We are visual creatures. Visual things stay put, whereas sounds fade. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Every act of the man inscribes itself in the memories of his fellows, and in his own manners and face. The air… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
If sound is music and came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound. If the sound is effective, it should… — Keith Jarrett Copy Share Image
The irrevocable Hand That opes the year's fair gate, doth ope and shut The portals of our earthly destinies; We walk through… — Dinah Maria Murlock Craik Copy Share Image
Does it sound outrageous to you that military spending for fiscal year 2000 will be almost $290 billion and all other domestic… — Dale Bumpers Copy Share Image
You probably think of the orchestra as a heterogeneous mass of instruments producing a confused agreeable mass of sound. You do not… — Arnold Bennett Copy Share Image
Remarkable only the very best arrangers can get a sound like that from four horns — Evan Parker Copy Share Image
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
The problem with modern politics is everybody is doing sound bite stuff. In my stump speech, I give 20 minutes on why… — Dave Brat Copy Share Image
The project which we developed, however, was for a sound piece and I was initially curious that a sculptor should be interested… — Gavin Bryars Copy Share Image
James Ralston, my guitar player, has performed with Tina Turner for about 22 years. Jim Hanson on bass has played with Johnny… — Vonda Shepard Copy Share Image
My first break wasn't professional - I was in 'The Sound of Music' when I was five. I played Gretel, the youngest… — Megan Park Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing is just to write. It sounds so simple, but sometimes it's not. You can get so… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I have a need of silence and of stars. Too much is said too loudly. I am dazed. The silken sound of… — William Alexander Percy Copy Share Image
When you're experiencing peace, it's coming from within you; you're 'doing' peace and this is true of anything else you might be… — Cheri Huber Copy Share Image
Carolines is the best. It has great sound, you can hear from the front all the way to the back with the… — Charlie Murphy Copy Share Image
There is nothing that can replace the absence of someone dear to us, and one should not even attempt to do so.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The Angeles air was quiet, and for a while I laid still, listening to the sound of Maxon breathing. — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
Authentic rock and roll is a sound that I've always been drawn to with bands like Brand New and Jimmy Eat World. — Ryan Hurd Copy Share Image
I, for one, am quite willing to join the 'forgive, forget and move on' crowd, but it does make me wonder if… — Tony Campolo Copy Share Image
I mostly write to music, even though I know I sound free-form a lot. Then there are times when I'll have a… — Pharoahe Monch Copy Share Image
Well, on tour I eat terribly, so I balance that by running a lot. And then I started to run with my… — Ellie Goulding Copy Share Image
We can talk about courage and love and compassion until we sound like a greeting card store, but unless we're willing to… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
It is going to sound cliched, but my husband has been incredibly helpful. — Ana Patricia Botin Copy Share Image
... my songs speak for themselves. The musicians who play on them and the way they sound and where they were recorded… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
There is nothing like the sound of a Welsh Male Choir and the Treorchy is the finest. They have represented the best… — Tom Jones Copy Share Image
Nothing is so musical as the sound of pouring bourbon for the first drink on a Sunday morning. Not Bach or Schubert… — Carson McCullers Copy Share Image
I learned that it is possible for us to create light, sound and order within us no matter what calamity befall us… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
That renunciation of human closeness, of our deepest instincts: is it, in the end, simply too much to ask? Good men-sound, healthy… — Jennifer Haigh Copy Share Image
First, then, a woman will, or won't, - depend on't; If she will do't, she will; and there's an end on't. But,… — Aaron Hill Copy Share Image
Isn't it interesting how the sounds are the same for an awful nightmare and great sex? — Rue McClanahan Copy Share Image
What is it about a secret love that makes everything they do shine, everything they say sound like a sonnet and every… — Stefanie Schneider Copy Share Image
I sang with a voice that was natural, and I liked the way I produced that sound. I thought of my other… — Danielle de Niese Copy Share Image
My purpose is to create music not for snobs, but for all people, music which is beautiful and healing. To attempt what… — Alan Hovhaness Copy Share Image
Not to sound too deep or weird, but I assume that the occasions once you pretty take pleasure in surfing are the… — Kelly Slater Copy Share Image
Sound has spoiled the most ancient of the world's arts, the art of pantomime, and has canceled out the great beauty that… — Charlie Chaplin Copy Share Image
My real, full name is Chelsea Chanel Dudley. In my opinion, Chelsea Dudley does not sound like a rapper. So I was… — Chanel West Coast Copy Share Image
There were no rules, other than that the song should sound good and be fun to play. — Levon Helm Copy Share Image
In poetic language, in which the sign as such takes on an autonomous value, this sound symbolism becomes an actual factor and… — Roman Jakobson Copy Share Image
