Sound Quotes · Page 121

Time, as he passes us, has a dove's wing, Unsoil'd, and swift, and of a silken sound.

— William Cowper

I can't tear up a poem and be a sound bite for you. Why is that so hard for anyone to understand?

— Derek Walcott

Listen to the unstruck sounds, and what sifts through that music.

— Rumi

So loud was the wailing of the women and children that there was not one man among us whose heart did not…

— Hernando Cortes

I think it's so fun that my art isn't centered in one sound or rooted in one lane or whatever. It's just…

— Bree Runway

So still were the big woods where I sat, sound might not yet have been born.

— Emily Carr

I'm always thinking of ideas and sounds. I am waiting on something new and dope to inspire me.

— Kid Ink

Something I am wondering: if you cannot hear do you have no sounds in your head? Do you see a silent movie

— Sharon Creech

Every guitarist has a special quality of sound. The best ones will use a good ear, much sensitivity and a thorough knowledge…

— Andres Segovia

I am irritated by my own writing. I am like a violinist whose ear is true, but whose fingers refuse to reproduce…

— Gustave Flaubert

I really suggest listening to talk radio. I mean, if you just listen to what the talk hosts are saying, they sound…

— Noam Chomsky

An investment said to have an 80% chance of success sounds far more attractive than one with a 20% chance of failure.…

— Daniel Kahneman

I string sounds together. But to string them I have to remember a bunch of old ones I heard somewhere and then…

— Frank Loesser

Still to be neat, still to be drest, As you were going to a feast, Still to be powder'd, all perfum'd. Lady,…

— Ben Jonson

I'd also like to do a play. I've never done theater, and constantly changing and refining a performance is something I'd like…

— Nastassja Kinski

So, great. This is Camp…what do you call it? Camp Fish-Blood?” Aphros frowned. “I hope that was a joke. This is Camp…

— Rick Riordan

He lifed his head and looked down at her seriously. "Could you," he began, then he had to clear his throat. "Could…

— Lynn Kurland

Andrius turned. His eyes found mine. I'll see you he said. My face didn't wrinkle. I didn't utter a sound. But for…

— Ruta Sepetys

I think it took me until - my twenties were really a time of exploration and experimentation with different groups and different…

— Johann Johannsson

It had ceased raining in the night and he walked out on the road and called for the dog. He called and…

— Cormac McCarthy

The lyrics are not an important thing to me. In fact, it can be a distraction. If I knew the language enough…

— Alan Bishop

“I paid the taxi driver, got out with my suitcase, surveyed my surroundings, and just as I was turning to ask the…

— Roberto Bolaño

I mean if it wasn't for Earl Scruggs, guys like me wouldn't be doing what we're doing. I mean, he's changed so…

— Earl Scruggs

The genomics revolution, proteomics, metabolomics, all of these 'omics' that sound so terrific on grants and on business plans. What we're doing…

— Gregory Stock

I've always liked to be on my own, since I was young. I like the sound of a quiet place. It helps…

— Caster Semenya

If you tell a lie, always rehearse it. If it don't sound good to you, it won't sound good to anybody.

— Satchel Paige

The word liberty in the mouth of Mr. Webster sounds like the word love in the mouth of a courtesan.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

This is going to sound so cliche, but I believe this through and through: Don't be afraid to be yourself.

— Lana Condor

Even in a remote monastery, you may still be remote from the truth! To find the truth, all you need is a…

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

The eternal sound of the sea on every side has a tendency to wear away the edge of human thought and perception.

— Celia Thaxter

He laughed, and the sound reduced the pain of every sore place on my body to the dullest ache.

— Tammara Webber

In fact at home I sometimes like to be quiet and hear the sounds of the world outside.

— Brenda Blethyn

When I'm manic, I'm so awake and alert, that my eyelashes fluttering on the pillow sound like thunder.

— Andy Behrman

Love betrayed has an entirely different sound from hatred outright.

— N.K. Jemisin

I always wanted to make a children's album because you have the freedom to explore so many wonderful topics and sounds.

— Lisa Loeb

Grace! 'tis a charming Sound, Harmonious to my Ear! Heav'n with the Echo shall resound, And all the Earth shall hear.

— Philip Doddridge

some genius of the South With blood-hot eyes and cane-lipped scented mouth, Surprised in making folk-songs from soul sounds.

— Jean Toomer

A surprising amount of my jokes sound very implausible but are true.

— Jimmy Carr

This is going to sound really sad. Really sad. But I've never watched a World Cup final completely.

— Weston McKennie

I like music that's more offensive. I like it to sound like nails on a blackboard, get me wild.

— Iggy Pop