--- title: "26 Listen Stories Quotes by 24 authors" description: "Browse 26 Listen Stories quotes by 24 authors. Discover the best Listen Stories sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/will-forte-13248_car_bruce-dern-and-i-are-in-this-car-just-fo_2075419.png" --- > [ Bruce \[Dern\] and I are in this car just for days and days, just talking about life and I could listen to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/will-forte/bruce-dern-and-i-are-in-this-car-just-for-days-and-days-just-talking/) [Will Forte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/will-forte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/76c/will-forte-13248_car_bruce-dern-and-i-are-in-this-car-just-fo_2075419.png) > [It's time to listen to the stories of the Indigenous; we are blessed as a country to look to the wisdom of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gord-downie/it-s-time-to-listen-to-the-stories-of-the-indigenous-we-are-blessed/) [Gord Downie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gord-downie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8c/gord-downie-7576_blessed_it-s-time-to-listen-to-the-stories-of-th_3033879.jpg) > [In 'Move to Heaven,' my character tries to listen and find out stories about the deceased and convey them to their families.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-je-hoon/in-move-to-heaven-my-character-tries-to-listen-and-find-out-stories/) [Lee Je-hoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-je-hoon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/961/lee-je-hoon-21819_character_in-move-to-heaven-my-character-tries-to_3210264.jpg) > [I have a big family full of massive personalities so i just sit there most of the time great fun to listen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadine-coyle/i-have-a-big-family-full-of-massive-personalities-so-i-just-sit-there/) [Nadine Coyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadine-coyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d37/nadine-coyle-4923_big_i-have-a-big-family-full-of-massive-pers_3041890.png) > [When your experience is comfortable enough that you are willing to never experience or listen to anyone else's stories, that is where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-consani/when-your-experience-is-comfortable-enough-that-you-are-willing-to/) [Alex Consani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-consani/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fae/alex-consani-5742_enough_when-your-experience-is-comfortable-enou_957971.jpg) > [“Subtle salvation in poems and prose, Hiding our heads in some shadow of home I wasn't looking for wreaths or for bells,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toad-the-wet-sprocket/subtle-salvation-in-poems-and-prose-hiding-our-heads-in-some-shadow/) [Toad The Wet Sprocket](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toad-the-wet-sprocket/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98c/toad-the-wet-sprocket-74909_poetry_subtle-salvation-in-poems-and-prose-hidi_1743541.jpg) > [“You do have to listen to the stories, for stories always mean something. The question that worries me is: WHAT exactly do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cressida-cowell/you-do-have-to-listen-to-the-stories-for-stories-always-mean/) [Cressida Cowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cressida-cowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/460/cressida-cowell-7158_quote_you-do-have-to-listen-to-the-stories-for_2151201.jpg) > [Because we fail to listen to each other's stories, we are becoming a fragmented human race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-l-engle/because-we-fail-to-listen-to-each-other-s-stories-we-are-becoming-a/) [Madeleine L'Engle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-l-engle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d3/madeleine-l-engle-345_becoming_because-we-fail-to-listen-to-each-other_1167060.png) > [“No story lives unless someone wants to listen. The stories we love best do live in us forever. So whether you come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-k-rowling/no-story-lives-unless-someone-wants-to-listen-the-stories-we-love/) [J.K. Rowling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-k-rowling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5df/j-k-rowling-86_big-screen_no-story-lives-unless-someone-wants-to-l_1088850.png) > [My mother has a lot of sisters. They had very, very interesting conversations. Because I was a quiet child, I would sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayobami-adebayo/my-mother-has-a-lot-of-sisters-they-had-very-very-interesting/) [Ayobami Adebayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayobami-adebayo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/ayobami-adebayo-19153_children_my-mother-has-a-lot-of-sisters-they-had_1342785.jpg) > [“As I listen to the stories about those who suffered and ended their lives it seems to me that it isn't as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-bialosky/as-i-listen-to-the-stories-about-those-who-suffered-and-ended-their/) [Jill Bialosky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-bialosky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78c/jill-bialosky-33181_feel-better_as-i-listen-to-the-stories-about-those-w_638547.jpg) > [In the face of events that threaten to overwhelm our lives, storytelling gives us a way of reclaiming ourselves and reaffirming our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victoria-alexander/in-the-face-of-events-that-threaten-to-overwhelm-our-lives/) [Victoria Alexander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victoria-alexander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a9/victoria-alexander-14898_bears_in-the-face-of-events-that-threaten-to-o_2502014.png) > [We learn best to listen to our own voices if we are listening at the same time to other women-whose stories, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-deming/we-learn-best-to-listen-to-our-own-voices-if-we-are-listening-at-the/) [Barbara