Sound Quotes · Page 74

“When Arecibo is not listening to anything else, it hears the voice of creation.”

— Ted Chiang

Of all the warning sounds that animals make, I think the one that's the least effective on me is a kind of…

— Jack Handey

It is a real piece of art if you can make a waltz sound like it is the easiest piece of music…

— Andre Rieu

I don't mean to sound cocky, but I just wear what I like and don't try to focus too much on trends.

— Adwoa Aboah

Male and female gossip also sounds different, as women use more animated tones, more detail and more feedback.

— Kate Fox

Digital sound is damaging music; it's damaging the artists. It's so degrading.

— Jimmy Iovine

Seattle, they like the Bay a lot. They like the Bay area sound, the West Coast sound.

— Lil Mosey

The sound of words in a novel is a pretty amazing thing, and I am concerned with the sound of every word…

— Jamaica Kincaid

Rihanna is always on my playlist. I think she pumps you up and gets the day going. I also love - and…

— Odette Annable

Does that not sound odd to you? When God decides who should live or die, he is immoral, When you decide who…

— Ravi Zacharias

I know it sounds weird, but my definition of 'sexy' has changed as I've gotten older. And being smart and informed makes…

— Sarah Shahi

Bring awareness to the many subtle sounds of nature - The rustling of leaves in the wind, Raindrops falling, The humming of…

— Eckhart Tolle

I'm interested in everything. I don't see why Borges can't work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can't be mixed with…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Your friend's poetry is terrible," he said. Clary blinked, caught momentarily off guard. "What?" "I said his poetry was terrible. It sounds…

— Cassandra Clare

It wasn't very satisfying playing the big arenas, but it was good as far as a paycheck. But the sound was terrible,…

— Alvin Lee

We rode on the winds of the rising storm, We ran to the sounds of the thunder. We danced among the lightning…

— Robert Jordan

HeyHey is my favourite app. It's like Instagram but for sound recordings, with little soundbites from people's days. We spend far too…

— Gael Garcia Bernal

I love to work. I know that sounds ridiculous to say because all people love to work, but I love the homework…

— Amanda Schull

You have to remain strong. That's the kind of filmmaker I want to encourage. Orson Welles was the one who said, you…

— Martin Scorsese

Divorce is so common and accepted in America that beating myself up over it may sound ridiculous. But I was raised to…

— Trisha Yearwood

If I take that person and play them as a record I'm becoming not only a conductor and composer of collage, but…

— DJ Spooky

It doesn't eat meat." I said. "It's a herbivore. It's like a big cow." Denna looked at me and started to laugh.…

— Patrick Rothfuss

There is speaking well, speaking easily, speaking justly and speaking seasonably: It is offending against the last, to speak of entertainments before…

— Jean de la Bruyere

I'll explain it to you. To me it's more than a game." She touches her chest and says, "When you love something…

— Simone Elkeles

I hate working with artists who don't have something to say or when they have something that sounds cool but isn't really…

— Drumma Boy

I can barely listen to my tapes when I'm transcribing, because I can't stand how I sound.

— Jancee Dunn

A different word usually came to my mind when I thought of Yeva, though it did sound a lot like “witch.

— Richelle Mead

I sound like such a tool, but becoming a mother has made me next-level confident. I've never felt more empowered.

— Kelly Clarkson

Your mother’s heartbeat is the first sound you ever hear and your own heartbeat is the last.

— Dave Brubeck

Something new has been added, a new art of sound. Am I wrong in calling it music?

— Pierre Schaeffer

My dad's a sound designer, and he used to take me to work with him.

— Emilia Clarke

It may sound very cliched but seriously, since childhood I always wanted to be an actress.

— Wamiqa Gabbi

Whatever way uncertainty is approached, probability is the only sound way to think about it.

— Dennis Lindley

The Angeles air was quiet, and for a while I laid still, listening to the sound of Maxon breathing.

— Kiera Cass

Dying for an idea,' again, sounds well enough, but why not let the idea die instead of you?

— Wyndham Lewis

All the Frank O'Hara types seem to have very little sound stuff going... it's so chatty or something.

— Tom Verlaine

How can such deep-imprinted images sleep in us at times, till a word, a sound, awake them?

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

I can sing, but it takes an incredible amount of work for me to sound acceptable.

— Matt Ross

I think we weren't afraid of kind of pushing the boundaries in terms of how an album could collectively sound.

— Calum Hood

I'm really into production and I'm also into producing my own sound because the sonics, in a way, is the language.

— Planningtorock