Ear Quotes

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To the reactionary ear every whispered criticism of the elite classes has always sounded like the opening shot of an uprising. — Richard Hofstadter
If we are in tune with Nature, all her music can find a way into the heart. When bird music is rare, their occasional songs… — Frank Bolles
As Albert Einstein once said to me: "Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity." But what is much more widespread than the actual… — Frederick Salomon Perls
One son appears in stereo - a transistor in one ear and the phone in the other.. — Erma Bombeck
Lend me your ear, while I call you a fool. — Jethro Tull
I beat Larry Holmes and George Foreman. I whupped Mike Tyson twice. I had my ear chewed off and spat on the ground in front… — Evander Holyfield
Music is the eye of the ear. — Thomas Draxe
I have been using delay and reverberation since the middle 1960s. I use them to make what is almost inaudible to the ear, audible. I… — Bill Dixon
Television watching should more properly be called television staring; it engages eye and ear simultaneously in a relentless and persistent way and leaves no room… — Witold Rybczynski
I learned when I started to study piano that I could play by ear. I could hear a song on the radio a couple of… — Ronnie Milsap
I learn my songs by ear. — Kate Smith
I don't read music or anything, so when I produce, I go basically by ear. — Erykah Badu
If you really believe music is dangerous, you should let it go in one ear and out the other. — Jose Bergamin
As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know the… — Julianna Baggott
I have to concentrate more intently when people speak. I always have to position myself on their right side so that I can hear out… — Stephanie Beacham
I really don't have an ear for pitch. I can't sing at all, I can't hum melodies and I can't write riffs. — Patrick Carney
I'm a pretty private person, so I'd like to say I'm a good ear and that I keep my mouth shut. — James Badge Dale
The best way to make a silk purse from a sow's ear is to begin with a silk sow. The same is true of money. — Norman Ralph Augustine
Sweet freedom whispered in my ear, you're a butterfly, and butterflies are free to fly, fly away, high-away, bye-bye. — Elton John
When a sound can replace an image, cut the image or neutralize it. The ear goes more towards the within, the eye towards the outer. — Robert Bresson

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