Brian May
Musician, Astrophysicist
"I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition."
Listening To Others quotes
Listening To Others
34 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Paulo Coelho
Writer
"God has a plan for you, you are here in this world because God has a plan for you. And the problem is that people start listening to other people and they forget to listen to their heart and to see what is the plan that God has for you."
Joyce Brothers
Psychologist
"Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery."
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Writer
"The reason why so few people are agreeable in conversation is that each is thinking more about what he intends to say than others are saying."
Brian Tracy
Author, Speaker
"Attentive listening to others lets them know that you love them and builds trust, the foundation of a loving relationship."
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"No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside."
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"From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines. Going where I list, my own master, total and absolute. Listening to others, and considering well what they say. Pausing, searching, receiving, contemplating. Gently but with undeniable will, divesting myself of the holds that would hold me."
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"It's always best not to be thinking a hell of a lot while you're acting, because you want it to be as spontaneous as possible, not too intellectual. Just behaving and listening to other people who you're doing scenes with. I always like the latter when it looks easy, even though it may not be."
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