Quote by Shanon Mayer

“Sometimes we hear more of what a person is saying when we listen to what they’re not saying.”

— Anthony P. Mauro, Sr

“Some people are not really good listeners. They are merely good at keeping quiet for a long time, while someone is talking to them.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“(It doesn’t matter what we think we’re saying—it’s what others hear.)”

— Carl Medearis

“People talk when they think no one is listening.”

— Sarah Tregay

“Humans speak too much. They chatter like chimps, crowding the world with their noise even when they have nothing to say.”

— Katherine Applegate

“We are saying what we have heard others say and just say it.”

— Lee Vickers

“Who cares whether or not I said that he said that she said that they said that ... who the hell knows what anyone…

— Aindra Das

“Sometimes, the things people don't say speak louder than the things they do, though.”

— Andrea Randall

“Some people just shouldn't speak.”

— Elizabeth Johnson

“Most people just get up and talk because they know you will listen—and you usually do.”

— Marion Bekoe

“So many people, he thought, don't listen to the content of what you say but only to the noises you make.”

— Tracy Kidder

“People talk a lot because nobody takes their time to listen to them.”

— Alin Sav