Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Why You Have to Listen First and Speak Later


Does anyone pop out of their mother's womb speaking a language and comprehending nothing? Which comes first: Comprehension or Speaking?
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The less you say, the more you learn.

"One hears only those questions for which one is able to find answers." Friedrich Nietzsche

"If you don’t understand a problem, then explain it to an audience and listen to yourself." Tom Hirshfield

"Always listen to the experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done and why. Then do it." Robert Heinlein

"I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen." Ernest Hemingway

"It is the province of knowledge to speak and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen." Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Everybody wants to be somebody, but nobody wants to grow." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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