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I love hearing my relations abused. It is the only thing that makes me put up with them at all.

Oscar Wilde

A silent mouth is sweet to hear.

Irish Proverb

The man the state has put in place must have obedient hearing to his least command when it is right, and even when it's not.

Sophocles

Women don't want to hear what you think. Women want to hear what they think -- in a deeper voice.

Bill Cosby

They that will not be counseled, cannot be helped. If you do not hear reason she will rap you on the knuckles.

Benjamin Franklin

When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'

Sidney J. Harris

Things that we hear pass quicker from our minds than what we read.

Ausonius

I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Confucius

This is a place where you can hear fall coming for miles.

Charles Kuralt

Conscience is thoroughly well bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.

Samuel Butler

Hearing nuns' confessions is like being stoned to death with popcorn.

Fulton J. Sheen

I was very, very nervous. I could hear my heart beating.

Sung Ah Yim

This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.

Chuck Sigars

You always hear about people doing this when their team goes away. It's neat to have everyone yelling for the same team.

Dave Hunt

It takes two to speak the truth--one to speak and the other to hear.

Henry David Thoreau

A lot of consumers use the term 'bait and switch' when they hear this.

Tim Winship

Very seldom do we hear of a jeweler being injured when there is not resistance to the robbers.

Bob Frank

Cancer affects all of us, whether directly or indirectly. When you hear the words.

Cynthia Guariglia

I don't envy you. I just think you're going to have to create the balance that it's a full and fair hearing.

Rep. David Schultheis

It's harder to reach teenagers. They don't want to hear one more lecture.

Virginia R. Corrigan

To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.

Igor Stravinsky

I wanted to make something that I wanted to hear that I wasn't hearing.

Kathleen Hanna

What you say may very well be true, but I would feel better hearing what the doctor has to say.

Gary Bass

I haven't played against them in a long time. If you lose you're going to have to hear from them.

Oliver Hoyte

We want to play whatever you want to hear. We're here for you, Toledo.

Jared Leto

A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.

Sir Thomas Beecham

Circumstances. Like you need to hear about circumstances.

Mike Higgins

It's important for the district to hear from all of its constituents the students, the students' parents and everyone else who lives in the district.

Susan Gordon

You only seem to hear about it when it erupts and leaves a dead child or spouse.

David Barber

For eight years, we'd been waiting to hear that.

Marilyn Smith

When you hear those words, autism, you think 'is he ever going to get married, is he ever going to date, is he ever going to be able to tell me his feelings?.

Melissa Howell

But there will be a hearing if we find out that there?s a need for them to answer these findings.

Ronald Solis

I think people's patience may be getting a little thin, from what I'm hearing my constituents say.

Jean Godden

What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what kind of a person you are.

C.S. Lewis

If I hear Bowie Kuhn say just once more he's doing something for the betterment of baseball, I'm going to throw-up.

Sparky Anderson

I hear a lot of coaching come out of his mouth.

Amy O'brien

We know we'll hear a good joke from you when we meet again someday.

Leonard Johnson

Members will hear me say repeatedly words are important; deeds are a reality.

Jon Corzine

Democracy! Bah! When I hear that I reach for my feather Boa!

Allen Ginsberg

I don't believe in the 'gloom and doom' we're hearing that planes will fall out of the sky. But there's going to be a significant impact.

Lou Marcoccio

I keep hearing I'm a good chance.

Andrew Johns

There were people around the block. It was such an emotional event. To hear of the closing, I'm shocked.

Michael Lowe

He's considered one of the finest in contemporary folk acoustic guitar. He's been voted in numerous guitar magazines as one of the greats. I'm excited to hear him.

Jim Robinson

We got some direction here today. Scott and I can now go back to the departments, sit down, and hear their needs.

Bill Cole

As he aged, his audience aged with him. They can relate to him and the old days. When they hear him, they don't always hear his voice as it is now, they hear the voice they remember.

