It is less dishonor to hear imperfectly than to speak imperfectly. The ears are excused; the understanding is not. — Ben Jonson Copy Share Image
Atlas, we read in ancient song, Was so exceeding tall and strong, He bore the skies upon his back, Just as the… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
My body rises with the water. Instead of kicking my feet to stay abreast of it, I push all the air from… — Veronica Roth 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
“There. My ears are all dead. Now you try." Three times I repeated the movements she'd made. Slowly, carefully, but nothing left… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
I haven't got a great jazz band and I don't want one. Some of the critics, Down Beat's among them, point their… — Glenn Miller Copy Share Image
I lately met with an old volume from a London bookshop, containing the Greek Minor Poets, and it was a pleasure to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I had great difficulties learning to play initially because I could not think rhythmically properly, although it's an even-paced rhythm, I was… — Richard Meale Copy Share Image
Rumour is information distilled so finely that it can filter through anything. It does not need doors and windows -- sometimes it… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
What is line? It is life. A line must live at each point along its course in such a way that the… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
The eye is a very quick instrument, much quicker than the ear. The eye gets it immediately — Anish Kapoor Copy Share Image
If you heard me sing, you would just plug your ears and run, screaming, the other way. I promise. — Sarah Paulson Copy Share Image
I've been noble since they took you to the hospital," he said through his teeth. "I'm tired of it. I don't eat,… — Diana Palmer Copy Share Image
When digital recording came in about '84, everything started to follow into digital. Now, you've got the best recording media in the… — Peter Hook Copy Share Image
I learned to trust women's ears when it comes to hearing music a lot more than other men. — Frankie Knuckles Copy Share Image
To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears. — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
In the dream of approaching forty I saw myself as about to die and realized that I was no longer myself, but… — Cyril Connolly 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
I want to show you something,” I say. What?” He dabs at his lips with the napkin, and for a moment I’m… — Brad Barkley Copy Share Image
There are some men who turn a deaf ear to reason and good advice, and willfully go wrong for fear of being… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
We love to hear some men speak, though we hear not what they say; the very air they breathe is rich and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The language of the law must not be foreign to the ears of those who are to obey it. — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
The Jews started it all-and by 'it' I mean so many of the things we care about, the underlying values that make… — Thomas Cahill Copy Share Image
