Tone Quotes · Page 12

I taught myself to paint African-Americans, mostly people roughly my skin tone.

— Kehinde Wiley

Softly the loud peal dies, In passing winds it drowns, But breathes, like perfect joys, Tender tones.

— Frederick Tennyson

I like to wear a lot of one-tone color outfits - same color trousers, same color shirt.

— Theophilus London

There exists in the minds of men a tone of feeling toward women as toward slaves.

— Margaret Fuller

In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film.

— Danny Elfman

With a tone so rich, I would never be afraid of the dark. Steinway is the only and the best!

— Harry Connick, Jr

I really like films that don't let the score influence the tone too much.

— Riley Stearns

“Well, there would be no sound if we shout on the background.”

— Ana Claudia Antunes

Sweet harmonious sounds give exquisite joy to human beings capable of appreciating music. I delight in hearing harmonious tones made by the…

— Brigham Young

I'm not against working out. It's just not effective for weight loss. I like strength training to tone and firm the body…

— Jorge Cruise

Thanksgiving speaks in clear, crisp tones of forgotten terms, like integrity - bravery - respect - freedom - discipline - sacrifice -…

— Charles R. Swindoll

While a lot of people want to join the left to react against the mainstream or right, I in many ways react…

— Rebecca Solnit

Don't contour with blush - that's so eighties. It was an amazing trend then, but it's not hot now. Instead, go for…

— Tyra Banks

Say the first word. Set the tone for the conversation. Be poised, prepared, and ready to say the first word in any…

— Gloria Feldt

Well, the way I play, I try not to be a 'repeater pencil', ya dig? Originality's the thing. You can have tone…

— Lester Young

Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number…

— Gustav Mahler

I wrote two poems about the '81 uprisings: 'Di Great Insohreckshan' and 'Mekin Histri.' I wrote those two poems from the perspective…

— Linton Kwesi Johnson

It is true that we have not deliberately or wholly abandoned the Christian element in our tradition, but does that element count…

— Robert McCracken

If there are words and wrongs like knives, whose deep inflicted lacerations never heal - cutting injuries and insults of serrated and…

— Charlotte Bronte

I realized how far-reaching the effect of hip hop was when I walked by a jewelry store named Bling in a small,…

— Steve Stoute

I have thus decided to make a certain film and now begins the complicated and difficult-to-master work. To transfer rhythms, moods, atmosphere,…

— Ingmar Bergman

I think what it really means is a recognition that Donald Trump has the potential to take over the Republican Party and…

— Ben Domenech

I like Silver Surfer because he's the most philosophical, always philosophizing about the human race and the human condition and why people…

— Stan Lee

It seems to me that the desire to make art produces an ongoing experience of longing, a restlessness sometimes, but not inevitably,…

— Louise Glück

You set the tone on the set that you want to see in the film.

— Todd Phillips

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.

— John Ralston Saul

Each human personality is like a piece of music, having an individual tone and a rhythm of its own.

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

I think every character that I play has a certain sort of tone or an energy level to them.

— Bill Skarsgard

Is your skin this tone all over?" "Only one way you're going to discover the answer to that.

— Nalini Singh

My biggest issue is hyperpigmentation and evening out my skin tone.

— Hannah Bronfman

A Field in England' to me was a mind blowing experience. It's such a special tone.

— Gareth Evans

Let husband and wife never speak to one another in loud tones,unless the house is on fire.

— David O. McKay

I cleanse, tone and moisturize, and always take off my make-up before I go to bed.

— Daisy Lowe

For all forms, writing dialogue is almost like writing music. I pay close attention to rhythms and tones.

— Sefi Atta

Ouch,” Jace said in her ear, his tone indignant. “You elbowed me.” “Well, you landed on me.

— Cassandra Clare

Form is expressed in the light tones by dark accents, in the dark tones by light accents.

— Harvey Dunn

Know that the immediate staff and others in the Administration will assume that your manner, tone and tempo reflect the President's.

— Donald Rumsfeld

Doctor Who is like any long-running series in that the cast tend to look to the star to set the general tone.…

— Sarah Sutton

Sentences in which I have tried for a certain light tone -- many of those have to do with events, upheavals, destructions…

— Elizabeth Hardwick

Along the way, I've had different advice from different music producers. I've been told to tone it down, that the quiet parts…

— Patty Griffin