Tone Quotes · Page 6

Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can.

— Terry Pratchett

And the greeter is what sets the tone for this company and I've been on TV a little bit this morning.

— Lee Scott

I'm going to finish my runs hard, and I'm going to try to set the tone.

— Ezekiel Elliott

Part of it, in my role now, more of a leader, just trying to set the tone.

— T. J. Watt

I got the type of voice where I can hit a tone if I want, but I ain't trying to be Fetty…

— Kodak Black

The fans always ask me, 'Is Si that crazy in real life?' and I said, 'No, hey, he tones it down for…

— Si Robertson

We don't have time for tone. We have to go out and get the job done.

— Donald Trump

I think I'm at my best when I'm on the ball, I'm feeling the game, I feel free, and I'm setting the…

— Lindsey Horan

There is a tone of morality throughout the rural districts of England, which is unhappily wanting in the large towns and the…

— Henry Mayhew

In general, there wasn't enough attention paid to attributes of Tuvok's that, in many cases, could have gotten the crew out of…

— Tim Russ

For that great Love speaks in the most wretched and dirty hearts; only the tone of its voice depends on the echoes…

— George MacDonald

He pressed a kiss to my ear. “Do you feel stretched? Can you tell I’ve been inside you?” I nodded, feeling my…

— Abbi Glines

Shane: "Bro," he said, in an injured tone, "I had to go out with a flamethrower, and you weren't there to see…

— Rachel Caine

With all tools at my disposal, I'm 100% into chasing tone and checking out new equipment and "geeking" out during sound check…

— John Petrucci

Rather than assume that the wealthy are a monolithic, selfish and unfeeling lot who must be subjugated by the force of the…

— Leon G. Cooperman

I shrug. "I'll probably mention that I'm in love with you." He chuckles. "Only you would say that in such a I-think-I'll-wash-my-hair-tonight…

— Melina Marchetta

It's ignorant! The stereotype is guys that are weak and have failing relationships write about how sad they are. If you listen…

— Brendon Urie

During college, when I was working full time for my father [the decorator Mark Hampton], I rented an apartment and I just…

— Alexa Hampton

It is that happy stretch of time when the lovers set to chronicling their passion. When no glance, no tone of voice…

— Ahdaf Soueif

Everything has become so pop-rock oriented that finding a role for a soprano, and finding an audience for a soprano, is tricky.…

— Laura Benanti

Whatever happened to the dragon?" I mustered my primmest tone. "He has a name, you know." Adrian pulled back and gave me…

— Richelle Mead

I think 'Lost in Space' certainly shifted from being an ensemble adventure series about a family facing the unknown alien environment to…

— Bill Mumy

Did you want me to stay?" Kylie's yes and Lucas' no chimed out at the same time. "Sorry," Lucas said, not sounding…

— C.C. Hunter

Each time I undertake to reread Virginia Woolf, I am somewhat baffled by the signature breathlessness and relentlessly "poetic" tone, the shimmering…

— Joyce Carol Oates

At the highest level of the government, we have to set the tone and preach by example.

— Jovenel Moise

The thing that binds us together is the commonality of our dreams, not our skin tone.

— T. D. Jakes

When I sing in Spanish, my tone is different. I feel more relaxed because that's how I speak to my family.

— Jessie Reyez

The words 'Space Age' have a quaint, nostalgic tone - sitting on midcentury modern furniture watching 'The Jetsons.'

— P. J. O'Rourke

Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words.

— Franz Liszt

I go to various boot camps 4-5 times a week, and I try to get some Pilates in there to thin and…

— Rachelle Lefevre

Love is that common tone shall raise his fiery head and sound his note.

— William Carlos Williams

If it hadn't been for Grandma, we'd have had no ethnic tone at all.

— Edith Konecky

When you're a TV star, you pretty much set the tone, and on 'Police Woman,' we goofed around all the time.

— Angie Dickinson

I forgive 'Face in the Crowd' its uneven tone because it's precisely what makes it feel unlike other Kazan movies.

— Peyton Reed

To me, 'Scream' is a masterpiece on every level - the performances, the humor, the tone - it's just flawless.

— Marley Shelton

Steinway is the finest piano ever made. Its tone is magnificent and its well-balanced action superb.

— Billy Taylor

Some men are like musical glasses; to produce their finest tones you must keep them wet.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

What's hard in movies is to have a consistent tone throughout a movie. Whatever that is.

— Steve Zahn

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body.

— Grenville Kleiser

I have to have my lashes. For me, it all sets the tone: I'm getting ready to go to work.

— Michelle Carter