Sound Quotes · Page 72

I don't want this to sound racist, but most Orientals are nonconfrontational. They'll let things slide. I'm not like that.

— LaVar Ball

A buoyant, positive approach to the game is as basic as a sound swing.

— Tony Lema

I tend to sleep in the nude... I'm a sensual-leaning woman. You have to use the word 'leaning' or it sounds like…

— Padma Lakshmi

I never hear the rattling of dice that it does not sound to me like the funeral bell of the whole family.

— Douglas William Jerrold

It's precisely the disappointing stories, which have no proper ending and therefore no proper meaning, that sound true to life.

— Max Frisch

It doesn't take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause.

— H. L. Mencken

You want to cry aloud for your mistakes. But to tell the truth the world doesn't need any more of that sound.

— Mary Oliver

It's never been more important for borrowers to arm themselves with knowledge and build sound financial-management skills.

— Robert Manning

A sound-bite culture can't discuss science very well. Exactly what we're losing when we reduce biodiversity, the causes and consequences of global…

— Barbara Kingsolver

I'd like to find someone to procreate with - as sexy as that sounds. If you're out and about and fit the…

— Chloe Sevigny

I am a firm believer in playing the type of music that compliments the song the best. If it's a folk song…

— William Clark Green

Ultimately, the question, "does it really matter?" is a question of humanity. If you're into the pursuit of fidelity, it's a really…

— John Vanderslice

That's a waste of time. If you really understand Zen... you can use any book. You could use the Bible. You could…

— Alan Watts

Love lieth deep; Love dwells not in lip-depths; Love laps his wings on either side the heart Absorbing all the incense of…

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

John Kerry reportedly flew in his private hairdresser before his "Meet the Press" interview for a total cost of $1,000. That's $1,000…

— Jay Leno

I'll always remember when I first heard Lester [Young]. I'd never heard anyone like him before. He was a stylist with a…

— Count Basie

All of my consumption of films when I was a child was on VHS. I saw films in the wrong aspect ratio,…

— Gareth Evans

“Just because we don't understand why they'd cover up something doesn't mean they aren't, " Bobby said, and we both turned to…

— Amanda Hocking

“Silence is the door to Oran Mor. Close your eyes. Quieten your thoughts. And listen. Listen in particular to the sound of…

— Alan McCluskey

When people talk to me about the digital divide, I think of it not so much about who has access to what…

— George Lucas

... my songs speak for themselves. The musicians who play on them and the way they sound and where they were recorded…

— Neil Young

It may sound paradoxical, but however tight our schedule, however many things clamor to be done, we don't need to hurry. If…

— Eknath Easwaran

I'd say it's that most people think that very wealthy people take huge risks and that's why they have huge rewards. But…

— Tony Robbins

Thus, just as animals of many species, including man, are disposed to respond with fear to sudden movement or a marked change…

— John Bowlby

Being very famous is not the fun it sounds. It merely means you're being chased by a lot of people and you…

— Colin Wilson

This may sound strange, but I did not join the film industry to be a star and be successful.

— Shruti Haasan

At first acoustics attributed to the different sounds only a limited number of characteristic features.

— Roman Jakobson

There are so many sounds I still want to make, so many things I haven't yet done

— B. B. King

I always wanted to learn French or Italian growing up. I love the romantic sound of those languages.

— Riley Stearns

There are some things people avoid saying in interviews because they sound pompous or sentimental or too mystical.

— Derek Walcott

I don't want to sound pretentious, but I love art, I like to go to museums, and I like to read books.

— Rainn Wilson

If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars.

— Sam Phillips

Every Hindu boy and girl should possess sound Samskrit learning.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Thanks to the abundance of shellfish in Puget Sound, Washington State is the largest oyster producer in the country.

— Tom Douglas

Yet has not Man wept at the sounds? And are not his tears eloquent understanding?

— Khalil Gibran

Life is not only full of sound and fury. It also has butterflies, flowers, art.

— Claude Simon

We chose it because we deal with huge amounts of data. Besides, it sounds really cool.

— Larry Page

The lesson is clear: As impractical as it may sound, the safest and most secure way to lead your life is to…

— Douglas Bloch

Carolina beach music," Dupree said, coming up on the porch. "The holiest sound on earth.

— Pat Conroy

Ohh! Wow!! Ohh!! Wow!! Those the only two words you know? Sounds like a dirty movie.

— Aya Nakahara