Perhaps there is no greater test of a man's regularity and easiness of conscience than his readiness to face the postman. Blessed… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Bid me to live, and I will live Thy Protestant to be: Or bid me love, and I will give A loving… — Robert Herrick Copy Share Image
I played trumpet in the school bands. I learned things I liked to play on my trumpet, but I didn't learn why… — Flea Copy Share Image
People become so deeply attached to the sound of one period that they blow a fuse when you move on. I've heard… — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
People forget the skates are like knives. Those blades are constantly sharpened... that's why they sound the way they sound. They are… — Phillip Schofield Copy Share Image
It's like taking over This Is Your Life from Eamonn Andrews - you just open your mouth and hope you sound like… — Michael Aspel Copy Share Image
The Apple has the fewest bells and whistles. It has simple sound and few graphics special effects. In a way, that is… — Bill Budge Copy Share Image
As a teenager, I was part of rap groups, but ultimately the sound of R&B acts like Donnell Jones, Brian McKnight, and… — Jay Sean Copy Share Image
Poetry transcends the nation-state. Poetry transcends government. It brings the traditional concept of power to its knees. I have always believed poetry… — Sam Hamill Copy Share Image
For when man comes to front the everlasting God, and look the splendor of His judgments in the face, personal integrity, the… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
I'm just attracted to the action element of science fiction. It's great to sit in the editing room with the director and… — Gale Anne Hurd Copy Share Image
One of my New Year's resolutions was to interact more with people. That sounds quite technical, but literally face time. Not FaceTime,… — Tom Hiddleston Copy Share Image
When I play with the full band, you get to be larger than life, you feel larger than life, and that particular… — Jason Mraz Copy Share Image
I would spend hours absorbing every intonation, every inflection - how the singer would convey a sentiment and how it would sound… — Kat Edmonson Copy Share Image
When you draw, you copy the world don't you? You remake it on paper, but it isn't the same. It's yours. No… — Catherine Fisher Copy Share Image
Who is this? And what is here? And in the lighted palace near Died the sound of royal cheer; And they crossed… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are simply two kinds of music, good music and the other kind ... the only yardstick by which the result should… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
The most important thing is, how can I move forward towards something that I can't articulate, that is new in storytelling with… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
It's gonna sound so boring to most people. There have been times when I've been told, 'Oh, you're doing an album about… — Gza Copy Share Image
Ayn Rand called her novella Anthem a "hymn to man's ego." My approach to Anthem the play was to provide the story… — Jeff Britting Copy Share Image
The thing is to sift out the important sounds, little syllables and vowels that bring hints of their lost words, and not… — Richard Jackson Copy Share Image
It's not Islam, it's extremism in general, that is such a crock and that does a disservice to the people of America… — Michael T. Flynn Copy Share Image
What is needed for a sound expansion of production is additional capital goods, not money or fiduciary media. The credit expansion is… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
When I started writing, I didn't have the common sense to use a pseudonym, so I write under my own name. If… — Nicola Cornick Copy Share Image
Whereas Schaeffer and Henry were working like samplers, their idea was to capture those sounds which couldn't be serially calibrated because they… — Luc Ferrari Copy Share Image
She remembered the godswood, drooping branches heavy with moisture, and the sound of her brother’s laughter as he chased her through piles… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
There's always haters, no matter what you're doing - whether they're complaining that everything you do sounds the same, or it's too… — Avicii Copy Share Image
Perhaps it would be a good idea, fantastic as it sounds, to muffle every telephone, halt every motor, and stop all activity… — James Adams Copy Share Image
There's really not much conscious thought involved when I record. I just kind of record what feels good. I'm not trying to… — BØRNS Copy Share Image
only someone who is ready for everything, who doesn't exclude any experience, even the most incomprehensible, will live the relationship with another… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
So the ideology was that: use sounds as instruments, as sounds on tape, without the causality. It was no longer a clarinet… — Luc Ferrari Copy Share Image
Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone. When I'm alone I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing. If… — Mary Oliver Copy Share Image
I like what Oliver Lakes does on the saxophone. The saxophone comes pretty close to the sound of the human voice and… — Yusef Komunyakaa Copy Share Image
The one thing I do not want to be called is First Lady. It sounds like a saddle horse. Would you notify… — Jackie Kennedy Copy Share Image
If America is at war, I won't speak a word without measuring how it'll sound to the guys doing the fighting when… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
A guitarist or a drummer can get a cold and still play; I get a cold and sound like a wet mitten… — Tori Amos Copy Share Image
Sweden is a small country and, well, our family's pretty prominent in that world, I guess. And I really didn't like the… — Bill Skarsgard Copy Share Image
When you're directing, you see your ideas. You see them created right in front of you on the monitor and the sound… — Christopher Gorham Copy Share Image
I remember growing up, saying you’re an artist it sounds pretentious but now it’s one of the only dignified things that you… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
