| Author | Quote | E-Mail this quote | Dick Cavett  (1936 - )  | It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear. |  | 
| Frank Tyger | Be a good listener. Your ears will never get you in trouble.
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| Frank Tyger | Hearing is one of the body's five senses. But listening is an art. |  | 
| Katharine Whitehorn | A good listener is a good talker with a sore throat. |  | 
| Kin Hubbard | A good listener is usually thinking about something else. |  | 
| Kin Hubbard | The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them. |  | 
| Wilson Mizner | A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while he gets to know something. |  |