Listen To Me Quotes - Page 7

• Many people talk as if they have all the answers, whereas I know I don't. That's probably why no one listens to me.

  John S. Hall

  People, Answers, Knows

  "Daily Negations". Book by John S. Hall, 2007.

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• Let experience solve it. To listen to mere speculation in such a case were criminal.

  George Washington

  Learning, Criminals, Crime

  Nancy Spannaus, Christopher White, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas More, Henry VIII (2015). “The Political Economy of the American Revolution”, p.282, Executive Intelligence Review

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• Do not be deceived by the way men of bad faith misuse words and names … Things are set up as contraries that are not even in the same category. Listen to me: the opposite of radical is superficial, the opposite of liberal is stingy; the opposite of conservative is destructive. Thus I will describe myself as a radical conservative liberal; but certain of the tainted red fish will swear that there can be no such fish as that. Beware of those who use words to mean their opposites. At the same time have pity on them, for usually this trick is their only stock in trade.

  R. A. Lafferty

  Mean, Men, Opposites

  "The Flame is Green" by R. A. Lafferty, (Ch. 5), 1971.

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• I write about what I know: sex, pornography, art, fame obsession, drugs, and alcohol. I mean, why would anyone care to listen to me if I wasn't an expert in what I write about?

  Lady Gaga

  Art, Sex, Writing

  "Women in Music: Lady Gaga". Interview with Seth Plattner, www.elle.com. June 12, 2009.

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• I have a terrible problem with procrastination. A friend told me, "Well, you should go to therapy." And I thought about it, but then I said, "Wait a minute. Why should I pay a stranger to listen to me talk when I can get strangers to pay to listen to me talk?" And that's when I got the idea of touring.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Procrastination, Ideas, Waiting

  "Ellen DeGeneres: Here and Now". Comedy, Documentary, June 25, 2003.

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• What I really miss these days in music - is the music. I prefer to listen to melodies and songs, not just sounds.

  Dave Grohl

  Inspirational, Song, Missing

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• You oil field workers, come and listen to me I'm goin' to tell you a story about old John D. That company union made a fool out of me. That company union don't charge no dues It leaves you a-singing them Rockefeller blues. That company union made a fool out of me. Takes that good ole C.I.O., boys To keep that oil a-rollin', rollin' over the sea. Takes that good ole C.I.O., boys To keep that oil a-rollin' over the sea.

  Woody Guthrie

  Boys, Sea, Oil

  Song: Keep That Oil A-Rollin'

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• There are times when I'm under the weather and the corporate machine tries to put me in the recording booth anyway. It's always up to me to say, 'Guys, listen to me, listen to what I sound like. I'm not myself.'

  Seth MacFarlane

  Weather, Guy, Trying

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• The musicians one day are going to listen to me.

  Joss Stone

  One Day, Musician

  "Joss Stone Shows Independence With CD" by Mark Kennedy, www.foxnews.com. April 16, 2007.

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• You know, I've got a plan that could rescue Apple. I can't say any more than that it's the perfect product and the perfect strategy for Apple. But nobody there will listen to me.

  Steve Jobs

  Life, Apples, Perfect

  Fortune magazine, September 18, 1995.

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• I have two sons, ages 23 and 25, and know that parents need to listen more and speak less. Young people today don't always know what's going on or how they fit in, and if someone walks up to them and says, 'Hey, kid: If you listen to me I'll give you power and a sense of purpose,' it can hold tremendous appeal.

  Christian Picciolini

  Kids, Son, People

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• My favorite type of music to sing and to listen to, you know, rock. It's not always metal, but you know, half the time it is. Metal's cool, you know? Not everybody on 'American Idol' listens to metal.

  James Durbin

  Rocks, Idols, Half

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• Listen to me, don't listen to me. Talk to me, don't talk to me.

  David Bowie

  Talk To Me, Don't Talk To Me, Explanation

  Song: Fashion, 1980

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• If you grew up in my generation, you're going to be influenced by Run DMC, the Beastie Boys and also listen to Metallica - it wasn't segregated anymore.

  Vanilla Ice

  Running, Boys, Generations

  "Catching Up With... Vanilla Ice". Online Chat, www.washingtonpost.com. February 17, 2006.

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• I know what’s best for the President. I put him in the White house. He does well when he listens to me and poorly when he does not.

  Florence Harding

  White, House, President

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• Honestly, I don't listen to nobody else's music but my own. It's kind of like sports to me. You don't see Kobe Bryant at a LeBron James game - he just works on his own game. And that's what I do. I only listen to me, so I can criticize and analyze and all those things.

  Lil Wayne

  Sports, Games, Kind

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• THE FATHER: But don't you see that the whole trouble lies here? In words, words. Each one of us has within him a whole world of things, each man of us his own special world. And how can we ever come to an understanding if I put in the words I utter the sense and value of things as I see them; while you who listen to me must inevitably translate them according to the conception of things each one of you has within himself. We think we understand each other, but we never really do.

  Luigi Pirandello

  Father, Lying, Men

  Luigi Pirandello (2016). “Six Characters In Search of an Author”, p.15, Jester House Publishing

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• But listen to me. For one moment quit being sad. Hear blessings dropping their blossoms around you.

  Rumi

  Spiritual, Blessing, Being Sad

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.35, Penguin UK

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• Listen to me, he said, when your dreams are of some world that never was or some world that never will be, and you're happy again, then you'll have given up. Do you understand? And you can't give up, I won't let you.

  Cormac McCarthy

  Dream, Giving Up, World

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• Listen to me, goblin. You're stupid, let's accept that and move on.

  Eoin Colfer

  Stupid, Moving, Fowl

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• So here is my story, may it bring Some smiles and a tear or so, It happened once upon a time, Far away, and long ago, Outside the night wind keens and wails, Come listen to me, the Teller of Tales!

  Brian Jacques

  Night, Long Ago, Wind

  Brian Jacques (2005). “Lord Brocktree: A Tale from Redwall”, p.9, Penguin

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• What's the message in Metallica? There is no message, but if there was a message, it really should be look within yourself, don't listen to me, don't listen to James, don't listen to anybody, look within yourself for the answers.

  Lars Ulrich

  Messages, Looks, Answers

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• A man goes to a psychiatrist. "Nobody listens to me!" The doctor says, "Next!"

  Henny Youngman

  Funny, Humor, Men

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• I'm a privileged person, I feel privileged because of who I am. I write books, I write novels, I write essays and I teach and I go from university to university. I'm one of the old, but I still go around, but I only see those who are not like that, I don't see the junk youth. I only meet students, and even those who are not formally at the university, if they come to listen to me, they come to read me, it means they are not junk students.

  Elie Wiesel

  Book, Mean, Writing

  Interview with Professor Georg Klein, www.nobelprize.org. December 10, 2004.

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• Listen to me: a family man is never a real family man. An assassin is never entirely assassin. They play a role, you understand. While a dead man, he is really dead. To be or not to be, right?

  Jean-Paul Sartre

  Real, Men, Play

  "Dirty Hands". Play by Jean-Paul Sartre (Act 4, Scene 6), April 2, 1948.

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