Sound Quotes · Page 411

If any mention was made of homicide, madness, adultery, and intolerable tortures, we would let the church-bells ring louder, the church-organ swell…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The solitary Bee Whose buzzing was the only sound of life, Flew there on restless wing, Seeking in vain one blossom where…

— Robert Southey

The Kyoto Protocol is a death pact, however strange it may sound, because its main aim is to strangle economic growth and…

— Andrey Illarionov

Very often adverse criticism goes to craft, and that sounds an alarm to which attention should be paid.

— Dorothy Salisbury Davis

I think every job that you do gives you the opportunity to learn something new. As hokey as that sounds, that's why…

— Busy Philipps

Of all the sounds that touch my soul these days, the most beautiful one of all is silence.

— Guy De la Valdene

I wanted 'Imitations' to be a fully realized record from start to finish, with a cohesive sound and a sequence that took…

— Mark Lanegan

Get rid of the shitty sound. Life's too short.

— Hans Zimmer

The best compliment I ever had is, one day I was in Nashville, some disc jockey said, Hey, that sounds like a…

— Tom T. Hall

Twitter. It's not a good sound, is it? If it were worth doing, there would be a better word for it.

— Roy Blount, Jr

An evening up on the Empire State roof-the strangest experience. The huge tomb in steel and glass, the ride to the 84th…

— Dawn Powell

Some of them [family names] have sentimental value for some reason or another, some of them just sound beautiful. Some of them…

— John Legend

I've always loved the sound of female vocals.

— Devin Townsend

It was a book [George Packer written on our presence in Nigeria] that was killed by the response of other people. Which…

— Rem Koolhaas

I really do feel like Los Angeles is my home now and, as cliche as this sounds, I felt like I found…

— Ryan Kwanten

You have to build upon good performances to establish a sound football program.

— Lee Corso

A sound American is simply one who has put out of his mind all doubts and questionings, and who accepts instantly, and…

— H. L. Mencken

You can t, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his clear duty. And…

— Joseph Conrad

I never taught a blind/deaf chick to read, but somehow I've managed to turn Scrubs into a watchable show. That may not…

— Zach Braff

I started calling myself the Pied Piper, when I started using the flute sound in my music.

— R. Kelly

The use of torture is contrary to sound judgment and common sense. Humanity itself cries out against it, and demands it to…

— Catherine the Great

Gratitude is at the center of a life of faith. It sounds to simple to be true, but isn't that the sign…

— Ann Voskamp

I don't know many singers who actually do like the sound of their own voice.

— Roger Daltrey

I'd never been interested in the Kennedy assassination until '88, when I read Libra. And from that point, I went out and…

— James Ellroy

We split a bottle of Norman cider. Not everybody sells Norman cider by the bottle. "Has a European feel" Susan said. "That…

— Robert B. Parker