Hum Quotes

170 quotes by 147 authors

I write my lyrics into the computer and I hum my music into the dictaphone. — Sebastian Bach
The sky was of the deepest blue, with a few white, fleecy clouds drifting lazily across it, and the air was filled with the low… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Somewhere in, I think, the back of the mind of some [education] policy makers is this idea that if we fine-tune it well enough, if… — Ken Robinson
The wind that makes music in November corn is in a hurry. The stalks hum, the loose husks whisk skyward in half-playing swirls, and the… — Aldo Leopold
In our Army every soldier must care about his job. Often- if the duty seems menial or hum-drum- it is hard to cultivate this attitude.… — William O. Wooldridge
Here is a little forest Whose leaf is ever green; Here is a brighter garden, Where not a frost has been; In its unfading flowers… — Emily Dickinson
One's condition on marijuana is always existential. One can feel the importance of each moment and how it is changing one. One feels one's being,… — Norman Mailer
You empty yourself and wait, listening. After a time you hear it: There is nothing there...You feel the world's word as a tension, a hum,… — Annie Dillard
Moment by moment throughout our lifetime, our brains hum with the work of making meaning: weaving together many thousands of threads of information into all… — Daniel Tammet
The Unexpected stalks a farm in big boots like a vagrant bent on havoc. Not every farmer is an inventor, but the good ones have… — Verlyn Klinkenborg
Bees sip honey from flowers and hum their thanks when they leave. The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him. — Rabindranath Tagore
The melodies were melodies that anybody could sing or hum or whistle. And the words were just about that simple. I think the stories Hank… — Don Helms
What am I doing with my life am I living it or am I just going to some hum drum job that I don't really… — Kai Greene
I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church, but she had… — Tina Turner
With my personal preparation at the piano, I can afford to hum at half voice. — Placido Domingo
Look at yourselves. Some of you teenagers, students. How do you think I feel and I belong to a generation ahead of you - how… — Malcolm X
The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you,… — A. E. Housman
When I look on you a moment, then I can speak no more, but my tongue falls silent, and at once a delicate flame courses… — Sappho
Silent Summer - a never-ending heat wave, devoid of birdsong, insect hum, and all the weird and wonderful living noises that subconsciously keep us company. — Mark Lynas
Street sign: Ho Hum Road & Easy Street In retirement, I look for days off from my days off. — Mason Cooley

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