Ear Quotes

1176 Ear quotes by 833 unique authors

I have the worst ear for criticism, even when I have created a stage set I like, I always hear the woman in the back… — Cecil Beaton
Commemoration of Pandita Mary Ramabai, Translator of the Scriptures, 1922 A memory of yesterday's pleasures, a fear of tomorrow's dangers, a straw under my knees,… — John Donne
Listen carefully, my child, to your master's precepts, and incline the ear of your heart. Receive willingly and carry out effectively your loving father's advice,… — Benedict of Nursia
I thought it would be cool to take flat-picking and put it in overdrive. I thought it would bend the ear. — Brian Setzer
People gave ear to an upstart astrologer who strove to show that the earth revolves, not the heavens or the firmament, the sun and the… — Martin Luther
Consonance, says the dictionary, is the combination of several tones into a harmonic unit. Dissonance results from the deranging of this harmony by the addition… — Igor Stravinsky
Revelation need not all come at once. It may be incremental. 'Saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon… — Russell M. Nelson
Please be careful of becoming so immersed and engrossed in pixels, texting, ear buds, Twittering, online social networking, and potentially addictive uses of media and… — David A. Bednar
With an ear open to your musical dialectic, one can be young and become old, can work and rest, be content and sad: in short,… — Karl Barth
We do God’s work for our brothers and sisters when we learn to listen to them. So often Christians, especially preachers, think that their only… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It's better to wear seaweed socks than stick a melon in your brother's ear. — Robert Hunter
I don't have an e-reader. One reason is that I like to dog-ear the page when I find a particularly good sentence or passage. — Carl Hiaasen
The characteristics of a good musician can be summarized as follows: 1. A well-trained ear. 2. A well-trained intelligence. 3. A well-trained heart. 4. A… — Zoltan Kodaly
Irony is a disciplinarian feared only by those who do not know it, but cherished by those who do. He who does not understand irony… — Soren Kierkegaard
The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing. The hearing of the understanding is another. But the hearing of the spirit is… — Zhuangzi
Hence it demands the emptiness of all the faculties. And when the faculties are empty, then the whole being listens. There is then a direct… — Zhuangzi
The Chinese philosopher Chuang-Tzu stated that true empathy requires listening with the whole being: The hearing that is only in the ears is one thing.… — Marshall B. Rosenberg
The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important task is to develop an ear that can really hear… — Sydney J. Harris
The people have no ear, either for rhythm or music, and their unnatural passion for pianoforte playing and singing is thus all the more repulsive.… — Heinrich Heine
And with listening, too, it seems to me, it is not the ear that hears, it is not the physical organ that performs the act… — Mary Caroline Richards
Healing depends on listening with the inner ear - stopping the incessant blather, and listening. Fear keeps us chattering - fear that wells up from… — Marion Woodman
Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction. — Unknown Author
Calm on the listening ear of night Come Heaven's melodious strains, Where wild Judea stretches far Her silver-mantled plains. — Unknown Author
Flowers and plants are silent presences. They nourish every sense except the ear. — May Sarton
What you hear depends on how you focus your ear. We're not talking about inventing a new language, but rather inventing new perceptions of existing… — Philip Glass

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