Ears Quotes

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Always 'duty.' I am sick of the word. They are a lot of old blockheads in flannel vests and of old women with foot-warmers and… — Gustave Flaubert
When you are in it up to your ears, keep your mouth shut. — Georges Duhamel
It's better to wear seaweed socks than stick a melon in your brother's ear. — Robert Hunter
I don't have an e-reader. One reason is that I like to dog-ear the page when I find a particularly good sentence or passage. — Carl Hiaasen
The characteristics of a good musician can be summarized as follows: 1. A well-trained ear. 2. A well-trained intelligence. 3. A well-trained heart. 4. A… — Zoltan Kodaly
Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do. He who does not understand irony… — Soren Kierkegaard
The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing. The hearing of the understanding is another. But the hearing of the spirit is… — Zhuangzi
Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct… — Zhuangzi
The Chinese philosopher Chuang-Tzu stated that true empathy requires listening with the whole being: The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing.… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important task is to develop an ear that can really hear… — Sydney J. Harris
The people have no ear, either for rhythm or music, and their unnatural passion for pianoforte playing and singing is thus all the more repulsive.… — Heinrich Heine
Eyes see only light, ears hear only sound, but a listening heart perceives meaning. — David Steindl-Rast
And with listening, too, it seems to me, it is not the ear that hears, it is not the physical organ that performs the act… — Mary Caroline Richards
Healing depends on listening with the inner ear - stopping the incessant blather, and listening. Fear keeps us chattering - fear that wells up from… — Marion Woodman
'In empathic listening you listen with your ears, but you also, and more importantly, listen with you eyes and with your heart. You listen for… — Stephen Covey
Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction. — Unknown Author
Calm on the listening ear of night Come Heaven's melodious strains, Where wild Judea stretches far Her silver-mantled plains. — Unknown Author
Flowers and plants are silent presences. They nourish every sense except the ear. — May Sarton
What you hear depends on how you focus your ear. We're not talking about inventing a new language, but rather inventing new perceptions of existing… — Philip Glass
The ear plays the role of the guide in the museum in the concert I'm taking now. We don't have an oral guide, we have… — Daniel Barenboim

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