Celia Bills

You hear him every time, every snap.

Jarvis Green

The lyrics to the song really connect with me and there is something that hits me when I hear it.

Geoff Harrison

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

Michelangelo Buonarroti

It's always been a gift with me, hearing music the way I do. I don't know where it comes from, it's just there and I don't question it.

Miles Davis

Most of these villagers are very old and it is distressing to hear of force being used against them.

Rajiv Narayan

It's a rare person who wants to hear what he doesn't want to hear.

Dick Cavett

The next move is up to the government. We'll respond when hear from the government.

Bob Chlopak

There's a moon in my body, but I can't see it!A moon and a sun.A drum never touched by hands, beating, and I can't hear it!

K. Ashraful Kabir

There's never going to be a time that people are so healthy that they don't need information or to hear it in a new way.

Lauve Metcalfe

You will see dramatic results when you get into this. I am sure you will hear complaints about the changes going on. I am sure you have heard them all before.

Ken Harmon

It's really a chance for playwrights to get to hear their plays read and to hear actor, director and audience reaction.

Tracy Brigden

You get to see things you'd never see, and hear things you'd never hear. It whets your appetite to come back and to tell other people.

Bill Holmes

You hear about it and then you actually come here and get to see it, that is something that my dad would want to see so I'm taping it for him.

Walter Young

Speaking for the City of Kennett, it is with regret that we hear this information.

Donald Parker

You can hear all the support we have here.

Chris Simcox

Well, God gave him to us. That's all the child wanted to hear.

Brenda Ball

You hear and read of the destruction, see pictures, ... very devastating ... to come and see row after row of blackened, destroyed homes.

Mary Robinson

I'll never see my son again, I'll never hear him say I love you.

Debbie Stanley

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.

Alexander Woollcott

The moment a little boy is concerned with which is a jay and which is a sparrow, he can no longer see the birds or hear them sing.

Eric Berne

At the Auditorium, I had to yell to get people to hear me. Tonight, I didn't yell so much.

Russ Bartlett

'I'm asking the judge to have a hearing and determine that Michael has been acting without authority and to restore visitation.

Pat Anderson

It's an important day for an early settlement. You can always settle when you get to the hearing, but if we're going to settle early we're going to settle (today).

Gm Scott Howson

I hear from our area manager it's an area that's starting to get revived.

Patrick Rainey

There were several reasons the commission felt a new hearing needed to be held.

Jane Tillman

Here if I want to hear about the issues, or go and see a candidate, I can do it. Politics is a lot more personal.

John Reed

Supposedly, Edison got by on a few hours of sleep. You hear about CEOs of companies boasting about how little sleep they get.

Paul Glovinsky

Although we hear of a slowing real estate market, we don't yet see any price declines in the data.

Ingo Winzer

I didn't hear about it, and I have no information.

Bayan Jabr

I and my public understand each other very well; it does not hear what I say, and I don't say what it wants to hear.

Karl Kraus

We want to talk to people and hear their concerns.

Marilyn Anderson

When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.

Voltaire

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

Alan Corenk

Anytime you win, you hear about the old school pride. That's really all it is -- winning.

Corey Mays

We kind of really wanted to hear a trial.

Ryan Sullivan

One day I may be meeting you and hearing how you've changed your life by saying, 'Farewell to Fat'.

Richard Simmons

What we're saying is, 'Give us the opportunity to present our evidence on battering that the jury didn't hear.'

Joe Margulies

That's good news, ... I'm hearing we're likely to be able to get [HST] into 2008 now.

Jim Crocker

I'd like to hear from students, too, what their wants and needs are.

Katie Gates

We're delighted to hear the offer.

Michael Silverman

Everyone is so excited about it. A lot of these kids, they just hear about the states, but they don't get to go because they are always in Syracuse or Albany or Buffalo.

