Sound Quotes · Page 74

I don't want to sound trite, but we're all treading a fine line between what's normal and what's not.

— Paul Whitehouse

Your imagination is your most important tool as an actor, as cheesy as that sounds.

— Jane Levy

A speech is like an airplane engine. It may sound like hell but you've got to go on.

— William T. Piper

I sound like a very old Polish cabbage farmer. Whatever, I'm hot... for my name.

— Esther Povitsky

What beauty there is in words; what a lurking curious charm in the sound some words.

— Walt Whitman

The great advantage of telling the truth is that one is so much more likely to sound convincing

— Susan Howatch

To the Master's honor all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing Newton's ground.

— Albert Einstein

I'd never yell, "Good luck!" at anybody. It sounds terrible, when you think about it.

— Anonymous

Actor Mike Warren [was my former teammate], who was in Hill Street Blues. There are more, but it's starting to sound like…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Hey, sexy. Why haven’t you called?” The cooing sound came from behind me, and I glanced back over my shoulder to see…

— Abbi Glines

Who of us does not recognize that the life we live, however larded with brave talk about values and thought and ideals,…

— Todd Gitlin

I guess I felt attached to my weakness. My pain and suffering too. Summer light, the smell of a breeze, the sound…

— Haruki Murakami

The Sound of Music' did more damage to the industry than any other picture. Everyone tried to copy it. We were the…

— Richard D. Zanuck

I played piano. I've always liked piano. My father played piano. Actually, to be fair, the sound of the harpsichord did annoy…

— Mahan Esfahani

Of course the most difficult thing on the violin is always intonation. The second one is rhythm. If you play in tune,…

— Ruggiero Ricci

I recognized it immediately the first time it happened - the cackle of the crone. It is the sound of a woman…

— Toni Bentley

Consciousness is somehow a by-product of the simultaneous, high frequency firing of neurons in different parts of the brain. It's the meshing…

— Francis Crick

No sound system. No band. No guitar. No entertainment. No cushioned chairs. No heating or air-con. Nothing but the people of God…

— David Platt

Don't you love being alive?" asked Miranda. "Don't you love weather and the colors at different times of the day, and all…

— Katherine Anne Porter

I am fussy, about my diet and straining my voice. I know, sounds a bit over the top. But I'm not as…

— Katherine Jenkins

I became interested in the delay, having sounds recorded and played back and then come back. I did many different configurations of…

— Pauline Oliveros

For 'Pivot and Scrape' I started out with a melodic and buoyant synth melody for the demo. The imagery and lyrics for…

— Sophie Thatcher

Retire from the world each day to some private spot. Stay in the secret place till the surrounding noises begin to fade…

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

There is a certain unique and strange delight about walking down an empty street alone. There is an off-focus light cast by…

— Sylvia Plath

When I listen to Joy Division, it doesn't sound particularly English.

— Greil Marcus

Sometimes what works in a book is too "in your face" when converted to the big screen and sound.

— James Dashner

Miguelito, liberated from having to sing with Cugat, sounds like he just got out of jail and is letting it rip.

— Ned Sublette

I don't take care of my voice at all, which is one reason that I sound as bad as I do.

— Ira Glass

I'll never get tired of being told I sound like Waylon Jennings, but I don't hear it myself.

— Sturgill Simpson

Moscow... how many strains are fusing in that one sound, for Russian hearts! What store of riches it imparts!

— Alexander Pushkin

If you're smart, you'll think twice, when they start to sound off with advice.

— Elvis Presley

Perhaps it was only that when you try to put it into words you cannot express it truly, it never sounds as…

— Michael Shaara

All writing is the same: It's just making up lies until it starts to sound like the truth. That's what I do.

— Brian K. Vaughan

How good music and bad reasons sound when one marches against an enemy.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The roof cannot collapse when the value pillars of government and society are sound and strong.

— Anonymous

The good thing is that there is a constant need for innovation, which is important in the evolution of music and sound.

— Shreya Ghoshal

Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.

— Jodi Picoult

Most sermons sound to me like commercials - but I can't make out whether God is the Sponsor or the Product.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Smells are surer than sounds and sights to make the heartstrings crack.

— Rudyard Kipling

You have to have a passionate opinion; otherwise you sound false. You end up telling the audience jokes they've already heard.

— Stephen Colbert