The words that bore the deathless verse of Homer from bard to a group of fascinated hearers, and with whose fading sounds… — Nicholas Murray Butler Copy Share Image
We are as we are. How can you claim to know what life I was meant to lead, let alone threaten to… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Thou breeze, That mak'st an organ of the mighty sea, Obedient to thy wilful phantasies, Provoke him not to scorn; but soft… — Hartley Coleridge Copy Share Image
No radiant pearl which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's ears, Not the bright stars which Night's blue… — Erasmus Darwin Copy Share Image
Of course there were areas of safety; nothing could get at me if I curled up on my father's lap, holding his… — Naomi Mitchison Copy Share Image
There is joy in self-forgetfulness. So I try to make the light in others' eyes my sun, the music in others' ears… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Though now this grained face of mine be hid In sap-consuming winter's drizzled snow, And all the conduits of my blood froze… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
“U2 makes music for guys who have ears and can hear. But U2 makes concert imagery for guys who need visual stimulation… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
...boredom speaks the language of time, and it is to teach you the most valuable lesson in your life--...the lesson of your… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Discord occasions a momentary distress to the ear, which remains unsatisfied, and even uneasy, until it hears something better. I am convinced...that… — John Cage Copy Share Image
I've been trying to make records and I describe it almost like a "movie for your ears" where it's a little unconventional… — Billy Sherwood Copy Share Image
President Trump watches a lot of television. I mean, really a lot. His favourite channel is Fox. Now just imagine somebody wants… — David Frum Copy Share Image
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
...but you are too much for them: the weak in courage are strong in cunning; and one by one, you have absorbed… — James Agee Copy Share Image
He would have felt safe if alongside the Dentrassis' underwear, the piles of Sqornshellous mattresses and the man from Betelgeuse holding up… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
Heart weeps. Head tries to help heart. Head tells heart how it is, again: You will lose the ones you love. They… — Lydia Davis Copy Share Image
I am never at my best in the early morning, especially a cold morning in the Yorkshire spring with a piercing March… — James Herriot Copy Share Image
The Tale of Despereaux came at the request of Luke, my friend's then-eight-year-old son, who asked, "Write for me the story of… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
Your eyes are windows to your dreams; Your ears are windows to your mind; You nose is the door to your heart… — Siddharth Katragadda Copy Share Image
We won't be having an affair." I stare dumbly, certain I just heard an organ in my body crack in my chest.… — Katy Evans Copy Share Image
We need to keep our ears open to the realities of life. If we don't act on life and take action to… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
You want the greatest trick for writing a novel? Here it is: imagine urgently whispering your story into one person's ear -… — Julianna Baggott Copy Share Image
The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Don't try to tear down other people's religion about their ears, Build up your own perfect structure of truth, and invite your… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Great literature, if we read it well, opens us up to the world and makes us more sensitive to it, as if… — Donald Hall Copy Share Image
My mother had all these maxims-like, classy girls never chew gum, never read comic books, never get their ears pierced, never get… — Jennifer Tilly Copy Share Image
It now appears that the negro race is, more than any other, susceptible of rapid civilization. The emancipation is observed, in the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There is in souls a sympathy with sounds: And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased With melting airs, or… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
To be honest, because there's loud music in my ears probably three hours a day, between sound check and the show, I… — St. Vincent Copy Share Image
It's quite hard to have your mom as a teacher - it's like, she's not necessarily a "real teacher" for me. But… — Birdy Copy Share Image
I get a lot of calls from families and people who have served time and they say, 'Thank you, Sheriff. I hate… — Joe Arpaio Copy Share Image
Well, a lot of things surprised me. There were things that I had never thought about, in my life. I never thought… — Taylor Schilling Copy Share Image
Death like a lover, caressing him, promising him peace, running its fingers through his hair, its tongue in his ear. She put… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispell'd when a woman appears; Like the notes of… — John Gay Copy Share Image
Treacherous assassins, enemies of the people, and worthy of everyone's ridicule are those who, under the pretext of guiding future generations, teach… — Jose Marti Copy Share Image
Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your… — Benedict of Nursia Copy Share Image
I stopped listening to Dylan with both ears after Highway 64 (sic) and Blonde on Blonde, and even then it was because… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
The eyes and ears, seeing and hearing, are external plunderers; emotions, desires, and opinions are internal plunderers. But if the inner mind… — Zicheng Hong Copy Share Image
I don’t want to disappoint too many people, but the number of interesting political, historical conversations we had, you could stick in… — Ben Bradlee Copy Share Image
... one of those librarians who rules the stacks with an intimidating scowl, whispers quiet sharply enough to lacerate the tender inner… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
