“Listen if you want to be heard”

“Ya listen to me, you'll go to the top! You don't listen to me, you're never heard from again!”

Bobby Heenan (1944–2017) American professional wrestler, professional wrestling commentator and manager

“if you want someone to stop listening to you go ahead and yell. If you want them to listen to every word, whisper. -Mimi”

Erin McKean (1971) Lexicographer, dictionary editor

“Do you want to see what human eyes have never seen? Look at the moon. Do you want to hear what ears have never heard? Listen to the bird's cry. Do you want to touch what hands have never touched? Touch the earth. Verily I say that God is about to create the world.”

Jorge Luis Borges book The Theologians

“If you want to be seen, stand up.
If you want to be heard, speak up.
If you want to be appreciated, shut up.”

Bill Cosby (1937) American actor, comedian, author, producer, musician, activist

“I am listening for the voices
Which I heard in days of old.”

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877) English feminist, social reformer, and author

“I swear people don't want sex so much as they want somebody who'll listen to 'em … the first thing you learn after fellatio is how to listen.”

Lily Tomlin (1939) American actress, comedian, writer, and producer

“I swear people don't want sex so much as they want somebody who'll listen to 'em … the first thing you learn after fellatio is how to listen.”

Jane Wagner (1935) Playwright, actress

“If you want people to listen to you, you have to listen to them. If you hope people will change how they live, you have to know how they live. If you want people to see you, you have to sit down with them eye-to-eye.”

Gloria Steinem (1934) American feminist and journalist

“If you want to say something and have people listen then you have to
wear a mask. If you want to be honest then you have to live a lie.”

Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter