Tone Quotes · Page 8

I'm always inspired by other filmmakers, whether it's a shot or the way they handle tone.

— Spike Jonze

Define what your brand stands for, its core values and tone of voice, and then communicate consistently in those terms.

— Simon Mainwaring

I love The Killing, I love Homeland and Mad Men, all those shows that lean into the tone of things.

— M. Night Shyamalan

There is an overall seriousness in tone that pervades 'To The 5 Boroughs.'

— Mike D

We shouldn't be chasing other movies, but stay true to the tone of Man of Steel.

— Christopher Nolan

Tone is often the most important part of a conversation - and listening is so much more important than what you say.

— Hoda Kotb

A cleanse, tone and moisturize always sets me up for the day.

— Jonathan Bailey

If you want to "tone and build," it is time to pick up some iron - that's the way we can get…

— Chris Powell

Obama learned from Ronald Reagan that it helps to strike an optimistic tone. But genuine optimism deriving from American exceptionalism, it turns…

— John Podhoretz

Some players, they have all their licks memorized. They think about what they're going to play, but I try to think about…

— Charlie Musselwhite

Now I really feel the landscape, I can be bold and include every tone of blue and pink: it's enchanting, it's delicious.

— Claude Monet

Great things only require to be simply told, for they are spoiled by emphasis; but little things should be clothed in lofty…

— Jean de la Bruyere

That's a sure sign someone is going crazy - when he refers to himself in the third person, talks in low tones,…

— Chris Rock

The dowager rose and slipped from her pew. There was the sound of tearing silk as she threw up her arms to…

— Eva Ibbotson

The tone of 'Into the Beautiful North' is really the way I write. 'Hummingbird's Daughter' was the anomaly. It was a once-in-a-lifetime…

— Luis Alberto Urrea

In general, even if I'm dealing with a historical subject, I begin with invention rather than investigation, because I need to understand…

— Lucia Puenzo

Natural gas has been sold as clean energy. But when the gas comes from fracturing bedrock with about five million gallons of…

— Sean Lennon

The people wanted to believe that the Negroes couldn't learn to read music but had a natural talent for it. So we…

— Eubie Blake

Amy Winehouse was not a person I ever met, and I can't say that I am overly conversant in all of her…

— Henry Rollins

There are indeed all sorts of men/ who visit here: those who want/ nothing but to talk or hear the soft tones/…

— Natasha Trethewey

Nothing, indeed, could be more unlike the tone of the [Patristic] Fathers, than the cold, passionless, and prudential theology of the eighteenth…

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky

That's kind of fuse for the show - those first 10-15 seconds you're onstage. The curtain drops and you see the crowd…

— Jason Aldean

I was under twenty when I deliberately put it to myself one night after good conversation that there are moments when we…

— Robert Frost

Talking to animals' isn't a matter of words used, it is a matter of your thoughts, your expression, and above all the…

— Barbara Woodhouse

An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community.

— Stokely Carmichael

Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations.

— John Quincy Adams

Spike Lee is a master of tone, so basically, if he wants to do something, he should do it, and Imma listen.

— John David Washington

Nevertheless, one doesn't have time to think, oh, well, this is a quarter tone sharp, or flat.

— John Eaton

Politicians wishing to set a better tone should have the discipline to avoid televised cage matches.

— John Sununu

The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own.

— W. S. Gilbert

I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for…

— Eddie Van Halen

To me, one of the main things that a director does is create the tone of his movie.

— Peter Sarsgaard

We are trying to change the tones in the state capitals - and turn them toward bitter nastiness and partisanship.

— Grover Norquist

A certain color tones you up. It's the concentration of timbres.

— Henri Matisse

When Jackson used that particular tone of voice, men died, pure and simple.

— Christine Feehan

You can take your Law," she said in a measured tone, "and shove it right up your-

— Cassandra Clare

I mean, Dad's - you know, Dad's friendliest tone was a scream.

— Terry Gross

“you're just…You're everything" His words are perfect, but the tone in his voice is not right. Wistful. Apologetic.”

— Jessica Park

The actors are the greatest executors of tone in a film. They're the most important cinematic component.

— Alexander Payne

I think with romantic comedies it's a lot about tone, because different romantic comedies have different tones.

— Jennifer Lopez