The mastery of one's phonemes may be compared to the violinist's mastery of fingering. The violin string lends itself to a continuous… — Willard Van Orman Quine Copy Share Image
I do think that the imagination you create yourself when you're reading, to create the tone and the accent of the world,… — John Larroquette Copy Share Image
Sometimes I pick up the phone, listen to cold caller alias name, repeat it several times in an incredulous tone and then… — Sean O'Grady Copy Share Image
Yeah, because we wanted to go back to the original tone. It's one of the original movies like The Muppet Movie, Muppets… — Nicholas Stoller Copy Share Image
A piece of drapery is like a necktie, hot stuff to paint, and one of the easiest things for a painter to… — John French Sloan Copy Share Image
Obama does not need to worry as much as past Democratic presidents about being labeled soft on national security - not after… — Ron Fournier Copy Share Image
But you have said it too often, Mr. Benedict!" said Mrs. Perumal in an imperious tone that was quite out of character.… — Trenton Lee Stewart Copy Share Image
There's a lot of two-hander dialogue in 'True Detective,' and I needed to place those guys in locations where there were other… — Cary Fukunaga Copy Share Image
How innocent were these Trees, that in Mist-green May, blown by a prospering breeze, Stood garlanded and gay; Who now in sundown… — Siegfried Sassoon Copy Share Image
The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the… — Norman McLaren Copy Share Image
The beautiful thing about the law of attraction is that you can begin where you are, and you can begin to think,… — Michael Beckwith Copy Share Image
Of all the old festivals, however, that of Christmas awakens the strongest and most heartfelt associations. There is a tone of solemn… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
How old are you?” she asked. My answer was automatic and ingrained. “Seventeen.” “And how long have you been seventeen?” I tried… — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
When I was a junior in college I moved to New York and went to this performance school the Experimental Theatre Wing.… — Antony Hegarty Copy Share Image
I don't know why femininity should be associated with weakness. Women should be free to express who they are without thinking, 'I… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
First and foremost, the monk should own nothing in this world, but he should have as his possessions solitude of the body,… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
'Seize the Story' takes readers all the way through the process of writing fiction, from beginning to end. Every element, from dialogue… — Victoria Hanley Copy Share Image
It's remarkable - most remarkable, the way these people manage, from time to time, a tragedy or a near-tragedy to break the… — Martha Ostenso Copy Share Image
Personally and politically, I'm extremely conservative for who I am, but I'm also very careful in my tone. I don't believe just… — James Lankford Copy Share Image
Things have been invented because of alcohol. Like the taser, okay? Yeah! The morning after pill, okay? The reach-around. Judge Judy. What… — Dave Attell Copy Share Image
Are you trying to tell me that you've never been kissed?" I pressed my tongue to the roof of my mouth. He… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
My parents have always had a great sense of humor. And I really appreciate good humor in songs, witty lyrics that sneak… — Kacey Musgraves Copy Share Image
Do you like to slide?" His voice was eager. Stair rails! Did he suspect me? I forced a sigh. "No, Majesty. I'm… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
So I sent Halt to straighten matters out. Thought it might be a good idea to give him something to keep him… — John Flanagan Copy Share Image
The images are visual, auditory, olfactory, kinesthetic. They aren't laid down on the same tracks as thought. And sometimes, when they return… — Martha Manning Copy Share Image
The marvels of God are not brought forth from one's self. Rather, it is more like a chord, a sound that is… — Hildegard of Bingen Copy Share Image
If scientists could communicate more in their own voices - in a familiar tone, with a less specialized vocabulary - would a… — Alan Alda Copy Share Image
When you're at the basketball court watching a game, one person may be talking about a fight he had with his wife,… — John Edgar Wideman Copy Share Image
She put a hit on her boyfriend, so it's not like she hasn't murdered someone." "And you know that how?" Sam asks.… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
One of the things particularly admirable in the public utterances of President Lincoln is a certain tone of familiar dignity, which, while… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Oh noes, kitteh haz major angriez!” I said. I turned around to share a laugh with my companions and found them glaring… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
When a book, any sort of book, reaches a certain intensity of artistic performance, it becomes literature. That intensity may be a… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
There is an infinity of landscape here, caused by the purity of the atmosphere. It has been said that there is a… — Hans Heysen Copy Share Image
Ali Woodson was one of the few Iconic Soul-Singers left from the Motown Era that could STILL sell out a crowd, light… — Luenell Copy Share Image
Mom was bossy. Even in print I could hear her tone, smugly congratulating me on already earning the prince's affections and telling… — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of comedy, and I understood from a young age that what makes most comedy work is the… — Kevin Keck Copy Share Image
Civilization can only revive when there shall come into being in a number of individuals a new tone of mind, independent of… — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
I've always played down the drama in my films. In my main scenes, there's never an opportunity for an actor to let… — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
A line, an area of tone, is not really important because it records what you have seen, but because of what it… — John Berger Copy Share Image
The sense that a man is serving a Higher than himself, with a service which will become ever more and more perfect… — John Campbell Shairp Copy Share Image
