Sound Quotes · Page 98

Loving Jesus is what's most important to me. I know it sounds hokey, but it's the truth.

— Stephen Baldwin

Divine sound is the cause of all manifestation. The knower of the mystery of sound knows the mystery of the whole universe.

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

I don't even know what sound is, much less what it's for. It isn't to make money that's for sure. I've never…

— Anonymous

My most important rule is one that sums up the 10: If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.

— Elmore Leonard

I am a trial lawyer. Matilda says that at dinner on a good day I sound like an affidavit.

— Mario Cuomo

That's when I heard the sounds of a certified genius spinning around in circles like a dog chasing its tail.

— Ally Carter

It can only sound one way with the Prodigy - vicious, banging and, yeah, incites a riot.

— Keith Flint

Our health is our sound relation to external objects; our sympathy with external being.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Many modern scholars have found the asceticism expressed in Plato unacceptable; it does not sound like the advice of a reasonable man…

— Thomas McEvilley

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

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

I like to start with an idea, but then again, I might be sitting at the keyboard, and just playing a bunch…

— Diane Warren

The worst, the very worst requirement of friendship, in Eve Dallas's opinion, was sitting through an entire evening of childbirth classes. What…

— Anonymous

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

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

When families bring children into the world, train them in faith and sound values, and teach them to contribute to society, they…

— Pope Francis

Whether I like it or not, most of my images of what various historical periods feel, smell, or sound like were acquired…

— Lauren Willig

Time goes on, and your life is still there, and you have to live it. After a while you remember the good…

— Lois Lowry

My main influence is - it's music. It lifts the spirit. I am always listening to music. And sometimes what inspires me…

— Donatella Versace

“Sound is so important to creative writing. Think of the sounds you hear that you include and the similes you use to…

— Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not. The…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Let's assume for the moment that the logic behind Presidents Day is actually sound for certain presidents. Why not have a separate…

— Ben Shapiro

I conceived of an instrument that would create sound without using any mechanical energy, like the conductor of an orchestra. The orchestra…

— Leon Theremin

I'm not going to say I'm not a fan, but I'm a fan of house music, essentially, and kind of indie, and…

— Nick Frost

And as ridiculous as it may sound, sometimes all any of us needs in life is for someone to hold our hand…

— James Frey

I did surveillance a lot, which sounds exciting, but it never was.

— Miranda Lambert

It may sound cliched, but it just shows that when you don't let people put you in a box then anything can…

— Adebayo Akinfenwa

Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do, and then…

— B. B. King

I know it sounds stupid and cliche, but I just want to get better. I want to keep improving.

— Chase Utley

A lot of artists don't like the sound of their voice. They're put off by it.

— Narada Michael Walden

To be honest, I didn't know I carried that Memphis crunk sound until everybody told me. That's how I automatically rap.

— GloRilla

I dream a lot, in colour and in sound and scent. Quite a few of my stories have come from dreams.

— Joanne Harris

I loved the sound of the ocean, the breaking surf, the vastness, but still didn't feel terribly comfortable in it.

— Raymond Bonner

Since it had gotten so quiet in the room that you could hear the sound of your own doubts...

— Jodi Picoult

Not to sound cynical, but all you ever learn in prison is how to be a better criminal.

— Ras Kass

Women, wake up; the tocsin of reason sounds throughout the universe; recognize your rights.

— Olympe de Gouges

On paper, swearing takes on a different attitude. It can make you sound very angry when you use it a lot.

— Joanna Coles

I don't have camera crews. I don't have sound guys. What you see is what you get: just me and my camcorder.

— Alexandra C. Pelosi

Everything I write, I read aloud. It has to sound a certain way and look a certain way on page.

— Jacqueline Woodson

If it's not going to sound like Terrapin Station, what's the point of playing Terrapin Station?

— Branford Marsalis