Tone Quotes · Page 8

When a child is born into this world it has no concept of the tone the skin is living in.

— Neneh Cherry

For me, musicians are poets. Beethoven describes himself as a poet of tones, just like Coltrane's a poet of tempo.

— Cornel West

As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome.

— Jules Verne

No one expects the tone of an election to be mild-mannered, least of all a presidential one.

— Susie Dent

I think it's important for athletes to set a tone in a way that we're looking to build bridges.

— P.K. Subban

I love thee as I love the tone Of some soft-breathing flute Whose soul is wak'd for me alone, When all beside…

— Eliza Acton

There aren't, like, four Aquamans before me. I get to set the tone for it.

— Jason Momoa

“Some men’s chests are more buttlike than some women’s butts.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

While a lot of people want to join the left to react against the mainstream or right, I in many ways react…

— Rebecca Solnit

Don't contour with blush - that's so eighties. It was an amazing trend then, but it's not hot now. Instead, go for…

— Tyra Banks

Thanksgiving speaks in clear, crisp tones of forgotten terms, like integrity - bravery - respect - freedom - discipline - sacrifice -…

— Charles R. Swindoll

I'm not against working out. It's just not effective for weight loss. I like strength training to tone and firm the body…

— Jorge Cruise

Sweet harmonious sounds give exquisite joy to human beings capable of appreciating music. I delight in hearing harmonious tones made by the…

— Brigham Young

When you read Chekhov, everything has an even gray tone. When you read 'Family Life', everything has an even white tone. It…

— Akhil Sharma

Whenever we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, an opening quotation is a symphony preluding on the chords whose tones…

— Isaac D'Israeli

Cantonese, which has up to nine tones as opposed to the five in Mandarin, is much more versatile and one of the…

— David Tang

I realized how far-reaching the effect of hip hop was when I walked by a jewelry store named Bling in a small,…

— Steve Stoute

I have thus decided to make a certain film and now begins the complicated and difficult-to-master work. To transfer rhythms, moods, atmosphere,…

— Ingmar Bergman

Very thorough in the rehearsal process but more in terms of just understanding the characters, understanding where the actors are at with…

— Kate Winslet

I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective…

— Linton Kwesi Johnson

It is true that we have not deliberately or wholly abandoned the Christian element in our tradition, but does that element count…

— Robert McCracken

If my tone is mocking, the tone of someone accustomed to helplessness, this is natural: the poet is a condemned man for…

— Randall Jarrell

When you're directing an ongoing series, the tone has already been set. So a director will come in and fulfill that tone…

— Bryan Cranston

To sing is to praise God and the daffodils, and to praise God is to thank Him, in every note within my…

— Joan Baez

I think the tone that the head coach sets transcends to the team.

— Ryan Tannehill

I have never smoked and have always drunk a lot of water, but cleanse, tone and moisturise every day? No way!

— Tori Amos

Male and female gossip also sounds different, as women use more animated tones, more detail and more feedback.

— Kate Fox

I work out one-and-a-half hours a day, five times a week to strengthen my muscles and increase tone.

— Ananya Birla

Clinique's Chubby Stick Moisturizing Lip Colour Balm in Chunky Cherry is perfect for people with my skin tone.

— Hannah Simone

Commercials used to have such a serious tone to them or a really corny tone.

— Paula Pell

I really want to sing, but my tone of voice is really too deep to do what I want.

— Tyler, The Creator

'Pleasantville' seems tonally ambitious, but it can handle a wide breadth of tone because it's so fanciful.

— Gary Ross

The completely irreverent tone was the thing that won me over about the first 'Deadpool' movie.

— David Leitch

Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise.

— Harvey Fierstein

I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life.

— Sylvia Plath

A vivid color blocked tunic dress sets the perfect tone for Spring.

— Lubov Azria

You have to know the story that you're telling, and you have to know the tone in which the story is being…

— Tyler Hoechlin

I have no ability to develop muscle tone. I could do situps all day and still look like a condom full of…

— Dana Gould

When you're shooting 20-odd episodes in a season, the last thing you want is for each script to be the same tone.

— Jonny Lee Miller

I learn the most about people asking them what they want their ringtone/text tone to be.

— Spencer Pratt