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I can hear you. The rest of the world can hear you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon. George W Bush with megaphone to 9/11 fire-fighters
A person hears only what they understand. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He that hath ears to hear, let him stuff them with cotton. William Makepeace Thackeray, Virginians XXXII
All lies and jest,
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear, and disregards the rest. Simon & Garfunkel, lyric The Boxer
He ne’er presumed to make an error clearer – in short, there never was a better hearer. Lord Byron, Don Juan XIV:37
One eare it heard; at the other out it went. Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales IV i 435
Hear ye not the hum of mighty workings? John Keats, Sonnet X addressed to Haydon
I was all ear, and took in strains that might create a soul under the ribs of death. John Milton, Cornelius 560
Where more is meant than meets the ear. John Milton, Il Penseroso 120
Strike but hear me. Themistocles, cited Rollin’s Ancient History IV ii 8
The McGirk Effect shows us that what we hear may not always be the truth. Horizon: Is Seeing Believing? BBC 2010
The results show hearing can have a significant effect on taste. ibid.
And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear let him hear. Mark 4:9