Sound Quotes · Page 249

Music strikes the ear as a perfectly undisturbed uniform sound which remains unaltered as long as it exists.

— Hermann von Helmholtz

This World is not Conclusion. A Sequel stands beyond- Invisible, as Music- But positive, as Sound.

— Emily Dickinson

A general loathing of a gang or sect usually has some sound basis in instinct.

— Ezra Pound

Poireaux vinaigrette aux grains de caviar.” I did a quick translation. “Leeks and fish eggs in vinegar?” He grinned. “It sounds better…

— Karen Chance

I often try to think about, What sounds like a bad idea, but if you find the right plan of attack, it's…

— Edward Boyden

There is something about a Luger that separates it from all other handguns, and Luger devotees and Luger society members speak of…

— Dick Cavett

I don't want to sound cocky or anything, but I work hard. I work 24/7.

— Corrine Brown

When you make a melody that doesn't come with words from the get-go, sometimes you're just thinking about random vowel sounds that…

— David Longstreth

I like the feeling that I'm giving young women self-confidence. It sounds so cliched, but it can be very moving.

— Shirley Manson

The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel.

— John Lyly

I dont take care of my voice at all, which is one reason that I sound as bad as I do.

— Ira Glass

“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

I don't know if I would compare my sound to anyone because I like to think that my music is my music.

— Noah Cyrus

When God closes a door, he opens a window. Sounds to me like he's on the toilet.

— Dana Gould

I wonder what you look like under your t-shirt. I wonder what you sound like when you're not wearing words. I wonder…

— Ani DiFranco

I don't like listening to my music, not even new pieces. Generally, they sound pretty much like I expected them to sound,…

— Brian Ferneyhough

There are some sounds that English singers find quite difficult to manipulate.

— Neville Marriner

What I love about the creative process, and this may sound naive, but it is this idea that one day there is…

— Jonathan Ive

There are problems in Canada. There is a certain inconsistency in the acting. I don't mean to sound chauvinistic, but we do…

— Mariette Hartley

Amazing, powerful, inspirational - those adjectives might make me sound like a fawning fan, but REWORK is that useful. Be prepared for…

— Kathy Sierra

“When listening to the lightning storms in your area on a standard AM radio, you will hear a sound like bacon frying…

— Steven Magee

Hey, sexy. Why haven’t you called?” The cooing sound came from behind me, and I glanced back over my shoulder to see…

— Abbi Glines

Everything in the world has a spirit which is released by its sound.

— Oskar Fischinger

[Kenny] leaned back against the counter and studied the other man. “So Dex, how’s come you’re still alive to tell the tale?”…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

I happen to be a twin. I grew up half of my life with someone who looks and sounds like me. And…

— Kehinde Wiley

I've come to the conclusion that athletes, when they say they miss the crowd, are not missing the sound of the crowd.…

— William Shatner

People are born in a certain place, and in a certain society. I don't mean to sound like a determinist, but to…

— Thomas Frank

Fishes do not roar; they cannot express any sound of suffering; and therefore the angler chooses to think they do not suffer,…

— Leigh Hunt

Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character.

— Mahatma Gandhi

My mother handed me my sister and turned on the television. My sister's fingers wrapped around my earlobes, and she squeezed and…

— Danny Goodman

I suppose my professional life can be split into writing books that all sound like infomercial products, most notably 'The 4-Hour Workweek,'…

— Tim Ferriss

Advances don't fundamentally interest me. It sounds terribly naive, but money doesn't really mean anything to me. If a lot of money…

— Upamanyu Chatterjee

I no longer remember when I started speaking to Raffi in Russian. I didn't speak to him in Russian when he was…

— Keith Gessen

I'm helping country sound a little more country.

— Jon Pardi

Our music, whose eternal being is forever bound up in its temporal sounds, is not merely an art, enriching beyond measure our…

— Bruno Walter

As empty vessels make the loudest sound, so they that have the least wit are the greatest blabbers

— William Baldwin

The mystery of sound is mysticism; the harmony of life is religion. The knowledge of vibrations is metaphysics, the analysis of atoms…

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

I don't want people messing with my sound, my stuff.

— John Rzeznik

My paint is like a rocket, which describes its own space. I try to make the impossible possible. What is happening I…

— Karel Appel

I think every interaction I have, there's something I walk away going, Oh my God, I sound like a jerk. It's constantly…

— Tim Robinson