All great song, from the first day when human lips contrived syllables, has been sincere song. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Fate loves best such syllables as are sweet and sonorous on the tongue. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
“People are not meant to be alone, as the word itself is made of two syllables.” — Kimberlee Colon Copy Share Image
The more syllables a euphemism has, the further divorced from reality it is — George Carlin Copy Share Image
DNA is an abbreviation for deoxyribonucleicantidisestablishmentarianism, a complex string of syllables. — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
You can say a lot in a little time, if you stick to words of one syllable. — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
I had a publisher who felt comics were just for little kiddies, so he never wanted me to use words of more… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
“life is a time when you get pleasure until somebody get your ass. and one of the ways to prolong pleasure is… — Padgett Powell Copy Share Image
“How many midget feet can you fit in your shoes? Depends on how big your penis is. Mine is 17 syllables long,… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
I dont categorize characters into one syllable. These are fully-rounded characters that I dont judge; I just play them. — Kevin Spacey Copy Share Image
out of great Russia came three dusky syllables workmen took guns and went out to die for: Bread, Peace, Land. — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
Previously known for its six syllables of sweetness and light, reconciliation has become the political fighting word of the year. — William Safire Copy Share Image
In conversation you can use timing, a look, an inflection. But on the page all you have is commas, dashes, the amount… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
In my opinion, it is easier to avoid iambic rhythms, when writing in syllabics, if you create a line or pattern of… — James Fenton Copy Share Image
“As I stepped onto the gloomy landing a word formed in my mind: two syllables, starts with a V and rhymes with… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
“Celebrity chefs are the leaders in the field of food, and we are the led. Why should the leaders of chemical businesses… — Charles Clover Copy Share Image
Like any art, what is the most imprisoning thing is also the most delivering thing. If an actor knows he only has… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
Humor is like a rhythm; it's like music. And you throw a couple of extra syllables in, you wreck the beat and… — Betty White Copy Share Image
For a sentence is not complete unless each word, once its syllables have been pronounced, gives way to make room for the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sweetheart, darling, dearest, it was funny to think that these endearments, which used to sound exceedingly sentimental in movies and books, now… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In my mind I am eloquent; I can climb intricate scaffolds of words to reach the highest cathedral ceilings and paint my… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
My grandmother taught me how to read, very early, but she taught me to read just the way she taught herself how… — Vik Muniz Copy Share Image
Democracy has become, unless I mistake, a kind of test or shibboleth, by which we try men and measures; and this is… — James Vila Blake Copy Share Image
“Syllables and letters may not be tangible, but they can still destroy your entire life faster than a bullet from a gun.” — Aly Martinez Copy Share Image
How many quarrels, and how important, has the doubt as to the meaning of this syllable "Hoc" produced for the world! — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
I love the language, it sounds as if it should be writ on satin with syllables which breathe of the sweet South — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
This universe can very well be expressed in words and syllables which are not those of one's mother tongue. — Tahar Ben Jelloun Copy Share Image
Philologists, who chase A painting syllable through time and space Start it at home, and hunt it in the dark, To Gaul,… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
The Brain is just the weight of God-- For--Heft them--Pound for Pound-- And they will differ--if they do-- As Syllable from Sound — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Series of syllables which have been learned by heart, forgotten, and learned anew must be similar as to their inner conditions at… — Hermann Ebbinghaus Copy Share Image
For, whom the Muses smile upon, And touch with soft persuasion, His words like a storm-wind can bring Terror and beauty on… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When you're expecting bad news you have to be prepared for it a long time ahead so that when the telegram comes… — Robert Pinget Copy Share Image
The life of simplicity is simple, but it opens to us a book in which we never get beyond the first syllable. — Dag Hammarskjold Copy Share Image
3 Words 8 Letters 2 Nouns 3 Syllables 5 vowels 3 Consanants 1 Emotion Many meanings A big lie, a rare truth I LOVE YOU... — Anonymous Copy Share Image
This is the feeling for syllable and rhythm, penetrating far below the conscious levels of thought and feeling, invigorating every word. — T. S. Eliot Copy Share Image
To catch the real meaning of the Spirit of Christmas, we need only drop the last syllable, and it becomes the Spirit… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Every good gospel singer you can hear is a scat singer; they're just using different syllables. There are a lot of jazz… — Al Jarreau Copy Share Image
I often think of the space of a page as a stage, with words, letters, syllable characters moving across. — Susan Howe Copy Share Image
“Syllables and letters may not be tangible, but they can still destroy your entire life faster than a bullet from a gun.… — Aly Martinez Copy Share Image
