Speech sounds cannot be understood, delimited, classified and explained except in the light of the tasks which they perform in language. — Roman Jakobson Copy Share Image
I don't like people feeling like they've been cheated out of their money, and I too have been caught in the back… — Brian Chippendale Copy Share Image
If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid… — Alexis Taylor Copy Share Image
I take my job very seriously and I work the best that I can on every drum that I hit. I want… — Chris Johnson Copy Share Image
For a million years the sound of making handaxes provided the percussion of everyday life. Anyone choosing a hundred objects to tell… — Neil MacGregor Copy Share Image
Eventually, if you're experimenting with a sound that's unfamiliar, it gets absorbed, and somebody comes and does it better, and it becomes… — Beck Copy Share Image
A studio recording is perfection, but emotion and passion come only when you turn on the machine and go for the groove.… — Chuck Mangione Copy Share Image
That could sound arrogant, I guess, but sometimes I feel like I have a bit of a Zelig thing. I'll blend in… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
A price decline is of no real importance to the bona fide investor unless it is either very substantial say, more than… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
What happiness it is to listen to rain at night; joyful relief, ease; a lapping-round and hushing and brooding tenderness, all are… — Katherine Mansfield Copy Share Image
We are born male. We must learn to be men. Remember, strength is a force. It is an attribute of the heart.… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
Marketers are making retirement respectable. Instead of being the beginning of the end, it sounds like Nirvana-do what you want without any… — Jerry Della Femina Copy Share Image
If we believe that he [Jesus Christ]really countenanced the follies, the falsehoods, and the charlatanisms, which his biographers [writers of the New… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Doug Stanhope is great - I saw his 'Burning the Bridge to Nowhere' show and it was inspiring. He's like an anti-shaman,… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
There's bad in everything. I dislike people misusing something that I love so much. It goes beyond the money. It goes beyond… — George Jones Copy Share Image
The young look up to me as their feeder, said Alex. Well, they can go look for another trough. I'm through with… — Nick Joaquín Copy Share Image
Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex… — Julius Lester Copy Share Image
As cheesy as it sounds, I feel like I do write a lot, not necessarily for a message to be taken away.… — Thomston Copy Share Image
I always get pissed that I can't make my voice sound like someone from the 50s who had a very girly, innocent… — Bethany Cosentino Copy Share Image
Sound is one of the best most powerful tools. All the ancient traditions confirm that in the beginning was the word. Sound… — MC Yogi Copy Share Image
As you and I walk the pathway Jesus walked, let us listen for the sound of sandaled feet. Let us reach out… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
I love the comparison with Aaliyah and Timbaland, because Aaliyah is a legend, and there is a large cinematic feel to Timbaland's… — SZA Copy Share Image
Opera is music AND drama. I'm prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time... I can make a… — Beverly Sills Copy Share Image
My mother once said "If you don't pay attention to age, then it won't pay attention to you." And she says it,… — Cher Copy Share Image
Hey, Effie, watch this!" says Peeta. He tosses his fork over his shoulder and literally licks his plate clean whit his tongue… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
[David] Bowie had a genius for continual change himself, reinventing his sound and his image throughout the decades. Each album seemed to… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
The bell strikes One. We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise… — Edward Young Copy Share Image
Not to sound egotistic, but I've gotten kind of good at it. It's something that came naturally to me, but my rapping… — Cakes da killa Copy Share Image
Tell a man what he may not sing and he is still half free; even all free, if he never wanted to… — Mary Renault Copy Share Image
There's no perfect coach in the world. Coaches are human, too. Mistakes are made. But, fundamentally, if you're sound, you eliminate as… — Wayne Gretzky Copy Share Image
I can cite a chapter and verse of literature at the times saying Italians don't speak our language, these folks coming from… — Chris Hayes Copy Share Image
“Sound gives life to our words just as well as the images they conjure up and the sound is there, whether or… — A.A. Patawaran Copy Share Image
I had a vision how it should sound and I put all my knowledge into this product and it is a fantastic… — Miroslav Vitous Copy Share Image
Rhianna don't want you to give her what you think that she wants. She needs you to give her something that's fresh.… — Ester Dean Copy Share Image
I don't want to sound pretentious or meta or anything, but I don't write until it comes to me... People know when… — Tituss Burgess Copy Share Image
When I was doing preliminary research on this case, I remembered the story about Tlazolteotl.' [Mulder] glanced at the old archaeologist. 'Am… — Kevin J. Anderson Copy Share Image
It's always time to evolve and grow as an artist, so I'm not rushing to jump into another sound or rushing to… — Ice Spice Copy Share Image
This is going to sound weird, but when I was a kid my old man used to tell us that he was… — Marc Forgione Copy Share Image
Attention may sound dull, but it is an essential aspect of consciousness. In fact, it governs what it is that we turn… — Iain McGilchrist Copy Share Image
Light doesn't penetrate beneath the surface of the water, so ocean creatures like whales and dolphins and even 800 species of fish… — Rose George Copy Share Image
![“If we believe that he [Jesus Christ]really countenanced the follies, the falsehoods, and the charlatanisms, which his biographers [writers of the New Testament]father upon him, and admit the misconstructions, interpolations, and theorizations of the fathers of the early and the fanatics of the…” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/ba1/thomas-jefferson-43_age_if-we-believe-that-he-jesus-christ-reall_277925.jpg)
![“[David] Bowie had a genius for continual change himself, reinventing his sound and his image throughout the decades. Each album seemed to find Bowie in a different persona, with a new sound to match his new look.” quote by David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/5f8/david-bowie-508_albums_david-bowie-had-a-genius-for-continual-c_2789461.jpg)
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