Onomatopoeia Quotes

The ultimate onomatopoeia of truth is a word that makes no sound.

— John Alejandro King Aka The Covert Comic

Life is too fleet for onomatopoeia.

— Mervyn Peake

“Sound gives life to our words just as well as the images they conjure up and the sound is there, whether or…

— A.A. Patawaran

“...his voice was like the cracking of ice on a winter lake, and the words were mocking”

— George R.R. Martin

“So onomatopoeia has the same number of "O"s as Oompa Loompa. Coincidence? I think not.”

— Tom McHale

“there are signs that are parodies of actual objects and that retain a cleverness even for deaf people. Indeed, these signs are…

— Lou Ann Walker

“In the street, he turned west and walked against a tide of blank-eyed, gum-chewing faces. A taxi went over a manhole cover,…

— Damon Knight

“A man of the mouth, formerly the most oral of surgeons, Henry had the habit of giving his lady patients laughing gas,…

— A.M. Homes

“You do not do, you do not do Any more, black shoe In which I have lived like a foot For thirty…

— Sylvia Plath