Ears are for hearing... brains are for listening

This is from overheardinnewyork.com. It sums up the way I feel about people sometimes:

Guy selling umbrellas: Get your umbrellas! Two dollars! Get your umbrellas! Two dollars!
Customer: How much are they?

--7th Ave
Overheard by: Maggie

They're a million dollars, lady. One million smackeroos.