Quote by Paul Colman

“We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say.”

— as quoted by Diogenes Laërtius Zeno of Citium

“You have two ears and one mouth. Repeat only half of what you hear.”

— Jack Heath

“Why do we have two ears and one mouth? In order to talk half as much as we listen.”

— Josip Novakovich

“You have two eyes, and two ears, but only one mouth. This is so because you are supposed to look and listen more than…

— Lucca Kaldahl

“Having two ears and one tongue, we should listen twice as we speak.”

— Turkish proverb

“…those who have their mouths open all the time generally have their ears shut.”

— Alan Dean Foster

“We have two ears and one mouth, therefore we should listen twice as much as we speak.”

— Zeno

“We have two ears and only one tongue in order that we may hear more and speak less.”

— Diogenes Laertius

“So much talking makes it hard to listen.”

— Karen Rivers

“One of them bit off part of his ear.”

— Dean Koontz

“Good speaker listen more than they speak.”

— Alin Sav

“I have discovered that most people have no one to talk to, no one, that is, who really wants to listen.”

— Walker Percy