Listening Advice Quotes

#1. I'm actually listening to Turner's advice. I know it sounds stupid as hell, but sometimes, if you dig through his words, there are little nuggets of pure idiot wisdom, the sweetest kind there is.

C.M. Stunich

#2. We question ourselves through others by way of stories, advice, and gestures; and we receive our answers form listening to others reactions

Jeremy Aldana

#3. After he returned from Washington, Johnson came into Rowe's room and said, "I agree with everything you said." Perhaps he did agree - intellectually. But he didn't take the advice. He couldn't. He was beyond listening to warnings, as was demonstrated the next day, when the convention opened.

Robert A. Caro

#4. You are not listening to a word I am saying ... and I am making the most delightful plans for your future.

Oscar Wilde

#5. The confessor can nullify the exquisitely seasonable moment of confession by talking instead of listening. When he sees pedagogy and advice as more important than simple listening, he diverts the stream of confession.

Thomas C. Oden

#6. Listening to advice often accomplishes far more than heeding it.

Malcolm Forbes

#7. The disaster at the Bay of Pigs intensified Kennedy's doubts about listening to advisers from the CIA, the Pentagon, or the State Department who had misled him or allowed him to accept lousy advice.

Robert Dallek

#8. Make a concise statement clearly and you should only need to say it once.

Mary Mihalic

#9. Best selling authors are always worth listening to, even if you choose to ignore their advice.

Michael Dirda

#10. I took advice from none but the best. I listened, how I listened! That's how I finally became my own expert.

Peggy Guggenheim

#11. I've given up listening to people. What can they tell me that is so much more to the point than what I've always known? All the mistakes in my life came from accepting advice.

Curt Siodmak

#12. Prioritizing listening to their child or adolescent is extremely important. It can be very hard to listen to someone who is upset or troubled without offering advice or suggestions or otherwise telling him or her what to do.

Timothy Carey

#13. My so-called bad dress-sense phase happened when I was confused - I think I was taking advice all too often, without listening to my inner voice. Add to the fact that I was a little overweight; so every wrong 'outfit' got compounded all that much.

Vidya Balan

#14. I would like a food/lifestyle show. We're not sure what that is yet. I want to be able to share what I do and how I raise my family. I feel like I have a story to tell. I enjoy talking and listening, sharing ideas and sharing advice.

Cat Cora

#15. He was young and had been rough with time, listening to its bad advice he had made mistakes, had compromised himself, had trespassed against good behavior and prudence, both in his words and works.

Thomas Mann

#16. A little-recognized value of listening and inquiring relates to the realization that in human relationships, it is frequently not what the I've learned ... that it is best to give advice in only two circumstances: when it is requested and when it is a life-threatening situation.

Andy Rooney

#17. A true friend knows when to give advice and when to just listen.
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Sondra Faye

#18. Sometimes, even if there was no useful advice to give, I saw that listening still helped.

Sonia Sotomayor