Ear Quotes

1176 Ear quotes by 833 unique authors

I was all ear, And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of death. — John Milton
The District of Columbia is one gigantic ear. — Ronald Reagan
The hearing ear is always found close to the speaking tongue; and no genius can long or often utter anything which is not invited and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ever the words of the gods resound; But the porches of man's ear seldom in this low life's round are unsealed, that he may hear. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We love to hear some men speak, though we hear not what they say; the very air they breathe is rich and perfumed, and the… — Henry David Thoreau
There's the Ronald Reagan cupped-ear gambit. The press is deliberately and systematically kept away from him. All you hear is a bunch of monkeys screaming… — John Chancellor
Joy is the sweet voice, joy the luminous cloud. We in ourselves rejoice! And thence flows all that charms or ear or sight, all melodies… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
But animated nature sweeter still, to soothe and satisfy the human ear. — William Cowper
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it. — William Shakespeare
There is a good ear, in some men, that draws supplies to virtue out of very indifferent nutriment. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Every night, whisper "peace" in your husband's ear. — Andrei A Gromyko
I measure myself Against a tall tree I find that I am much taller, For I reach right up to the sun With my eye;… — Wallace Stevens
I think my favorite monster movie is "Gone With the Wind", because it has that ear monster and that big-dress monster. — Jack Handey
I wish scientists would come up with an ear of corn that was big and round, because then when you were eating it, it'd be… — Jack Handey
If church prelates, past or present, had even an inkling of physiology they'd realize that what they term this inner ugliness creates and nourishes the… — Sean O'Casey
On a horse that consistently hung left-The best thing you can do is put a bit of lead in his right ear, to act as… — Lester Piggott
I remember a time at Yale when my work was being critiqued by Paul Rand. Mr. Rand told me only to use Helvetica as a… — Kyle Cooper
Each mind is pressed, and open every ear, to hear new tidings, though they no way joy us. — Unknown Author
Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians because we are talking when we should be… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If a scientist were to cut his ear off, no one would take it as evidence of a heightened sensibility. — Peter Medawar
What the eyes sees, the ear hears, and the mind belives. — Harry Houdini
Make everything in you an ear, each atom of your being, and you will hear at every moment what the Source is whispering to you...you… — Unknown Author
There are three things, after all, that a poem must reach: the eye, the ear, and what we may call the heart or the mind.… — Robert Frost
For me, tango was always for the ear rather than the feet. — Astor Piazzolla
As it grows ever more complicated today, musical art seeks out combinations more dissonant, stranger, and harsher for the ear. Thus, it comes ever closer… — Luigi Russolo

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