Ear Quotes

1176 quotes by 860 authors

Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard. — Anne Sexton
Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man. — William Shakespeare
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. — William Shakespeare
I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you… — Stephen Sondheim
I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat. — Sylvester Stallone
Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear. — Emma Thompson
I ain't the same person I was when I bit that guy's ear off. — Mike Tyson
I could never overstate the importance of a musician's need to develop his or her ear. Actually, I believe that developing a good 'inner ear'… — Steve Vai
The ear is the avenue to the heart. — Voltaire
Most Australians who've got an ear can do an American accent because we grow up listening to them on television and in movies. — Jacki Weaver
In Australia, I grew up watching 'The Mickey Mouse Club,' my son grew up watching 'Sesame Street,' my grandson's growing up watching 'Dora The Explorer.'… — Jacki Weaver
Ministers should not pray so loud, and long, as to exhaust the strength. It is not necessary to weary the throat and lungs in prayer.… — Ellen G. White
He has Van Gogh's ear for music. — Billy Wilder
The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people. — Woodrow Wilson
Know what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of today. It is to have a… — Percy Bysshe Shelley
Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears - it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But… — Oliver Sacks
O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's… — William Shakespeare
There were doors that looked like large keyholes, others that resembled the entrances to caves, there were golden doors, some were padded and some were… — Michael Ende
If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical… — John Cage
What matters deafness of the ear, when the mind hears? The one true deafness, the incurable deafness, is that of the mind. — Victor Hugo

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