listening.

“LISTENING” refers to the act of hearing attentively; "you can learn a lot by just listening"; "they make good music--you should give them a hearing". Sound is vibration, as perceived by the sense of hearing, which as a phenomenon is called listening. Listening defines the domain of language proficiency that encompasses how students process, understand, interpret, and evaluate spoken language in a variety of situations. Hence, listening is an activity which the living creatures perform so as to decide what would be their next course of action in their lives."

"The time to stop talking is when the other person nods his head affirmatively but says nothing."
Author Unknown

"There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves."
Albert Guinon

A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something.
Wilson Mizner

Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience has finished listening.
Dorothy Sarnoff

The best time to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.
Josh Billings

Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf.
Native American

Man who know little say much. Man who know much say little.
Author Unknown

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
Ernest Hemingway

It is the province of knowledge to speak And it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
Frank Tyger

Listen. Do not have an opinion while you listen because frankly, your opinion doesn't hold much water outside of Your Universe. Just listen. Listen until their brain has been twisted like a dripping towel and what they have to say is all over the floor.
Hugh Elliott

Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
Plutarch

From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
Italian Proverb

And he goes through life, his mouth open, and his mind closed.
William Shakespeare

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention.
Richard Moss

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.
Ernest Hemingway


Recently, this seems to come up a lot in my life. Whether personal experience, or in my acting class the other day. Listening to others is so important. It's the different between being a friend and being a good friend. And listening, really listening, will get anyone far in life. It's just sometimes hard for others to realize that.

Not to be cocky, but over the years I've become a great listener. I've realized that sometimes people just want to talk and be listened to... And a lot of the time I would rather listen to people for hours than say a word. But sometimes, it's nice to be able to talk and know the other person will listen without interruption, or actually seem to care what you have to say...

Whatever.......