less to the words of anger

We all have different competencies. Some of us are intellectually gifted, some of us athletically gifted, some of us are great listeners. Everyone has a different level of what they can do.

A lot of times good, pristine recordings prevent the listener from getting emotionally involved in the music.

Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost.

Listeners will wonder what an Englishman is doing on the German radio tonight. You can imagine that before taking this step I hoped that someone better qualified than me would come forward.

The mark of a good conversationalist is not that you can talk a lot. The mark is that you can get others to talk a lot. Thus, good schmoozer's are good listeners, not good talkers.

The eagerness of a listener quickens the tongue of a narrator.

If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up.