Those are the types of thoughts that should fall on deaf ears. The remarks that do not serve the higher purpose of advancing the argument, but rather attack the person and are derogatory or unkind in nature. The remarks that are not backed by thought, but are rather reactive, emotional, and are lacking of reason or fact. We choose to be a little deaf towards the thoughtless and unkind types of remarks. And I, nor RBG, mean this in a demeaning, belittling, dismissive way for the other person. In every relationship in life, I think it helps to be a little deaf. Reacting in anger or annoyance will not advance one’s ability to persuade.” Ruth Bader Ginsburg, My Own Words Beyond the Quote (260/365) When a thoughtless or unkind word is spoken, best tune out. I have employed it as well in every workplace, including the Supreme Court of the United States. ‘In every good marriage,’ she counseled, ‘it helps sometimes to be a little deaf.’ I have followed that advice assiduously, and not only at home through fifty-six years of a marital partnership nonpareil. It comes from my savvy mother-in-law, advice she gave me on my wedding day. “Another often-asked question when I speak in public: ‘Do you have some good advice you might share with us?‘ Yes, I do.
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