Hearing Quotes

1409 Hearing quotes by 1100 unique authors

Pleasant things to hear, though hearing them from him embarrasses me. I soak up the praise but feel obliged to disparage the gift. I believe… — Wallace Stegner
Turn up your hearing aid 'Grandpa', because I'm only going to say this once! — Stephen Colbert
The voice so filled with nostalgia that you could almost see the memories floating through the blue smoke, memories not only of music and joy… — Hubert Selby, Jr.
white criminals commit the biggest crimes.a brother might rob a bank. a white man will rob a pension fund. the brother is going to get… — Wanda Sykes
Even in Kyoto/Hearing the cuckoo's cry/I long for Kyoto — Matsuo Basho
They sang the words in unison, yet somehow created a web of sounds with their voices. It was like hearing a piece of fabric woven… — Anita Diament
For all these years I kept my mouth closed so selfish desires would not fall out. And because I remained quiet for so long now… — Amy Tan
I get tired of hearing it's a crummy world and that people are no damned good. What kind of talk is that? I know a… — Robert Fulghum
I've been saying it so long to you, you just wouldn't listen. Every time you said 'Farm Boy do this' you thought I was answering… — William Goldman
If I dropped a tear upon your hand, may it wither it up! If I spoke a gentle word in your hearing, may it deafen… — Charles Dickens
Nobody ever gets enough appreciation when they're behaving themselves, but there's no end to hearing about it when they're not. — Jean Ferris
....there is a difference between hearing and listening. You can't always help what you hear. But you can control what holds your interest, what you… — Brandon Mull
When she awoke there was a melody in her head she could not identify or recall ever hearing before. 'Perhaps I made it up,' she… — Toni Morrison
We may be in the Universe as dogs and cats are in our libraries, seeing the books and hearing the conversation, but having no inkling… — William James
Extinguish my eyes, I'll go on seeing you. Seal my ears, I'll go on hearing you. And without feet I can make my way to… — Rainer Maria Rilke
Konstantin Levin did not like talking and hearing about the beauty of nature. Words for him took away the beauty of what he saw. — Leo Tolstoy
Experiencing yourself out of context, divorced from your usual point of view, skews your perspective – it’s like hearing your voice on an answering machine.… — Slash
In the two months I had also dated Justin Fellowes, this guy in my Spanish class, though after three weeks we decided we should "see… — Deb Caletti
The images were gone, but Calvin was there, was with her, was part of her. She had moved beyond knowing him in sensory images to… — Madeleine L'Engle
He had a newspaper rolled in his hand, bearing down on me like a puppy that had piddled on the carpet. "Bad Chloe,” I muttered.… — Kelley Armstrong
Of course witnessing poverty was the first to be ticked off the list. Then I had to graduate to the more obscure stuff. Being in… — Alex Garland
The only way to lose a kingdom is if your power drops or..well, if you're killed." "I'm sure Volusian would love to help with that."… — Richelle Mead
[Dona Maria] saw that the people of this world moved about in an armor of egotism, drunk with self-gazing, athirst for compliments, hearing little of… — Thornton Wilder
You lie, in faith; for you are call'd plain Kate, And bonny Kate and sometimes Kate the curst; But Kate, the prettiest Kate in Christendom… — William Shakespeare
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

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