Shrieking Quotes

35 quotes by 29 authors

As a cultural-intellectual power and a moral ideal, collectivism died in World War II. If we are still rolling in its direction, it is only… — Ayn Rand
Unless you see yourself standing there with the shrieking crowd, full of hostility and hatred for the holy and innocent Lamb of God, you donâ€™t… — C. J. Mahaney
For a couple of months there I was shrieking like a banshee, — Ayelet Waldman
When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking of winds; when I am happy, a sparrow's chirp is… — John Ruskin
I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless; That only men incredulous of despair, half-taught in anguish, through the midnight air beat upward to god's throne… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
We really cannot see what equanimity there is in jerking a lacerated carp out of the water by the jaws, merely because it has no… — Leigh Hunt
I wanted a line in a poem to be the hollow ney of the dervish orchestra whose plaintive wail is a call to God. But… — Anne Michaels
Good Lord, I thought, squinting at the bright glare of a late-July morning. No wonder I slept through this. It was noisy with shrieking birds,… — Kim Harrison
Nothing drives your opponents more crazy than being utterly reasonable. And nothing makes demonizing or delegitimizing your opponents easier than letting them shriek unreasonable things… — Jonah Goldberg
The party of Lincoln and Liberty was transmogrified into the party of hairy-backed swamp developers and corporate shills, faith-based economists, fundamentalist bullies with Bibles, Christians… — Garrison Keillor
Nine Inch Nails' sound is dominated by clanging synths and sardonic, shrieking vocals. — Michael Azerrad
The Hollywood sirens are shrieking, while down some search lit alley runs some lost belief. — Joni Mitchell
When art seems to be empty of meaning, as no doubt some of the abstract painting of our own day actually does seem, what the… — Lewis Mumford
Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. — Rainer Maria Rilke
If producing a regular column is living out loud, then keeping a daily blog is living at the top of your lungs. For a couple… — Ayelet Waldman
My god! people say. You have so much self-control! And later: My god. You're so, so sick. When people say this, they turn their heads,… — Marya Hornbacher
And I don't know if Batty's gotten over it yet,' said Skye. Mr. Penderwick looked out the window to where Batty was playing vampires with… — Jeanne Birdsall
Death's got an Invisibility Cloak?" Harry interrupted again. "So he can sneak up on people," said Ron. "Sometimes he gets bored of running at them,… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
A middle-aged woman who looked like someone's cleaning lady, a shrieking adolescent lunatic and a talkshow host with an orange face... It didn't add up.… — Nick Hornby
I don't see what's so good about being genuine. Clog dancing is genuine. Isn't being fake more of an achievement? At least it takes some… — Emma Forrest

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