“Only those looking for profit will be eager to hear from you and leave immediately.”

“The majesty
That from man's soul looks through his eager eyes.”

William Morris (1834–1896) author, designer, and craftsman

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

Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher

“Those minutes that I'm on stage are the best! Being there and looking at the crowd and seeing their faces, hearing them sing the positive words from the songs.”

Miley Cyrus (1992) American actor and singer-songwriter

“Slavery, protection, and monopoly find defenders, not only in those who profit by them, but in those who suffer by them.”

Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850) French classical liberal theorist, political economist, and member of the French assembly

“You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or for their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.”

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

“Indeed, the financial world is such that any insight is almost immediately used to trade for a profit.”

Didier Sornette (1957) French scientist

“They include the privatizers of social security and those who put the drug companies in position to profit from Medicare. Everywhere you look, regulatory functions have been turned over to lobbyists. Everywhere you look, public decisions yield gains to specific private persons. Everywhere you look, the public decision is made by the agent of a private party for the purpose of delivering private gain. This is not an accident: it is a system.”

James K. Galbraith (1952) economist

“So those of you listeners who don't want to hear what the weather will be like in six months time… look away now.”

Eddie Mair (1965) Scottish broadcaster

“My father taught me that the sea is full of signs. Let's say we leave on a voyage at sunset. At midnight the navigator listens for chirping birds. You and I don't hear them—we can't hear them. Only the navigator can hear them.”

Mau Piailug (1932–2010) Micronesian navigator from the Carolinian island of Satawal and a teacher of traditional, non-instrument wa…