Did you hear what I said? It was very profound.

I did not hear what you said, but I absolutely disagree with you.

— Augustus De Morgan

... I could have said something profound, but you would have forgotten it in 15 minutes - which is the afterlife of a graduation speech.

— Art Buchwald

I need to listen well so that I hear what is not said.

— Thuli Madonsela

The real being of language is that into which we are taken up when we hear it - what is said.

— Hans-Georg Gadamer

“There is more to hear in what is not said.”

— Joyce Rachelle

You should not want to know the things in people's minds. If you were meant to hear them, they would be said.

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

The happy never say, and never hear said, farewell.

— Walter Savage Landor

“I wonder why you see him and I hear him," Will said. "You hear him?" Ivy reached over and switched off the motor. "You…

— Elizabeth Chandler

“I covered my eyes with my hand. Please don’t let it be what I think it is. “It isn’t babysitting again, is it?” I…

— Millicent Ashby

People hear what they want and expect to hear, not what is said.

— Fay Weldon

“Can't you hear it?" you said. "When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth.”

— Jodi Picoult

What is important is not what you hear said, it's what you observe.

— Michael Connelly

“Try listening, maybe. Hear what is being said. And remember that it’s not about you. American Blacks are not telling you that you are…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I didn't say 'I love you' to hear it back. I said it to make sure you knew.

— Anonymous

“For I had felt too much and reasoned too little, hearing what I was ready to hear, not what had been said. There”

— Mary Renault