“I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.”
Source: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Chapter 1, "The Overworld"
The Fifth Agreement (2010)
“I do not care to listen; obloquy injures my self-esteem and I am skeptical of praise.”
Source: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Chapter 1, "The Overworld"
“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Ed Bradley (1941–2006) News correspondent
[Larry King, Interview with Ed Bradley, http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0402/08/lkl.00.html, February 8, 2004, Larry King Live, CNN]
“The eye should learn to listen before it looks.”
Robert Frank (1924–2019) American photographer and filmmaker
“The unconscious is selective, when it learns what to listen for.”
Philip K. Dick book A Scanner Darkly
Source: A Scanner Darkly (1977), Chapter 12 (p. 200)
“Obviously my best strategy is to wait, listen, and learn.”
Jim Starlin (1949) Comic creator
Silver Surfer, in Silver Surfer, Vol. 3, no. 35 "The Name is Thanos"
“Activists have been encouraged by his ability to listen, learn and change...”
Norman Solomon (1951) American journalist, media critic, antiwar activist
Bernie’s Likely 2020 Bid Could Transform the Political Landscape (29 Jan 2019)
Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
Source: Women Can't Hear What Men Don't Say (2000), p. 18.