Deming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-deming/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/barbara-deming-14719_communication_we-learn-best-to-listen-to-our-own-voice_2992423.jpg) > [“People put too much focus on books. Listen to stories. The stories of your peers, mentors, parents, etc. The life you're living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dom-mclennon/people-put-too-much-focus-on-books-listen-to-stories-the-stories-of/) [Dom McLennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dom-mclennon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e4/dom-mclennon-233175_book_people-put-too-much-focus-on-books-liste_2906644.jpg) > [“Listen! Listen to stories! For spirituality itself is conveyed by stories, which use words in ways that go beyond words to speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/listen-listen-to-stories-for-spirituality-itself-is-conveyed-by/) [Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e95/ernest-kurtz-24274_language-of-the-hear_listen-listen-to-stories-for-spiritualit_1679536.jpg) > [“People are hardwired to listen to stories. Stories are the way human knowledge was passed down before the written word. Storytelling is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akash-karia/people-are-hardwired-to-listen-to-stories-stories-are-the-way-human/) [Akash Karia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akash-karia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/503/akash-karia-56648_storytelling_people-are-hardwired-to-listen-to-storie_853766.jpg) > [When we haven't the time to listen to each other's stories we seek out experts to tell us how to live. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rachel-naomi-remen/when-we-haven-t-the-time-to-listen-to-each-other-s-stories-we-seek/) [Rachel Naomi Remen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rachel-naomi-remen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f21/rachel-naomi-remen-3110_book_when-we-haven-t-the-time-to-listen-to-ea_2096221.jpg) > [Yet again, an ancient answer echoes across the centuries: Listen! Listen to stories! For what stories do, above all else, is hold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-kurtz/yet-again-an-ancient-answer-echoes-across-the-centuries-listen-listen/) [Ernest Kurtz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-kurtz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ca/ernest-kurtz-24274_ambiguity_yet-again-an-ancient-answer-echoes-acros_57231.jpg) > [“Have I heard all the stories I need to hear?" she asked, stupidly. But he answered as if it were a good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katherine-catmull/have-i-heard-all-the-stories-i-need-to-hear-she-asked-stupidly-but-he/) [Katherine Catmull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katherine-catmull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/284/katherine-catmull-33506_questions_have-i-heard-all-the-stories-i-need-to-h_723424.jpg) > [Do you know," Peter asked, "why swallows build in the eaves of houses? It is to listen to the stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/do-you-know-peter-asked-why-swallows-build-in-the-eaves-of-houses-it/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2fe/anonymous-1_house_do-you-know-peter-asked-why-swallows-bui_634182.jpg) > [“Helping others, that's the main thing. The only way for us to help ourselves is to help others and to listen to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/helping-others-that-s-the-main-thing-the-only-way-for-us-to-help/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/02e/anonymous-1_help-others_helping-others-that-s-the-main-thing-the_1697277.jpg) > [My Ukrainian grandmother would tell amazing stories. She lost her father, and as children, we would always listen to her stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/svetlana-alexievich/my-ukrainian-grandmother-would-tell-amazing-stories-she-lost-her/) [Svetlana Alexievich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/svetlana-alexievich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4b/svetlana-alexievich-2742_amazing_my-ukrainian-grandmother-would-tell-amaz_2835277.jpg) > [The only way for us to help ourselves is to help others and to listen to each other's stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elie-wiesel/the-only-way-for-us-to-help-ourselves-is-to-help-others-and-to-listen/) [Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elie-wiesel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6af/elie-wiesel-341_help_the-only-way-for-us-to-help-ourselves-is_1766785.png) > [“They say there are three kinds of people in the world: those who listen to stories, those who tell them, and those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claire-fayers/they-say-there-are-three-kinds-of-people-in-the-world-those-who/) [Claire Fayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claire-fayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/792/claire-fayers-91464_kind_they-say-there-are-three-kinds-of-people_2441598.jpg) > [“As I meet more people and truly listen to their stories, I realize that we all share the same heart. Our thoughts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heidi-dellaire/as-i-meet-more-people-and-truly-listen-to-their-stories-i-realize/) [Heidi Dellaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heidi-dellaire/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b85/heidi-dellaire-106575_heart_as-i-meet-more-people-and-truly-listen-t_2698729.jpg) > [From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadine-gordimer/from-ernest-hemingway-s-stories-i-learned-to-listen-within-my-stories/) [Nadine Gordimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadine-gordimer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b0/nadine-gordimer-3358_character_from-ernest-hemingway-s-stories-i-learne_2708139.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/listen-stories/#itemlist", "name": "Listen Stories Quotes", "numberOfItems": 26, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", 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