Sound Quotes · Page 70

One is never wholly conscious of the greed hidden in one's heart until one hears the sweet sound of silver.

— Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Literary education is of no value, if it is not able to build up a sound character.

— Mahatma Gandhi

SILENCE: A State Where Almost NO SOUND Is Made. The Thoughts You Always Want To AVOID Are HEARD in The Silence.

— Pacifiersucker

I don't know if it sounds arrogant or whatever, but I'm just trying to get better numbers than last year.

— Bobby Abreu

Life is short. I'm here to make music, I'm not here to sit on a beach. That sounds really boring to me.

— James Vincent McMorrow

The little suckings and smackings of the perversions are the sounds of joyous infancy.

— Mason Cooley

I used to be mad, at first, that I couldn't sound like Ice Cube. And I think that was probably one of…

— Boots Riley

I know it sounds corny, but when you follow your dreams, it happens. And if it's music, take it seriously.

— Enrique Iglesias

The authentic Gullah dialect is actually very clipped, and so it would sound almost Jamaican and be very odd to an American…

— Audra McDonald

Mars is really different, into art. Lydia Lunch is more energy. James Chance is more commercial in a different way, in funk…

— Ikue Mori

It may sound very strange, but I love the freedom that writing a novel gives me. It is an unhindered experience. If…

— Ashwin Sanghi

To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present. Even if there is noise,…

— Eckhart Tolle

Give yourself completely to the act of listening. Beyond the sounds there is something greater, a sacredness that cannot be understood through…

— Eckhart Tolle

I believe that one of the most sound ideas in dramatic writing is that in order to create the universal, you must…

— Lorraine Hansberry

Amazing, powerful, inspirational - those adjectives might make me sound like a fawning fan, but REWORK is that useful. Be prepared for…

— Kathy Sierra

I like my R&B, my hip-hop. But I'm old school, I don't like a lot of new stuff. Though I do like…

— P. K. Subban

I think one thing that helped the sound change, it's a real subtle thing; it's just one switch on my bass, it…

— Mike Gordon

I remember one occasion when I tried to add a little seasoning to a review, but I wasn't allowed to. The paper…

— Paul Halmos

He lifed his head and looked down at her seriously. "Could you," he began, then he had to clear his throat. "Could…

— Lynn Kurland

You have a visceral, physical response to being in [the real] places, and the sights and sounds and the smells just bring…

— Chris Hemsworth

Andrius turned. His eyes found mine. I'll see you he said. My face didn't wrinkle. I didn't utter a sound. But for…

— Ruta Sepetys

I think it took me until - my twenties were really a time of exploration and experimentation with different groups and different…

— Johann Johannsson

The lyrics are not an important thing to me. In fact, it can be a distraction. If I knew the language enough…

— Alan Bishop

It had ceased raining in the night and he walked out on the road and called for the dog. He called and…

— Cormac McCarthy

So why then has all my life made no sound and are your eyes closing even now? My life made no sound…

— Chevelle

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.

— Voltaire

It sounds a little extreme, but in this day and age, if your work isn't online, it doesn't exist.

— Austin Kleon

Not to sound too hippie, but I work so much off of energy. I'm a Pisces, and that's part of who I…

— Jaimie Alexander

Sound health is the greatest of gifts; contentedness, the greatest of riches; trust, the greatest of qualities.

— Gautama Buddha

The finest words in the world are only vain sounds if you can't understand them. The best sentence? The shortest.

— Anatole France

John Facenda could read a laundry list and make it sound like the Constitution of the United States.

— Ed Sabol

I have to say that, though it sounds so superficial, the accent really does help. I like having accents preparing for a…

— Emily Mortimer

I don't like this official/unofficial distinction. It sound, er, officious.

— Larry Wall

I don't want to sound arrogant or cocky, but taking a fight on short notice against 'Cowboy,' you have to be mentally…

— Donald Cerrone

If you win, you're heroes. But if you don't, then you're losers. That might sound harsh, but that's the way it is.

— Granit Xhaka

I don't mean to sound like a cheap prostitute, but you can call me what you like.

— Chris Martin

All of our physical rhythms are being affected by sound outside us all the time.

— Julian Treasure

Odd as this might sound, I suppose I’m glad you’re here, Jacob. [Edward Cullen]

— Stephenie Meyer

Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind.

— E. M. Forster

Novalee watched his lips shape the words...the sounds, like whispered secrets, hanging in the air.

— Billie Letts