Sound Quotes · Page 81

I sound like an Englishman impersonating an American impersonating an Englishman.

— Billie Joe Armstrong

Not many sounds in life, and I include all urban and all rural sounds, exceed in interest a knock at the door.

— Charles Lamb

The media works in sound bites. They can make you look like a genius or stupid.

— Kato Kaelin

I have an electric Fender and a Telecaster. I have a Taylor and a Martin. I want to get more guitars for…

— Ross Lynch

I think sexiness in most people - and this is going to sound superficial - is definitely something you don't plan.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Each person in the world is different and has their own beautiful sound in the symphony of life.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

I'll lie here and learn How, over their ground, Trees make a long shadow And a light sound.

— Louise Bogan

The television replaced the sound of conversation that was missing from my grandparents' lives.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

As soon as 'Still D.R.E.' starts playing, you know what it is because of the melody. Most of the world's biggest records…

— Scott Storch

You know, ogres only sound stupid. Most are pretty smart." "And it's a shallow person who judges anyone by the way they…

— Tamora Pierce

I grew up with rock and pop music from the 70s and 80s. I had to play guitar in school - it…

— Christian Fennesz

So often, the singer is the sound of the record. People think they can cover anything, but the whole voice is the…

— Marc Almond

My understanding of this life is that you tour and play for years and years, have some longevity and a steady career.…

— Teddy Thompson

Looping isn't an effect: it's your playing, only more of it and, if you hang with it, it'll uncover previously hidden facets…

— David Torn

Italian food is seasonal. It is simple. It is nutritionally sound. It is flavorful. It is colorful. It's all the things that…

— Lidia Bastianich

I approach the singing kind of like with dialect thoughts in my mind. I have to sound like this on certain things…

— John Lloyd Young

Standing at my door, I heard the discharge of a gun, and in four or five seconds of time, after the discharge,…

— Benjamin Banneker

I didn't really like my Sydney accent - nobody likes the sound of their own voice - and when I was a…

— Callan McAuliffe

Keep your head down, avoid all the distractions of being a writer today—all the shifts in the business, all the drama, all…

— Jeff Abbott

This may sound a little harsh, but I don't care about my career. Really, I don't like actors who are always planning…

— Antonio Banderas

The capacity for imaginative reflex, for moral risk in any human being is not limitless; on the contrary, it can be rapidly…

— George Steiner

From the perspective of someone with two grown and wonderful kids, that your instincts as parents are correct: a minute spent reading…

— George Saunders

I told myself: 'I am surrounded by unknown things.' I imagined man without ears, suspecting the existence of sound as we suspect…

— Guy de Maupassant

When you did the job, you thought you were just trying to amuse your friends who are all on the job. I'm…

— Bill Murray

My name is Rain Dove, and my pronouns are just a sound. You can use whatever you want.

— Rain Dove

It was a tiny sound but it woke me up because it was a human sound.

— Miranda July

I just loved making words into stories by the sound of my voice.

— Katherine Hannigan

I am not sure that any sight or sound on earth is as exquisite as the hushed descent of a sky full…

— Parker J. Palmer

I love Florida. I love the beach. I love the sound of the crashing surfers against the rocks.

— Emo Philips

[He died of thirst?] That sounds, if I might say, like the greatest Sprite commercial ever.

— Jon Stewart

Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.

— Dick Cheney

I can imagine for some bands the ability to make your sound and make your identity known could be challenging.

— Lizzy Plapinger

This may sound strange, but at a very early age, at around 3, I was aware that I was smarter than the…

— Lois Lowry

I am barren of words. For no sounds from my mouth are worthy of your hearing

— J.R. Ward

Sitting alone, listening to the sound of your breath, the beating of your heart is a reminder that you are sacred and…

— Iyanla Vanzant

I didn't sound anything like Capote at the screen test. It was more like Bob Dylan. In his early years. With the…

— Toby Jones

It's dangerous talking about yourself too much because you find yourself talking in sound bites.

— Emily Mortimer

When I say to a parent, "read to a child", I don't want it to sound like medicine. I want it to…

— Mem Fox

Without trust, words become the hollow sound of a wooden gong. With trust, words become life itself.

— John Harold

You have an absolute right to translate poetry in any form with any sound. It's all up for grabs.

— Genesis P-Orridge