Sound Quotes · Page 218

It strikes me as a sound, honest statement for a prospective voter to say: 'Look, I haven't given this election a minute's…

— Jeff Greenfield

Perhaps it would be a good idea, fantastic as it sounds, to muffle every telephone, halt every motor, and stop all activity…

— James Adams

I wanted to tell you that I just--I miss you. And maybe that sounds ridiculous--like we barely know each other, but between…

— Tammara Webber

Eternal rest sounds comforting in the pulpit; well, you try it once, and see how heavy time will hang on your hands.

— Mark Twain

We live in an age of sound bites and buzz words.

— Jaleel White

The Apple has the fewest bells and whistles. It has simple sound and few graphics special effects. In a way, that is…

— Bill Budge

Every guitarist has a special quality of sound. The best ones will use a good ear, much sensitivity and a thorough knowledge…

— Andres Segovia

At a certain stage of our progressive attainment, every Initiate undergoes an "Illumination by Sound" in which the Music of the Spheres…

— Corinne Heline

The most fun I ever had in my life was hittin' a baseball. And the best sound I ever heard in my…

— Ted Williams

Say, this new home building idea of President Hoover's sounds good. They are working out a lot of beneficial things. The only…

— Will Rogers

Composing gives me great pleasure... there is nothing that surpasses the joy of creation, if only because through it one wins hours…

— Clara Schumann

Some scars never heal. And he sounds like he has a lot of them.' 'But Christ had scars too, even on His…

— Regina Doman

Minecraft has a terrible sound engine. Imagine a looping sound file that plays for two seconds and then just starts over.

— C418

I think the greatest sound in the world is the human voice.

— Miles Davis

I've never played a character that is just beautiful, but sometimes you can read scripts that sound so shallow, like women are…

— Eva Green

If you would keep your soul From spotted sight or sound, Live like the velvet mole; Go burrow underground.

— Elinor Wylie

The BBC has the obligation to think big. And at the moment, that clarion call sounds an uncertain note to me.

— Jonathan Dimbleby

When I was 9 or 10, I used to get all the lead roles because I was the tallest person. But my…

— Taylor Swift

Needless to say, I like to create a unique sound for each project I do.

— Ludwig Goransson

I get more excited about like, "How nice is the piano?" or "How does the room sound?" I don't really see the…

— Jonathan Meiburg

There is a mighty big difference between good sound reasons and reasons that sound good.

— Bill Vaughan

I really wanted to be allowed to the [writer's] table. So it makes me happy to be at the table. It sounds…

— George Saunders

I wanted to sound new and exciting - the punk movement was over with for me.

— Edwyn Collins

I don't need sound to talk to me,

— John Cage

If you call it a riot, it sounds like it was just a bunch of crazy people who went out and did…

— Maxine Waters

Zia turned toward us, her expression grim. “I will show you to your quarters. In the morning, your testing begins. We will…

— Rick Riordan

We must not overlook the role that extremists play. They are the gadflies that keep society from being too complacent or self-satisfied;…

— Abraham Flexner

I think right now a lot of albums that are out there, they sound like mixtapes.

— Tyrese Gibson

Only sound common sense, respectable fellow that he is, in the homely realm of his own four walls, has very wonderful adventures…

— Friedrich Engels

On my best day, I cannot do Scottish people. I don't even believe that's a real accent, to be honest with you.…

— Russell Peters

I'm one of six children. I'd love to sound educated and say I dive into a good book when I'm there, but…

— Kate Spade

Coins always make sound but currency notes are always silent, so when ever your value increases keep yourself calm and silent.

— William Shakespeare

Automobiles have always been part of my life, and I'm sure they always will be. What is it about them that moves…

— Edward Herrmann

People are meant to be certain places, and I think I'm meant to be on a sound stage doing situation comedy.

— Bob Newhart

I think it's really good not to get published. It sounds crazy but it's true. People want to get published very soon,…

— Sarnath Banerjee

I always have loved music, ever since I was really little. I just loved to sing. I can't really explain it, except…

— Zooey Deschanel

We are supposed to be the children of Seth; but Seth is too much of an effete nonentity to deserve ancestral regard.…

— Anthony Burgess

Yeah, moving to Los Angeles definitely influenced my sound.

— Borns

Speaking passionately from the very center of who you are is compelling, forceful, persuasive: that’s what leadership sounds like.

— Charlotte Beers

I mean this record does not sound like somebody's maiden voyage.

— George Duke