--- title: "11 Kept Hearing Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 11 Kept Hearing quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Kept Hearing sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d94/patrick-ewing-19436_football_every-time-when-they-would-call-my-name_69886.jpg" --- > [Every time when they would call my name I kept hearing 'New York Knicks' instead of 'Seattle SuperSonics.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ewing/every-time-when-they-would-call-my-name-i-kept-hearing-new-york/) [Patrick Ewing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-ewing/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d94/patrick-ewing-19436_football_every-time-when-they-would-call-my-name_69886.jpg) > [I kept hearing about my 54-hole record and I kept telling myself that records are made to be broken.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-woodland/i-kept-hearing-about-my-54-hole-record-and-i-kept-telling-myself-that/) [Gary Woodland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-woodland/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/gary-woodland-9215_about_i-kept-hearing-about-my-54-hole-record-a_834587.jpg) > [“I think I held on for so long because I kept hearing that the alternative, monogamy, was oppressive.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fabian-romero/i-think-i-held-on-for-so-long-because-i-kept-hearing-that-the/) [Fabian Romero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fabian-romero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/fabian-romero-237084_love_i-think-i-held-on-for-so-long-because-i_1601763.jpg) > [“All the time, I lay in bed, I kept hearing Ian’s words. “Not easy selling your soul to the devil, is it?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellie-fox/all-the-time-i-lay-in-bed-i-kept-hearing-ian-s-words-not-easy-selling/) [Ellie Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellie-fox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/ellie-fox-35255_devil_all-the-time-i-lay-in-bed-i-kept-hearing_3014925.jpg) > [“The thought I kept hearing in my head was "Go for a little while just for a break. You don't have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-jenkins-reid/the-thought-i-kept-hearing-in-my-head-was-go-for-a-little-while-just/) [Taylor Jenkins Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-jenkins-reid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6c/taylor-jenkins-reid-2049_fear_the-thought-i-kept-hearing-in-my-head-wa_1997310.jpg) > [I kept on hearing the voice of God saying if you are going to be the minister that your mom mentioned... then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omari-hardwick/i-kept-on-hearing-the-voice-of-god-saying-if-you-are-going-to-be-the/) [Omari Hardwick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omari-hardwick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fc/omari-hardwick-4343_acting_i-kept-on-hearing-the-voice-of-god-sayin_1836994.jpg) > [“Then the silence came back, that awful silence that seemed to just take over. In that silence I kept hearing what I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/avi/then-the-silence-came-back-that-awful-silence-that-seemed-to-just/) [Avi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/avi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/avi-10112_silence_then-the-silence-came-back-that-awful-si_2959257.png) > [I kept hearing all these rules: 'You can't say that in country music.' 'You can't use that kind of beat.' I became…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-hunt/i-kept-hearing-all-these-rules-you-can-t-say-that-in-country-music/) [Sam Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-hunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35a/sam-hunt-3215_country_i-kept-hearing-all-these-rules-you-can-t_638528.jpg) > [I kept hearing I'd be traded to San Francisco. Man I would love that. I even went so far as to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-bradshaw/i-kept-hearing-i-d-be-traded-to-san-francisco-man-i-would-love-that-i/) [Terry Bradshaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-bradshaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/terry-bradshaw-9593_hearing_i-kept-hearing-i-d-be-traded-to-san-fran_3108545.png) > [“I couldn’t go to sleep. I kept hearing him calling me, wanting me. I got up and drifted down the hall and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/v-c-andrews-2/i-couldn-t-go-to-sleep-i-kept-hearing-him-calling-me-wanting-me-i-got/) [V.C.Andrews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/v-c-andrews-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/517/v-c-andrews-2-90449_cathy_i-couldn-t-go-to-sleep-i-kept-hearing-hi_311902.jpg) > [“As the sun went down outside, the television screen started completely lighting up the room in obnoxiously bright colors at hyperactive speeds.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-c-henderson/as-the-sun-went-down-outside-the-television-screen-started-completely/) [J.C. Henderson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-c-henderson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21b/j-c-henderson-41203_bits-and-pieces_as-the-sun-went-down-outside-the-televis_554634.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kept-hearing/#itemlist", "name": "Kept Hearing Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Every time when they would call my name I kept hearing 'New York Knicks' instead of 'Seattle SuperSonics.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Patrick Ewing" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-ewing/every-time-when-they-would-call-my-name-i-kept-hearing-new-york/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d94/patrick-ewing-19436_football_every-time-when-they-would-call-my-name_69886.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d94/patrick-ewing-19436_football_every-time-when-they-would-call-my-name_69886.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d94/patrick-ewing-19436_football_every-time-when-they-would-call-my-name_69886.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Every time when they would call my name I kept hearing 'New York Knicks' instead of 'Seattle SuperSonics.” — Patrick Ewing", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I kept hearing about my 54-hole record and I kept telling myself that records are made to be broken.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gary Woodland" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-woodland/i-kept-hearing-about-my-54-hole-record-and-i-kept-telling-myself-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/gary-woodland-9215_about_i-kept-hearing-about-my-54-hole-record-a_834587.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/gary-woodland-9215_about_i-kept-hearing-about-my-54-hole-record-a_834587.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e63/gary-woodland-9215_about_i-kept-hearing-about-my-54-hole-record-a_834587.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I kept hearing about my 54-hole record and I kept telling myself that records are made to be broken.” — Gary Woodland", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I think I held on for so long because I kept hearing that the alternative, monogamy, was oppressive.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fabian Romero" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fabian-romero/i-think-i-held-on-for-so-long-because-i-kept-hearing-that-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/fabian-romero-237084_love_i-think-i-held-on-for-so-long-because-i_1601763.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/fabian-romero-237084_love_i-think-i-held-on-for-so-long-because-i_1601763.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/fabian-romero-237084_love_i-think-i-held-on-for-so-long-because-i_1601763.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I think I held on for so long because I kept hearing that the alternative, monogamy, was oppressive.” — Fabian Romero", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“All the time, I lay in bed, I kept hearing Ian’s words. “Not easy selling your soul to the devil, is it?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ellie Fox" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellie-fox/all-the-time-i-lay-in-bed-i-kept-hearing-ian-s-words-not-easy-selling/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/ellie-fox-35255_devil_all-the-time-i-lay-in-bed-i-kept-hearing_3014925.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/ellie-fox-35255_devil_all-the-time-i-lay-in-bed-i-kept-hearing_3014925.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc0/ellie-fox-35255_devil_all-the-time-i-lay-in-bed-i-kept-hearing_3014925.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“All the time, I lay in bed, I kept hearing Ian’s words. “Not easy selling your soul to the devil, is it?” — Ellie Fox", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The thought I kept hearing in my head was \"Go for a little while just for a break. 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