Sal Lostrappo

Tonight, we hear the voices of many cultures and sing and dance in celebration of our diversity.

Marcia Stein

We did hear those comments. That's just his personality. We didn't think he meant anything by them.

Arron Afflalo

I've come to hear the candidates speak and have some fun and food too.

Julia Phillips

We heard now and again the result from the Italy game but I didn't hear about the final result until the end of our match.

Lars Lagerback

As soon as I hear 'impact,' I hear pomposity, and I think, 'Jerry would hate that,' .

Dennis Mcnally

He could hear people calling for help, but he couldn't even see them.

Don Peritz

She could actually hear the [British] drums and fifes, that's how long she stayed in the White House.

Craig Shermer

I don't hear anything about there being any shortage of ISPs in this market, so they may find it a bit difficult.

Todd Kort

I don't hear our quarterback complaining.

Justin Griffith

It's always entertaining. Sometimes you know what you're going to hear and sometimes you're surprised.

Cal Wettstein

It's an opportunity for kids to see and hear different things from around the world.

Audrey Jones

He was very good. He could sit at a desk and write this music and, unlike a lot of them who faked it, he could really hear it in his head.

Steve Reich

I hear no buzz about the Olympics any more. The Olympics has lost its soul.

Irma Zandl

You used to never hear about methamphetamine. Now, they're busting people all the time.

Jeremy Wiener

You probably don't want to hear that, right ladies? In Mexico, men don't want to be challenged.

Joe Gonzales

When they hear from you, it counts. That's how we're going to win.

Charlie Norwood

The main thing we hear is they can't see the child. A lot of them have a second family, and they forget about the first family. Or they don't have a job.

Donna Gilbert

You cry when you see these kids around the world, ... would never be able to afford the (hearing aids) and had no knowledge they would be able to hear.

Michael Bolton

I knew the implications of the disease, and it was hard to hear this from him.

Paul Hollen

We're going to hear from the defense about her background, her mental health, whether she's ever had sex before.

Wendy Murphy

Hear the other side. (Audi Partem Alteram).

Saint Augustine

We need to hear about what is available today.

Lewis Pitts

You hear talk about the Carolina family. He became the newest member.

David Haskins

I'm hearing that some men will choose to leave, because if they don't, it would be like living a lie.

Robert Silva

They refused to hear our offer. They said it was a done deal, no need to bother.

Bill Mead

It's been fun. It's great to hear the fans behind you like that. It's really kind of surreal, because you never thought something like that would happen.

Bryan Howard

If anyone came here today to hear remorse, they won't. Remorse is for a guilty man, and I'm not guilty.

James Dempsey

(The) degree earned online equals that (of a degree earned) on campus. The feedback that I hear from students ... (has) just been very positive.

Crystal Riley

It's fun. The community comes together for once and you get to see good art and hear good music.

Sharon Johnson

We're just waiting to hear from the cleanup people.

Dan Radakovich

I'm hearing a lot of encouraging things. Basically a realization that we must do something. This is the year for this to pass.

Robert Dubois

Where were the calls we hear from Arab and Islamic countries when Saddam was messing up the country?

Hazem Sha'alan

We got 25 to 27 people out alive. And then we didn't hear any more screaming, any more people calling for help.

Steve Snyder

Alexander received more bravery of mind by the pattern of Achilles, than by hearing the definition of fortitude.

Sir Philip Sidney

I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about the ring. It's a grave thing, getting married.

Gwyneth Paltrow

You hear all this talk about how good our league is, but our league is very, very good. It's very competitive. There's a lot of parity in our league.

Chris Lowery

I am called here to answer before you, but I hear no things laid to my charge.

Anne Hutchinson

We shall find peace. We shall hear the angels, we shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.

Anton Chekhov

We have two very different world views. And it's good government to hear both sides and that is the process we are in now.

Joe Perring

It was really like something was going to happen. It was kind of weird because I had never been through that before. You hear about it, but you don't have any control over it.

