„“Peewee!” I said sharply. “You’re not listening.”“What were you doing talking,” she answered reasonably, “when I wasn’t listening?”“

— Robert A. Heinlein
„People will listen to you only when they know you're dying, otherwise they're just waiting for their turn to talk.“
— Chuck Palahniuk
„When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.“
— Ernest Hemingway
„I find people only listen to you when they ask you to talk to them.“
— Buckminster Fuller
„Listen to the answer.There is no "other world." I only know what I've experienced. You must be hallucinating.“
— Rumi
„The trouble was that he was talking in philosophy but they were listening in gibberish.“
— Terry Pratchett
„Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen.“
— Ambrose Bierce