The simile has to match the tone of its surroundings and has to be like a little joke. Writing a simile that… — Ned Beauman Copy Share Image
If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
Japanese people they hear my warmin' up and they start screamin'. They can tell it's me.It's my tone on the trumpet, it… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
To us, something can be uplifting even if the tone of it is not cheerful - it can be uplifting because it's… — Ron Mael Copy Share Image
The Bible says that God uses the foolish things and the base things of the world to accomplish His work. He apparently… — Dominic Balli Copy Share Image
Keep the corners of your mouth turned up. Speak in a low, persuasive tone. Listen; be teachable. Laugh at good stories and… — Mother Teresa Copy Share Image
I do feel like there's a spirit and a tone you can set that lets people know that they're appreciated for being… — Cameron Diaz Copy Share Image
How often have I not heard a perfectly intelligent female says, in the tone of one clinching an argument, 'Edgar says --… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
You have to nail the right tone because sometimes when you just see his films cold, you're not quite sure. It's the… — Danny Elfman Copy Share Image
No matter how strong and dedicated a leader may be, he must find root and strength amongst the people. He alone cannot… — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
“Before I start a film or a play, I try to build a world in my mind. An imaginative world which the… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
How shall I ever tell Aunt Shaw?' she whispered, after some time of delicious silence. 'Let me speak to her.' 'Oh, no!… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the rights of man which are the… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
...And another item from the growing file of people who voluntarily wear dunce caps... You'll be talking cordially to someone and make… — Tim Dorsey Copy Share Image
Bob Wallace was my editor at Rolling Stone when I first started writing there, and he's a wonderful editor. I was in… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The people wanted to believe that the Negroes couldn't learn to read music but had a natural talent for it. So we… — Eubie Blake Copy Share Image
It is certain," exclaimed my uncle in a tone of triumph. "But silence, do you hear me? silence upon the whole subject;… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
To hear my mother say, 'Michael is dead,' to feel and hear the tone in her voice to say her child is… — Jermaine Jackson Copy Share Image
I like cool jackets - a nice fall or winter coat. You can get a lot of use out of it, and… — John Legend Copy Share Image
Christianity is within a man, even as he is gifted with reason; it is associated with your mother's chair, and with the… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
Since I was there in the very beginning, I know the history of the characters. So, I make comments about the tone… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
The Daredevil comic book was the first comic book Marvel had ever put out that was an adult R-rated book, so I… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
An optical impression is produced on our organs of sight which makes us classify as light, half-tone or quartertone, the surfaces represented… — Paul Cezanne Copy Share Image
You got guts taking that tone with me. (Nykyrian) What you gonna do, oh great wounded one? I’m the one with the… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, and demonstrate through personal example what you expect from… — Stanley Gault Copy Share Image
Yeah, I mean, I think I'm obsessed with tone in the movies. Tone has always been the main thing that I go… — Zack Snyder Copy Share Image
The most important guideline when it comes to argument is the golden rule. If someone were addressing your point, what tone, what… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
Orchestration is part of the very soul of the work. A work is thought out in terms of the orchestra, certain tone-colors… — Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Copy Share Image
There are movie sites that love movies and there are movie sites that are just bitter people that just hate movies. I… — Todd Phillips Copy Share Image
You need not attempt to shake off or to banter off Romance. It is an evil you will never get rid of… — Edgar Allan Poe Copy Share Image
I'm a dark blonde, yes. I dyed my hair blue, then black, when I was 14. I thought the colour was more… — Eva Green Copy Share Image
The eternal and uneasy relationship between ballet and modern dance endures, but radically altered in tone and intensity. — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
Bryan Adams might not be what I want to put on, but he's a pop singer with a great voice and great… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
Most of the teaching I do is not verbal. It's in every movement of my body. It's in my dance. It's in… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I would never want to be a trend-spotter, in any field. I just think I would be bad at it. I have… — Loren Bouchard Copy Share Image
“A problem?” Dane asks in a hopeful voice. We all side-eye him. “What? Oh.” He clears his throat and lowers his voice… — Rory Miles Copy Share Image
But I was not in the band, because I suffer from the kind of tone deafness that is generally associated with actual… — John Green Copy Share Image
As an actor and a writer, the anxiety about doing TV is that you start to feel like you get married to… — Mike White Copy Share Image
I didn't know every day I would be discussing the tone of my voice with my wife. I thought it was a… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
Listen, I was the first black manager in baseball and there was incredible pressure. I don't blame anyone else. I was too… — Frank Robinson Copy Share Image
