In December ring Every day the chimes; Loud the gleemen…

A motorcycle can't sing on the streets of a city.

— Anonymous

Oh, I am all for singing. If I had had children I should have hounded them into choirs & choral societies, and if they…

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

I will sing in San Francisco if I have to sing in the streets, for I know that the streets of San Francisco are…

— Luisa Tetrazzini

For the time of towns is tolled from the world by funereal chimes, but in nature the universal hours are counted by succeeding tribes…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

As the little girl dances to the melody of the chimes She is not aware of the danger that's behind The sweet soothing sound…

— Christiana

In all the practice centers in the tradition of Plum Village whenever the phone rings or the clock chimes in the dining hall, people…

— Nhat Hanh

Love Virtue, she alone is free, She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heav'n…

— John Milton

My father was always anxious to give pleasure to his children. Accordingly, he took me one day, as a special treat, to the top…

— James Nasmyth

His eyes met mine at the soft touch, and a chime seemed to shake the ley line, realigning the universe. He was mine.

— Kim Harrison

Chimes?" Phyllis asked. "Chimes to call a lover? Chimes with the voice of a bird trapped in them? Chimes that play you whatever song…

— Sarah Rees Brennan

once we began to chime the hour, we lost the ability to be satisfied

— Mitch Albom

Some men at the approach of a dispute neigh like horses. Unless there be an argument, they think nothing is doing. Some talkers excel…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

On Melbourne summer mornings the green trams go rolling in stately progress down tunnels thick with leaves: the bright air carries along the avenue…

— Helen Garner

Those evening bells! those evening bells! How many a tale their music tells Of youth and home, and that sweet time When last I…

— Charles Lamb

Quentin [Taranino] will say, "We've got it, but we're gonna do it one more time. Why?" And then, the entire cast and crew chimes…

— Walton Goggins