„Theobald ignored him. He could be deaf when he chose; he seemed to find it particularly difficult to hear the word “No.”“

— Robert A. Heinlein
„He could not feel her near him in the darkness nor hear her voice touch his ear. He waited for some minutes listening. He could hear nothing: the night was perfectly silent. He listened again: perfectly silent. He felt that he was alone.“
— James Joyce
„He was surprised when I ignored him. He is wealthy and arrogant and used to being listened to even when what he says is nonsense—as it often is.“
— Octavia E. Butler
„He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.“
— Confucius