That catharsis is really the core of the incredibly personal comedy of Louis C.K. or Marc Maron or whatever. And look -… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Ruefulness is one of the classical tones of American fiction. It fosters a native, deglamorized form of anxiety. — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
With 'Black Rain,' I spent a lot of time with homicide detectives, and I spent a lot of time with different brokers… — Michael Douglas Copy Share Image
The inherent lightness or darkness of a form - its local-tone - is a given quality of all forms. It is affected… — Nathan Goldstein Copy Share Image
I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation. — Samuel Beckett Copy Share Image
I am spoken to not in words, which come to me quaint and veiled, but in signs, in conformations of face and… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Growing up in Georgia, my dad was a farmer and we worked in agriculture, so we were always looking up at the… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
Everyone gets their rough day. No one gets a free ride. Today so far, I had a good day. I got a… — Rodney Dangerfield Copy Share Image
Voice is the je ne sais quoi of spirited writing. It separates brochures and brilliance, memo and memoir, a ship's log and… — Constance Hale Copy Share Image
The tradition and style of the 'New York Times' make it very difficult to have objective coverage of China. If we could… — Chen Guangbiao Copy Share Image
Knowledge is first and wisdom is the manifestation of knowledge. To understand this tone and pattern of thinking in the numerical way… — RZA Copy Share Image
That's our plan? We're going to walk fifty kilometers, right past the Germans, to a poultry collective that maybe didn't get burned… — David Benioff Copy Share Image
Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The essence of higher instrumental music lays herein that one is able to express in tones that what one is unable to… — Richard Wagner Copy Share Image
No matter how strong and dedicated a leader may be, he must find root and strength amongst the people. He alone cannot… — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
No one expects the tone of an election to be mild-mannered, least of all a presidential one. — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
I can't live without a good scrub or concealer. Concealer could give you 8 hours sleep instantly. I also love lipstick, for… — Maria Canals Barrera Copy Share Image
My tone and my style are reflected in the movies I choose to make. I want to make big movies. My dream… — Matthew Lillard Copy Share Image
The most crazed religious fanatic argues in more calm and reasoned tones than liberals responding to statistics on concealed-carry permits. — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Retirement accords with the tone of my mind; I will not descend to a world I despise. — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Darwin speculated that “music tones and rhythms were used by our half-human ancestors, during the season of courtship, when animals of all… — Oliver Sacks Copy Share Image