Austin Kearns

This celebrates all the great things youth do instead of the negative things you sometimes hear about.

Karen Lee

We'd never hear the end of it, but that's basically the same as what happened.

Jim Dyke

Were hopeful they're going to hear the case and not cancel the hearing. If we're going to get an adverse hearing, we'd rather get that sooner than later.

John Stemberger

I called Kyle, and he answered. I asked him about it, and he acted surprised. Molly? What? Who? I didn't hear anything more.

Mick Mullink

We're waiting to hear back from them.

Randy Hanzlick

From what I hear he?s the best. I haven?t played him yet so I can?t say, but from what everybody says he?s the best in the league.

Osi Umenyiora

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.

Garson Kanin

It's so hard to hear their story. I felt sad that they lost everything, but they are so happy, especially Ella.

Heather Thomas

The community is encouraged to come and hear what each candidate is about. We want to know how they are going to make a difference and what type of impact they will make in our community.

Frank Wilson

The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

Herbert Agar

They like to hear 'Good boy!' all the time.

Gary Lashinsky

That gave us confidence going into state. That's pretty much what we hear about a lot is how good Spring Creek is.

Jason Boyd

When you hear sirens, that's all it takes to take something seriously.

David Lang

Last month, we handed out 52 gallons of gas and we've handed out 78 gallons this month. We hear about every excuse.

Alan Peterson

If Jesus Christ were to come today, people would not even crucify him. They would ask him to dinner, and hear what he had to say, and make fun of it.

Thomas Carlyle

With each passing day, based on what we're hearing about the industry being restarted, this current environment will ease.

Geoff Sundstrom

I would say at this stage we will certainly be seriously looking at continuing this case because we do not believe we have been given an adequate hearing.

Peter Oliver

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what it is you want to hear.

Alan Coren

We would like to encourage anyone who would like to hear the candidates to come as our guest to the convention.

Rebecca Lebreton

We should be encouraging professionalism, not when they hear a politician complain, they go cover them for a week.

Ben Ulenga

You won't hear the sound and fury of jet skis on the water.

Rann Haight

You will hear conflicting reports coming out of (Yugoslavia), all of it designed to get American attention away from the ethnic cleansing.

Cherif Bassiouni

Agate can't hear squeaky toys, so movement is her main attraction.

Shirley Piel

We don't get excited when we hear gunshots around here.

Cindy Hamborsky

We check them for operability and we check them to make sure people can hear them and it's something that is progressing very well.

Jacque Morgan

It's almost like a too good to be true. A lot of folks, when they hear it's a new construction project, they automatically think that it's not going to be affordable for them.

Megan Miller

I always thought that if people got a chance to tune in to my message, hear what I have to say, that I was going to do well.

Anthony Weiner

We want everyone to hear our music. We know we've got a good thing going.

Ben Mcclelland

It was so loud the kids couldn't hear. You try to give them hand signals, but they're 16, 17-year old kids. They're doing the best they can.

Tim Ortelli

We have numerous products in the marketplace that have the potential to damage hearing.

Deanna Meinke

We?d love to hear from anybody who has any questions, concerns or comments at any time.

Dawn Fernald

How I do love to hear the wolves howl!

Dr. Joseph Smith

You hear more and more about people going to China and not just to Beijing, but also to Shanghai. It's a place Americans should see. They're shaping up to be our big competitors.

Pauline Frommer

We're hearing from folks everywhere. We're just being inundated. It's the only thing on people's minds in our community.

Alfredo Gutierrez

Hear this now. We are not opposed to this rezoning. We're just asking for some protection.

Ted Korfhage

A manager doesn't hear the cheers.

Alvin Dark

I have not received any recent complaints related to this establishment. This is the first I'm hearing it.

Stephanie O'malley

There also will be an opportunity for the public to request a hearing, and there is a time frame associated with this.

