Bell Quotes

403 quotes by 337 authors

In order to get one of the greatest inventions of the modern age, in other words, we thought we needed the solitary genius. But if… — Malcolm Gladwell
TELESCOPE, n. A device having a relation to the eye similar to that of the telephone to the ear, enabling distant objects to plague us… — Ambrose Bierce
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
The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb. — Plautus
No longer mourn for me when I am dead Than you shall hear the surly sullen bell Give warning to the world that I am… — William Shakespeare
There's nothing great Nor small, has said a poet of our day, Whose voice will ring beyond the curfew of eve And not be thrown… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Bell, thou soundest merrily, When the bridal party To the church doth hie! Bell, thou soundest solemnly, When, on Sabbath morning, Fields deserted lie! — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
God gave you that gifted tongue of yours, and set it between your teeth, to make known your true meaning to us, not to be… — Thomas Carlyle
If there were dreams to sell, What would you buy? Some cost a passing bell; Some a light sigh, That shakes from Life's fresh crown… — Thomas Lovell Beddoes
O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap Of murky buildings: climb with me the steep,-- Nature's… — John Keats
I shall never forget what I saw at the Museum of Modern Art: in a spotless schoolroom, fifty little girls painting away at tables covered… — Jean Cocteau
And the Sabbath bell, That over wood and wild and mountain dell Wanders so far, chasing all thoughts unholy With sounds most musical, most melancholy. — Samuel Rogers
My favorite expression is: When you go up to the bell, ring it ? or don't go up to the bell. — Mel Brooks
This is how we loosen up for the morning announcements. Whoever has the football when the bell rings loses. — Tom O'Connor
Hark, how chimes the passing bell! There's no music to a knell; All the other sounds we hear, Flatter, and but cheat our ear. This… — James Shirley
I want a red to be sonorous, to sound like a bell. If it doesn't turn out that way, I add more reds and other… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir
I'm worried that a few people are confusing the ringing of a church bell with the ringing of a cash register, .. When I hear… — Chuck Grassley
Up rose the wild old winter-king, And shook his beard of snow; "I hear the first young hard-bell ring, 'Tis time for me to go!… — Charles Godfrey Leland
Wives, girlfriends, fiancees - clean out your closets. I'm cleaning out my old bell bottoms. We can touch millions. — Deion Sanders
Invest in yourself. It's like being a boxer, you've got to be in training so that when the bell rings, you get your direction you… — Karl Urban

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