Listener

Famous quotes containing the word listener:

“Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish with yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)

“The blues women had a commanding presence and a refreshing robustness. They were nurturers, taking the yeast of experience, kneading it into dough, molding it and letting it grow in their minds to bring the listener bread for sustenance, shaped by their sensibilities.”
—Rosetta Reitz, U.S. author. As quoted in The Political Palate, ch. 10, by Betsey Beaven et al. (1980)