Hercules used noise! Brass bells! He scared them away with the most horrible sound he could-" said Percy "Percy... Chiron's collection! — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I know this'll sound obnoxious, but acting was very much an accident for me. I didn't have, like, posters of Marlon Brando… — Michael Shannon Copy Share Image
Moreover, if a song is a hit, film makers come to us with requests to score similar tracks. In the process, commercial… — Arjun Janya Copy Share Image
Virtual simulations allow post-traumatic stress disorder sufferers to re-experience the events that traumatized them, and then slowly desensitize themselves to their impact… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
Listening is like running down a mountain on a switchback trail, the sound of surprise generating its own momentum. There’s a punk… — Greil Marcus Copy Share Image
I read Carver. Julio Cortazar. Amis's essays. Baldwin. Lorrie Moore. Capote. Saramago. Larkin. Wodehouse. Anything, anything at all, that doesn't sound like… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
It is not speech or tool making that distinguishes us from other animals, it is imagination…Of what use are speech sounds and… — Louise J. Kaplan Copy Share Image
“If we would think-to-speak at an adaptive, and comprehensible ear-speed of human sound, we might vastly hear so much more, than the… — Tracey Bond Copy Share Image
A scholar's business is to add to what is known. That is all. But it is capable of giving the very greatest… — Tom Stoppard Copy Share Image
Going to school is not the same as going shopping. Parents should not be burdened with locating a suitable school for their… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
We usually start by asking the collaborators to submit a couple of ideas. Then, Larry and I will sort through all the… — Glenn McQuaid Copy Share Image
All rappers predominantly sound the same and want you to think their meanest person in the world, and that they're all gangster… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
“While she could hardly fathom what had just happened to her that night, she reached some conclusions before she fell asleep, certain… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm inclined to think that, because it's such an awful life, that politicians do go into it for the best reasons. I… — Richard Eyre Copy Share Image
What to do when the market goes down? Read the opinions of the investment gurus who are quoted in the WSJ. And,… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
Twelve years ago me and Allanah became really sick of writing pop songs, ... Eventually we dug a grave for the Thompson… — Tom Bailey Copy Share Image
I know that starting out as a young band, it's really easy to get lost with bands that sound the same or… — Kellin Quinn Copy Share Image
On my best day, I cannot do Scottish people. I don't even believe that's a real accent, to be honest with you.… — Russell Peters Copy Share Image
My point is if as an actor you can train yourself to sound better than a singer you must sing but if… — Neha Bhasin Copy Share Image
There is a war going on. All talk of a Christian's right to live luxuriously "as a child of the King" in… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Sweet is every sound, Sweeter thy voice, but every sound is sweet; Myriads of rivulets hurrying thro' the lawn, The moans of… — Alfred Lord Tennyson Copy Share Image
Does a man speak foolishly?--suffer him gladly, for you are wise. Does he speak erroneously?--stop such a man's mouth with sound words… — Oliver Cromwell Copy Share Image
In this age when people expect to get their music for free, we have to work out how we can protect the… — Clive Davis Copy Share Image
I mean, I don't want to sound - of course it's very nice, people come up and say appreciative things about my… — Todd Solondz Copy Share Image
Pro-choice supporters are often heard using the cool language of the courts and the vocabulary of rights. Americans who are deeply ambivalent… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
Everyone can write their melodies and chords and pianos and guitars, but what hasn't been discovered yet are tones and textures, and… — Flume Copy Share Image
This chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra is enacted from the spiritual platform and thus this sound vibration surpasses all lower strata… — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada Copy Share Image
The music I want to hear in my head sounds somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Massive Attack. It's not really like my… — Dhani Harrison Copy Share Image
Money is indeed the most important thing in the world; and all sound and successful personal and national morality should have this… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Nothing is so musical as the sound of pouring bourbon for the first drink on a Sunday morning. Not Bach or Schubert… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
Sound has always followed me. A lot of reggae when mum was cooking. I'd write songs with my dad or play him… — Jorja Smith Copy Share Image
Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on… — Ruben Blades Copy Share Image
I don't think my lyrics go so well when I try to sound poetic. Some people do that really well. If I… — Chaz Bundick Copy Share Image
One way to practice staying present is to simply sit still for a while and listen. For one minute, listen to the… — Pema Chodron Copy Share Image
God split himself into a myriad parts that he might have friends. This may not be true, but it sounds good, and… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
And I'll never forget the first time I took the possibility to project sound every day for six or seven hours with… — Karlheinz Stockhausen Copy Share Image
Apparently they're going to bring in 'Super Asbos'. But 'Asbos' already sound too cool. Teenagers see them as a badge of honour.… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
I just believe that young people need to be able to learn how to write in their own voice. Just like a… — Terry McMillan Copy Share Image
What's that?" the Unbeliever asked. "Wisdom from the Western Taoist,"I said. "It sounds like something from Winnie-the-Pooh ," he said. "It is,"… — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image
I don't like to move abstract theoretical policies that, on a white paper, sound good. If I wanted to do that, I'd… — Kevin de Leon Copy Share Image
