Atticus sometimes said that one way to tell whether a witness was lying or telling the truth was to listen rather than watch. – Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 19. Atticus’s lie detector test in court, according to Scout.
The only way to see ourselves in a true light is to listen to the voices of so many who are hurting and grieving. Those who set out to silence those voices do not understand the meaning of America – or how it becomes a better place. – George W. Bush On George Floyd protests.
Laura and I are anguished by the brutal suffocation of George Floyd and disturbed by the injustice and fear that suffocate our country…This is not the time for us to lecture. It is time for us to listen. – George W. Bush
Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they’re eating sandwiches. – Jim Carrey
I never try and do the same show, ever. The audience controls the dynamic of the shows. Sometimes they listen, and sometimes they ask a million questions. – Guy Fieri
It is true the orator may make a myriad replica of his own passion out of those who listen to him. But that does not prove he is right or they are not fools. – George William Russell
If you listen to ‘The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,’ by Gil Scott-Heron, that album is dripping with rage. – Henry Rollins
When we fall asleep, we withdraw our awareness from its hypnotic fascination with physical sensation, thereby enabling us to listen with our now awakening sixth sense. – Henry Reed
I will always try to share my faith with any person who is willing to listen. When I feel a wall go up, we can talk about something else… and I will pray for you. – Gloria Gaynor
Hip hop is the strongest form of protest there is, and it doesn’t always have to be a violent protest. It can be romantic, also. When you listen to Kanye West’s ‘Street Lights’ for example, there’s romance, there’s pain – you feel the essence. I get the same thing from Drake and 2 Chainz. – Giuseppe Zanotti
My character is meant to know nothing about rap, and not to like it very much, but I know about it, because my kids make me listen to it. There’s some rap I do like very much. I like Eminem, Blackalicious. – Harrison Ford
When I first heard Wallace Stevens’ voice, it was by chance: a friend wanted to listen to the recording he had made for the Harvard Vocarium Series. – Helen Vendler
My audience is the baby-boomers, the bulk of the population. This is also a group that is being ignored by most record companies because they’re not the Top 40 hit singles market. They forget these people still listen to music. – Helen Reddy
I’ve never been the kind of person who would get up and wave my arms and scream and shout and say, ‘Hey, listen to this, listen to this.’ – Gillian Welch
The one way to discover about aliens is to tune your radio telescope and listen to the signals. – Garik Israelian
The most luxurious thing to me is having an hour of my day, which rarely happens, to listen to my iPod and sit on my couch. That’s how I unwind. – Grant Achatz
I listen to all kinds of music. The Calling, Blink 182, Bruce Springsteen, I mean, it’s everything. – Henrik Lundqvist
Bob Dylan continues to release odd and unsettling records, and to do odd and unsettling things on stage. So the term ‘still’ seems meaningless to me. But the real answer is simple: I listen to Bob Dylan for pleasure more than I listen to anyone else for pleasure. – Greil Marcus
I got to where I couldn’t listen to country radio. Country music is supposed to have steel and fiddle. When I hear country music, it should be country. – Gretchen Wilson
With theater, you have to really be able to listen and to respond to other people on stage. You’re all constantly on your toes. And then with film and television, you can get a second take and things like that. – Haylie Duff
At synods, I usually wait about a week before I speak. First I listen. I feel the temperature. I listen to what has been said, what has not been said, and what I think needs to be said at that point. – Godfried Danneels
I also hope that with the assistance and expertise of Dome Records, that I will be able to further pierce the UK and European market. I really like playing there and I want to do more! I’ve found that the audiences get quite involved and really listen to what’s happening. – George Duke
I take very seriously the notion that you have to get out in your community; you have to talk to people, but, more importantly, you have to listen to people. – Gary Peters
I actually prefer female voices to listen to, mostly, but among the male singers whose voices I like are Jeff Buckley, Art Garfunkel, that sort of voice. Contemporary crooners rather than rockers. – Gregory Maguire
