Sound Quotes · Page 69

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

You can actually see God, and Hear Him, play with Him. It might sound crazy, but He is actually there.

— George Harrison

The ultimate onomatopoeia of truth is a word that makes no sound.

— John Alejandro King Aka The Covert Comic

I never want to stay stagnant, but also want to stay true to myself and true to my sound.

— Laufey

Radio or no radio, I just like the way records sound when the drums and vocals are loud.

— Rostam Batmanglij

It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun.

— Dashiell Hammett

There is no sound more powerful than the marching feet of a determined people.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Move quickly. Sound, calm mind. Be light in body. Have a clever mind. Master the basics.

— Gogen Yamaguchi

Why would the factionless have a high Divergent population?" It sounds like she's smirking. "Obviously those who can't confine themselves to a…

— Veronica Roth

Close to the Edge, Red, One of a kind, Discipline, Earthworks, The Sound of Surprise, all seem to me to be albums…

— Bill Bruford

So just as I want pilots on the planes that I fly, when it comes to monetary policy, I want to think…

— Martin Feldstein

Newsmen believe that news is a tacitly acknowledged fourth branch of the federal system. This is why most news about government sounds…

— P. J. O'Rourke

“The raw and natural sounds of Aero music don't subtract from it's beauty, instead it creates a rich soundscape for the musician…

— Jim O Rourke

I still think that I'm playing instruments, not just pushing buttons and there it goes. It's interactive and alive with the sound…

— Ikue Mori

The sound of a small bell during a dark night, is louder than the din of traffic outside your window during rush…

— Seth Godin

Sometimes it starts with a random lyric idea that sets the tone for the whole song. Chords and sounds build from the…

— Tove Lo

Music endures and ages far better than books. Books, made of words, are unavoidably attached to ideas, events, conflict, and history, but…

— Edward Abbey

The first time we did it [voice-over], I was trying to use my face and my eyes more so and really portray…

— Elle Fanning

Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves; just as…

— Laura Esquivel

In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible... Thus, political language has to consist largely of…

— George Orwell

Bassist Steve Uccello's Symmetria is filled with cool and unique sounds, textures, and musical ideas, evoking an imagined atmosphere of open spaces…

— Bryan Beller

I love the incredible variety of demands directing makes on you, from the entrepreneur to the hustler to the deal-maker to the…

— Tom Hooper

My name is indigenous to my country, it is not easy to pronounce, it takes effort to say correctly and I am…

— Warsan Shire

“The first and last weakness of his life, before him again. For a moment he felt himself blinded by his own memories;…

— Wilkie Collins

With stammering lips and insufficient sound I strive and struggle to deliver right the music of my nature.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

A powerful dragon crying its eyes out under the moon in a deserted valley is a sight and a sound hardly to…

— Anonymous

I never use pull-offs because I don't like the sort of 'meow' sound they make with the string being deflected sideways.

— Allan Holdsworth

With technology now, you can go in and sing a song, and for $100,000, you will sound flawless.

— Vince Neil

Grime is its own sound. There's a lot more to it. It's like a sound, culture, style - the way that they…

— Santan Dave

Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else. It is hard in this…

— Flume

Mrs. Thatcher responded to our liberation of Grenada with the sounds of a somewhat hypersensitive Neville Chamberlain.

— Emmett Tyrrell

The first notes I still play when I start a sound check are classical. Those are my roots.

— Andrew Bird

You want an idea that not many other people are working on, and it's okay if it doesn't sound big at first.

— Sam Altman

I begin by writing paragraphs that don’t have an immediate relation to a plot. The sound of the story comes first.

— Grace Paley

I don't think anyone has the same music sound as me. I can't think of anyone else.

— Kyle

Movie dialogue is movie dialogue. It can sound real, but no one speaks that way.

— Brian Helgeland

Those who are enslaved to their sects are not merely devoid of all sound knowledge, but they will never even stop to…

— Anonymous

It's important to have a sound idea, but the really important thing is the implementation.

— Wilbur Ross

There's some things that people don't admit because they don't like the way it sounds.

— Cindy Chupack

The information superhighway? That sounds like a place that's long and boring and kills 50,000 people a year.

— Dick Cavett