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title: "5 Listen Quotes By Julian Treasure"
description: "5 Listen quotes by Julian Treasure. Plus more from Julian Treasure and more Listen sayings from other authors."
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> [As parents, we tend to be in Tell rather than Listen mode.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/as-parents-we-tend-to-be-in-tell-rather-than-listen-mode/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/557/julian-treasure-8346_communication_as-parents-we-tend-to-be-in-tell-rather_849113.jpg)

> [If you want to be listened to, the first step is to listen well yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/if-you-want-to-be-listened-to-the-first-step-is-to-listen-well/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22d/julian-treasure-8346_communication_if-you-want-to-be-listened-to-the-first_1352965.jpg)

> [If we're not listened to, then that doesn't create a desire inside us to listen to others. Societally, we don't value it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/if-we-re-not-listened-to-then-that-doesn-t-create-a-desire-inside-us/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4bc/julian-treasure-8346_create_if-we-re-not-listened-to-then-that-doesn_2322896.jpg)

> [If we teach our children how to listen properly to the world - and especially to each other - they will understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/if-we-teach-our-children-how-to-listen-properly-to-the-world-and/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/julian-treasure-8346_children_if-we-teach-our-children-how-to-listen-p_2608775.jpg)

> [You can't truly listen to someone and do anything else at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/you-can-t-truly-listen-to-someone-and-do-anything-else-at-the-same/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8e/julian-treasure-8346_anything_you-can-t-truly-listen-to-someone-and-do_2853030.jpg)

## Other authors on Listen

## More by Julian Treasure

> [We have the capacity for about 1.6 human conversations, so if you're listening to one conversation particularly, you're only left with 0.6 for your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/we-have-the-capacity-for-about-1-6-human-conversations-so-if-you-re/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

> [People find birdsong relaxing and reassuring because over thousands of years, they have learnt when the birds sing, they are safe; it's when birds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/people-find-birdsong-relaxing-and-reassuring-because-over-thousands/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

> [In the U.K., architects train for five years, and they spend one day on sound.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/in-the-u-k-architects-train-for-five-years-and-they-spend-one-day-on/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

> [You or I never buy an Intel product explicitly, and yet their sonic logo is far better known and more powerful than its visual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/you-or-i-never-buy-an-intel-product-explicitly-and-yet-their-sonic/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

> [If you're surrounded by noise all the time, it has a pretty bad effect on the spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/if-you-re-surrounded-by-noise-all-the-time-it-has-a-pretty-bad-effect/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

> [The need to be right can arise from a fear of being disrespected. Or it may come out of the fear of being seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/the-need-to-be-right-can-arise-from-a-fear-of-being-disrespected-or/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

> [People often mistake our mission at The Sound Agency for a crusade for silence, but actually, silence is in many ways just as bad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/people-often-mistake-our-mission-at-the-sound-agency-for-a-crusade/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

> [I would suggest that our listening is the main way that we experience the flow of time from past to future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/i-would-suggest-that-our-listening-is-the-main-way-that-we-experience/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

> [In a room full of 60 to 70 people which is open plan and absolutely quiet, it's very intimidating to make a phone call.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/in-a-room-full-of-60-to-70-people-which-is-open-plan-and-absolutely/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

> [When you hear a child's voice, it will have that immediate effect of putting you in mind of looking after children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/when-you-hear-a-child-s-voice-it-will-have-that-immediate-effect-of/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

> [My mother, in the last years of her life, became very negative, and it's hard to listen. I remember one day, I said to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/my-mother-in-the-last-years-of-her-life-became-very-negative-and-it-s/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

> [A sonic logo on its own isn't going to do very much. We get frustrated with smaller brands who come to us and say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/a-sonic-logo-on-its-own-isn-t-going-to-do-very-much-we-get-frustrated/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

> [Men tend to listen in what I call a reductive way, which is to say for a point, for a solution. You know, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/men-tend-to-listen-in-what-i-call-a-reductive-way-which-is-to-say-for/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

> [I have visited a number of boutique hotels where you feel there is a little bit of self-indulgence going on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/i-have-visited-a-number-of-boutique-hotels-where-you-feel-there-is-a/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

> [I think it's pretty pointless, my children learning to use a keyboard - we will just talk to our computers. Why would we not?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-treasure/i-think-it-s-pretty-pointless-my-children-learning-to-use-a-keyboard/)

[Julian Treasure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-treasure/)

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