"Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves."
Listeners quotes
Listeners
47 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Explore further
Topics related to Listeners
Browse quotes that often appear alongside listeners — connected by shared ideas and recurring themes.
Quote collection
Listeners quotes (page 1 of 3)
Follow a thought to its author, or read the full quote page.
"Learn that every flatterer Lives at the flattered listeners cost."
"Most secrets should never be told, but especially those that are more menacing to the listener than to the teller."
"Why d'ye talk to yourself?' 'It assures me of a good listener."
"For the listener, who listens in the snow, / And, nothing himself, beholds / Nothing that is not there and the nothing that is."
"We cannot be speakers who do not listen. But neither can we be listeners who do not speak."
"We expect the listener to have, like, a movie going on when they hear us. That's what it's all about for us."
"A speech belongs half to the speaker and half to the listener."