Many modern scholars have found the asceticism expressed in Plato unacceptable; it does not sound like the advice of a reasonable man… — Thomas McEvilley Copy Share Image
Nature can be trusted to work her own miracle in the heart of any man whose daily task keeps him alone among… — Gene Stratton-Porter Copy Share Image
We're all friends, inside the music and outside the music. I mean, we don't sound anything alike, we don't approach our music… — Erykah Badu Copy Share Image
I like to start with an idea, but then again, I might be sitting at the keyboard, and just playing a bunch… — Diane Warren Copy Share Image
The worst, the very worst requirement of friendship, in Eve Dallas's opinion, was sitting through an entire evening of childbirth classes. What… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's certainly no coincidence that big bands became the entertainment of the army in WWI and WWII, and that jazz drumming style… — Damien Chazelle Copy Share Image
They say the blues is sad, but when B.B. sings 'I got a sweet little angel, I love the way she spreads… — Buddy Guy Copy Share Image
When families bring children into the world, train them in faith and sound values, and teach them to contribute to society, they… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
How could you miss it? Just the sound of her voice makes my chest feel tight, my face gets hot and my… — Shannon Hale Copy Share Image
The writing gets done away from the keyboard and away from the studio in my head, in solitude. And then I come… — Hans Zimmer Copy Share Image
My first interaction with Gene was that after I auditioned I walked out of the room and then this big guy walks… — John de Lancie Copy Share Image
The first thing he noticed was how quiet it was. This was nothing like the kind of quiet he heard when he… — John Boyne Copy Share Image
Harmonics are vibrations a fraction of the length of the vibrating string, which add higher-pitched and more complex content to the notes.… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
...But I don't think I'm the only person who is tired of books and movies full of paper-doll characters you don't care… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For me, riding a two-wheeler bike was very risky. Counting the pedal strokes before turning a corner and learning to hear the… — Andrea Bocelli Copy Share Image
There's very little to be said for learning a piece note by note, reading the rhythmic markings, practising the fingerings and following… — Barry Green Copy Share Image
You turn up your music to hide the noise. Other people turn up their music to hide yours. You turn up yours… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I've done literally 100, 150 different characters. Some of them have only appeared for a line or three. But the point is,… — Hank Azaria Copy Share Image
Metaphysical assertions, however, are statements of the psyche, and are therefore psychological. Whenever the Westerner hears the word “psychological,” it always sounds… — Carl Jung Copy Share Image
We are making choices that will affect whether beings thousands of generations from now will be able to be born sound of… — Joanna Macy Copy Share Image
If you're in a situation where something horrible is happening, you're closing your eyes. You're looking away. You're doing things to try… — RaMell Ross Copy Share Image
Sweet harmonious sounds give exquisite joy to human beings capable of appreciating music. I delight in hearing harmonious tones made by the… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Banging techno grooves from the one and only Ben Sims. Around the time of this was written he had that tribal/funky techno… — Trentemøller Copy Share Image
Yes, there was music after all. The sound of the swamp rose up to him. The sound of frogs and crickets, of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know it sounds earnest, but I do really feel in my bones that acting is just a small part of the… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
The first thing that we need to say is that God is grieving, too. Uh, a lot of people try to make… — Rick Warren Copy Share Image
The movie Spinal Tap rocked my world. It's for rock what The Sound of Music was for hills. They really nailed how… — Jack Black Copy Share Image
We tune differently, and we use some tricks. There's just the two of us for much of a concert, so we want… — Luka Sulic Copy Share Image
If I claim I'm the opposite of my characters, then it'll just sound awful. But I tend to write the sort of… — Julia Davis Copy Share Image
There's a lot of traps you can fall into when you are playing someone who existed. If it comes out just as… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
I will raise my voice as long as God gives me sound or ability, against this Communistic idea that the Government will… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
As a DJ I am never 100 percent in charge of the sound. The sound levels are controlled by someone at the… — DJ Jazzy Jeff Copy Share Image
I don't like poetry that doesn't give me a sense of ritual, but I don't like poetry that doesn't sound like people… — Miller Williams Copy Share Image
“Sound is the most absorbent medium of all, soaking up histories and philosophical systems and physical surroundings and encoding them in something… — Geoffrey O'Brien Copy Share Image
Compose aloud: poetry is a sound. Never explain- your reader is as smart as you. Your reader is not just any reader,… — Basil Bunting Copy Share Image
The people who go get an LL album want to hear LL. They don't want to hear LL trying to sound like… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
The faster you can sample sound when you are digitizing it, the higher the frequency, the less phase ambiguity at the higher… — Owsley Stanley Copy Share Image
I'm chasing a feeling more than a sound and I try to reflect that in my turns of phrases. Growing up in… — Tyler Childers Copy Share Image
I think that the things that are interesting sometimes, when you're striving for a sound, you just get it wrong 'cause of… — Mark Ronson Copy Share Image
Sick I am of idle words, past all reconciling, Words that weary and perplex and pander and conceal, Wake the sounds that… — George du Maurier Copy Share Image