Overtones Quotes

22 quotes by 22 authors

Long before I ever saw the desert I was aware of the mystical overtones which the observation of nature made audible to me. But I… — Joseph Wood Krutch
It has been an unchallengeable American doctrine that cranberry sauce, a pink goo with overtones of sugared tomatoes, is a delectable necessity of the Thanksgiving… — Alistair Cooke
There were two different expectations in this land of the future. On the one hand the the optimistic belief in an unending progress with millenarianistic… — JÃ¼rgen Moltmann
Conversation! Supple sentences, with first and second meanings and overtones beyond, outrageous challenges with cleverly planned slip-points, rebuttals of elegant brevity; deceptions and guiles, patient… — Jack Vance
In f-major, c* is a sonority contained within the overtones of the tonic f*. — Jean-Philippe Rameau
I have a very, very secret drive to become a dilettante, without the pejorative overtones or the obligation to produce myself. There's so much to… — Peter Greenaway
You've never told me about your love life, Scarlett. You're a very pretty girl. You must have a boy shacked up somewhere for your personal… — Maureen Johnson
It would, of course, be hopeless to attempt to crowd into an international language all those local overtones of meaning which are so dear to… — Edward Sapir
All brands, whether high-ticket luxury ones such as Cartier or Rolls-Royce or 'masstige' ones with luxe-y overtones but altogether more affordable, all want to grow.… — Peter York
The problems of human subjectivity replicate themselves at many different scales, like the overtones and undertones in a stringed instrument striking ghost-intervals up and down… — Kenny Smith
You can't write about people out of textbooks, and you can't use jargon. You have to speak clearly and simply and purely in a language… — Katherine Anne Porter
I don't set out to transmit a message. I don't write with a political point of view. There are no religious overtones. Looking back at… — Lois Lowry
I think a lot of people really have religious overtones of having come from somewhere. I mean, even the whole concept of religion is kind… — George Clinton
The voice of America has no undertones or overtones in it. It repeats its optimistic catchwords in a tireless monologue that has the slightly metallic… — Vance Palmer
I often recall these words when I am writing, and I think to myself, â€œItâ€™s true. There arenâ€™t any new words. Our job is to… — Haruki Murakami
His ear heard more than what was said to him, and his slow speech had overtones not of thought, but of understanding beyond thought. — John Steinbeck
It's like this when you fall hard for a musician. It's a crush with religious overtones. You listen to the songs and you memorize the… — Steve Almond
He was not used to the smell of dragon breath, which is best described as a combination of the stench of burning rubber and the… — Angie Sage
The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but also the secret… — Knut Hamsun
This fact immediately suggested a singular event - that at some time in the distant past the universe began expanding from an extremely small size.… — Michael Behe

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