Hearing Quotes

1409 Hearing quotes by 1100 unique authors

And then there came the pounding of another drum, as if another giant were coming yards behind him, and each giant, intent on his own… — Anne Rice
People left a lot of things behind when they went in the water. Their clothes, their stuff, their makeup, their fixed-up hair, their voices, their… — Ann Brashares
When you can assume that your audience holds the same beliefs you do, you can relax and use more normal means of talking to it;… — Flannery O'Connor
I remember hearing myself start to whimper, a five-year-old, crouched by the side of the road, staring into my father's eyes, whimpering because it was… — Kelley Armstrong
There are some people who read too much: the bibliobibuli. I know some who are constantly drunk on books, as other men are drunk on… — H. L. Mencken
I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. I cry at night. I am afraid of hearing voices, or a voice. I… — Margaret Atwood
People derived too much pleasure from seeing their fellow man morally humiliated to spoil that pleasure by hearing out an explanation. — Milan Kundera
We’re sick of hearing people say, “That band is so gay,” or “Those guys are fags.” Gay is not a synonym for shitty. If you… — Pete Wentz
There is no such thing as a dirty word. Nor is there a word so powerful, that it's going to send the listener to the… — Frank Zappa
This earth, burnished by hearing the name, is so certain of love, that the sky bends unceasingly down, to greet its own light. — Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib
There is a charge For the eyeing of my scars, there is a charge For the hearing of my heart - It really goes. And… — Sylvia Plath
Put him in there and chain him up," he ordered curtly. "Yes, that chain, you fool - do you see any other chain in that… — Elizabeth Marie Pope
The holiday season is a time for storytelling, and whether you are hearing the story of a candelabra staying lit for more than a week,… — Daniel Handler
In my prayers, I want to say: Lord, don’t be far from me, and also don’t come too close. Let me contemplate the stars on… — Amin Maalouf
I would meet you upon this honestly. I that was near your heart was removed therefrom To lose beauty in terror, terror in inquisition. I… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
We are lost, she and I, unseen and not seeing, unheard and not hearing, unknown by others. — Amy Tan
If you listen, you can hear it. The city, it sings. If you stand quietly, at the foot of a garden, in the middle of… — Jon McGregor
Indeed, at hearing the news that 'the old god is dead', we philosophers and 'free spirits' feel illuminated by a new dawn; our heart overflows… — Friedrich Nietzsche
True, nervous, very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am, but why will say that I am mad?! The disease had haunted my senses,… — Edgar Allan Poe
Animals that not only move by their own free will and share feelings with people but also possess sight and hearing qualify as deserving of… — Haruki Murakami
...more than other senses, the eye objectifies and masters. it sets at a distance, maintains the distance. in our culture, the predominance of the look… — Luce Irigaray
We are told not to privilege one story above another. All the stories must be told. Well, maybe that's true, maybe all stories are worth… — Jeanette Winterson
The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard. — William Hazlitt
That's a nice song,' said young Sam, and Vimes remembered that he was hearing it for the first time. It's an old soldiers' song,' he… — Terry Pratchett
Dr. Keller begins pacing. "I don't think we've been hearing Faith just right. Her guard...the words..they sound alike." What do you mean?" Your daughter," Dr.… — Jodi Picoult

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