“She knew that hearing bad things about yourself is one of the punishments for eavesdropping.” — Jeanne Birdsall Copy Share Image
A writer's occupational hazard: I think of eavesdropping as minding my business. — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
I shouldn't have eavesdropped, but sometimes, that's the only way to find out the truth. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
As a child I loved to be in the kitchen with my mum and aunties, eavesdropping on the adults. — Monica Galetti Copy Share Image
Whenever I read the psalms, I feel like I am eavesdropping on a saint having a personal conversation with God. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
Theres another more insidious consequence of eavesdropping on our offspring. It sends the message that nothing and no one is to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A raintree bent towards a window in one side of the bungalow, eavesdropping on the conversations that had taken place inside over… — Tan Twan Eng Copy Share Image
“Everybody should eavesdrop once in a while. There's nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
From a pure heart anything can be accomplished. If you ask what the universe is doing, it is eavesdropping on your every… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
“The orchestral music is glorious but I wish they'd stop playing for a minute: it's very hard to eavesdrop properly over a… — Holly Smale Copy Share Image
Tigerkit! Have you been eavesdropping again?" Tawnypelt glared at her dark tabby kit, but it was easy to see the fondness in… — Erin Hunter Copy Share Image
It's difficult to talk to people who whisper even at home, afraid of Americans eavesdropping on them. It's not a figure of… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
“She had become really quite expert, she thought, at listening as though she didn't listen, at sitting in other people's lives just… — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
Some say Edward Snowden is a hero and a patriot. Others say he's a fool and a traitor. The evidence is mounting… — Arthur L. Herman Copy Share Image
There is no point in trying to remember your dreams ... There is only the unspeakable joy of eavesdropping on your spirit,… — Marsha Norman Copy Share Image
At least you're learning a thing or two about wine. Good to hear you're making such an effort to improve yourself." "Does… — Julie James Copy Share Image
[Peter Pan] has never broken his terrible habit of eavesdropping. So, maybe that wasn't the rustle of pages you heard while this… — Geraldine McCaughrean Copy Share Image
Drug offenses ... may be regarded as the prototypes of non-victim crimes today. The private nature of the sale and use of… — John Kaplan Copy Share Image
“Roosevelt fought hard for the United States to host the opening session [of the United Nations]; it seemed a magnanimous gesture to… — James Bamford Copy Share Image
“I especially like eavesdropping on women my age. Besides being titillating, it also helps me gauge where I'm at in comparison.” — Mindy Kaling Copy Share Image
I spend my time sitting in train stations, parks, parking lots, cafes, just looking at people - eavesdropping, basically. I'm vulnerable to… — Saul Williams Copy Share Image
“Eavesdropping, Mother?' Ramses inquired. 'It is a shameful habit, but cursed useful,' I said, quoting something he had once said, and was… — Elizabeth Peters Copy Share Image
“Eavesdropping’s sort of thrilling ’cause you learn what people really think, but eavesdropping makes you miserable for exactly the same reason.” — David Mitchell Copy Share Image
There is an art to eavesdropping, but I think to some extent we are all guilty of picking up those little odds… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
On his own okay, Bush has authorized eavesdropping on as many as a thousand people over the past three years, with some… — Margaret Carlson Copy Share Image
“Oh, that? I never thought it was eavesdropping, Aslan. Wasn't it magic?" "Spying on people by magic is the same as spying… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Criticize me all you wish,” he returned coolly, “but remember that you come to me because of the very actions you denounce.… — Jennifer McKeithen Copy Share Image
There is nothing like eavesdropping to show you that the world outside your head is different from the world inside your head. — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
The war in Iraq, the abuse of detainees, electronic eavesdropping, Guantanamo Bay - these things were all done on our behalf and… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
A national security letter cannot be used to authorize eavesdropping or to read the contents of e-mail. But it does permit investigators… — Barton Gellman Copy Share Image
“She and her mom used to visit him on lunch breaks and, in later years, she did her homework in an empty… — Rob Thomas Copy Share Image
Your brain is always eavesdropping on your thoughts. As it listens, it leans. If you teach it about limitation, your brain will… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
Is all literature eavesdropping, and all art Chinese imitation? our life a custom, and our body borrowed, like a beggar’s dinner, from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It was a weird sensation. Like getting caught eavesdropping, or lying, or sitting on the toilet and having the bathroom walls suddenly… — Janet Evanovich Copy Share Image
“I was eavesdropping, but I was so into what she was saying that when she said, I love you, I almost shouted… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I got to eavesdrop at a window. As Clay said, I did have another option. I could wait in the car and… — Kelley Armstrong Copy Share Image
I learned to just show up at the page and write down what I heard. Writing became more like eavesdropping and less… — Julia Cameron Copy Share Image
“Whatever you do, don’t make it worse by trying to come up with some flimsy excuse for why you were in the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Any conversation including the mention of Roald Dahl, Ray Bradbury, or Emily Dickinson is one worth getting into or at least eavesdropping. — Don Roff Copy Share Image