Sound Quotes · Page 52

At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features.

— Roman Jakobson

This may sound strange, but I did not join the film industry to be a star and be successful.

— Shruti Haasan

Being very famous is not the fun it sounds. It merely means you're being chased by a lot of people and you…

— Colin Wilson

It's never been more important for borrowers to arm themselves with knowledge and build sound financial-management skills.

— Robert Manning

If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars.

— Sam Phillips

I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read books.

— Rainn Wilson

There are some things people avoid saying in interviews because they sound pompous or sentimental or too mystical.

— Derek Walcott

I always wanted to learn French or Italian growing up. I love the romantic sound of those languages.

— Riley Stearns

As a musician, we should always want to strive to be better, we can always make improvements. It's easy to get comfortable…

— Eric Hernandez

The sound of the mandolin is a very curious sound because it's cheerful and melancholy at the same time, and I think…

— Rita Dove

There's gratification in making somebody laugh. It's a wonderful sound. I find myself, to this day, doing it, wanting to make people…

— Bob Newhart

I love Coldplay. The lights, and the sound quality They really play their instruments. Sometimes, during the show, they'll make a mistake…

— B.o.B

“Time ticks by; we grow older. Before we know it, too much time has passed and we've missed the chance to have…

— Douglas Coupland

Every song on '10 Day' is a completely different sound - the cadence, the flow, even the production - because I like…

— Chance The Rapper

I have spent too long training myself to speak with an American accent, it's ingrained. I spend 16 hours a day on…

— Poppy Montgomery

Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

— Brené Brown

It is from him, from Beolco Ruzzante, that I've learned to free myself from conventional literary writing and to express myself with…

— Dario Fo

The first beat that I ever made that I thought was actually worth a damn was called 'Toilet Paper Nostrils,' and I…

— Flying Lotus

At the mention of the name and offence of this degraded being a great sound went up from the entire multitude -…

— Ernest Bramah

Sometimes I'll hear a certain approach that kinda cathes my ear, like „It's kinda cool what that guy's doing there", or maybe…

— John Petrucci

I treat the act of making a record very much like working in a laboratory, experimenting with sounds and ideas. Whoever chooses…

— M. Ward

As we get closer to the end of this Congress, we should be addressing the urgent needs of the American people -…

— Chris Van Hollen

This may not be the path for everyone. But the trust of which we speak is not an act of heroism. it…

— William McGurn

...I would think how words go straight up in a thin line, quick and harmless, and how terribly doing goes along the…

— William Faulkner

There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done

— B. B. King

The sound of tireless voices is the price we pay for the right to hear the music of our own opinions.

— Adlai Stevenson I

Carolina beach music," Dupree said, coming up on the porch. "The holiest sound on earth.

— Pat Conroy

Ohh! Wow!! Ohh!! Wow!! Those the only two words you know? Sounds like a dirty movie.

— Aya Nakahara

The lesson is clear: As impractical as it may sound, the safest and most secure way to lead your life is to…

— Douglas Bloch

We chose it because we deal with huge amounts of data. Besides, it sounds really cool.

— Larry Page

Life is not only full of sound and fury. It also has butterflies, flowers, art.

— Claude Simon

Yet has not Man wept at the sounds? And are not his tears eloquent understanding?

— Khalil Gibran

Every Hindu boy and girl should possess sound Samskrit learning.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Thanks to the abundance of shellfish in Puget Sound, Washington State is the largest oyster producer in the country.

— Tom Douglas

The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played.

— Jacqueline Carey

I write a lot by sound. One sound leads me to another. These sounds aren't random; they have their own logic.

— Kate Braverman

I honestly like any sound. Birds. I have a very broad space to accept or enjoy anything except quiet.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

Twitter. It's not a good sound, is it? If it were worth doing, there would be a better word for it.

— Roy Blount, Jr

The Conservative Party mustn't sound like the old man on the park bench who says things were better in 1985, or 1955, or 1855.

— George Osborne

A zombie amusement park sounds like fun, but the health code violations alone are enough to turn your stomach.

— Jim C. Hines