Diane Screnci

You get the fans behind you, they get loud. You don't get tired when you hear that.

Jeff Wehling

He believes that he will receive a fair and proper hearing the U.S. on these very serious allegations.

Judith Seddon

You would never think it would happen at your workplace. You hear it all around. But this is too close, way too close.

Andy De Leon

There is the possibility of losing your hearing. That's when it gets to a very serious level.

Melaney Arnold

It was devastating to me. We just kept hearing so much negative information.

Nicole Draper

I loved to hear how much fun he was having with the kids in Chippewa Falls.

Aaron Hammerman

We don't know who will lease these gates. The Delta bankruptcy hearing has not occurred. We don't have those gates in our possession yet.

Carolyn Fennell

When you hear about what they are … you'll be amazed. It's kind of refreshing to hear what some of those are.

Jerry Larson

I'm sure he is from everything I hear, but I've got to wait until that happens.

Al Harrington

It was something I wasn't expecting to hear this early in camp.

Blake Mitchell

They hear what he has to deal with on the court. And they see how he succeeds in spite of it, and it endears them to him.

Tyrone Slaughter

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

Mark Twain

We hear about the ones that are selling but in fact there are many others that are also collecting and they generally do it very quietly.

David Redden

That's good to hear, ... I want to focus on my defense. Getting hits, I'm not worried about it. If they come, they come.

Bobby Crosby

He's out of danger right now, that's the No. 1 thing. He will walk again, he will run again and play tennis again. That's what we hear from the doctors.

Martin Laurendeau

From being around live audiences in a lot of cities, I've more developed a desire to hear them react, more than I used to.

Gavin Degraw

I knew, but I'm always up there, so I hear about it.

Cole Peacock

I've understood the desire for a sequel, because I hear it all the time from my family and everyone I run into at a Starbucks.

Nia Vardalos

Many people are surprised to hear that we have comedians in Russia, but they are there. They are dead, but they are there.

Yakov Smirnoff

I just wanted to make up the distance. I could hear the kid on my shoulder, but I didn't turn around and see where he was or anything.

Chad Dixon

She was always outgoing, and she had a very bright personality. You could always hear her laughing.

Stephanie Mcgilvrey

The most abusive words that I hear are 'never again,' ... Have we learned from history? I do not know.

Paul Rusesabagina

Mr. Chairman, let us not railroad this hearing.

Alan Peter Cayetano

The process of learning requires not only hearing and applying but also forgetting and then remembering again.

John Gray

Am I really cool? You're telling me I'm cool? Well, that's good to hear.

Paul Giamatti

If you don't hear from them, your mind can go down a road you don't want it to go.

Michelle Joyner

I was thinking, 'Don't drop this, don't drop this. Mike threw a great ball with a guy in his face. Hearing the roar of the crowd, it's a feeling that will never be duplicated.

Patrick Hall

I've never heard from him, I don't have a clue as to what he's doing, or what he's about, or where he lives, ... And, you know, if I haven't heard from him, he's not going to hear from me.

Joseph Bruno

We don't know much about those guys. We'd like to hear from anybody who has information about them.

Mike Carden

You generally hear that what a man doesn't know doesn't hurt him, but in business what a man doesn't know does hurt.

Gerald Brenan

We were alarmed to hear the first company to get a contract in the rebuilding of New Orleans was Halliburton, another non-bid contract.

Leslie Cagan

I think it's really fallen off people's radar. We don't hear much about it at all.

John Davis

To hear that name, Greg Maddux, is pretty exciting to me.

Victor Zambrano

That is funny. Of course, the bigger scoop will be if we hear something from Jesus .

Robert Stanley

Yes, you want the best person for it, but the best of English people. I hear people saying 'you haven't got any experience of this or that'. The only way you are going to get the experience is to do it.

John Barnwell

I am both relieved and happy that the process is now over and the hearing that I received was fair in its decision.

Paul O'connell