Their Ears Quotes

84 quotes by 71 authors

When you think intensely and beautifully, something happens. That something is called poetry. If you think that way and speak at the same time, poetry… — Robert Bringhurst
Lovely girls are terribly insecure. They are convinced that their legs are too thick, and their bottoms are too big, and their bosoms are too… — Richard J. Needham
Those who want to know what sound goes into my music should come to NY and open their ears. — Thelonious Monk
When the punk thing came along and I heard my friends saying, I hate these people with the pins in their ears. I said, Thank… — Neil Young
Men fall in love with their eyes. Women fall in love with their ears. — Phil McGraw
I'd really rather put songs on people's lips than in their ears. — Pete Seeger
I go out on stage, and my intention is to make the first four rows bleed from their ears. — Sonny Sharrock
More people than ever are slowly but surely turning their ears toward poetry — Saul Williams
I wish you could see the two cats drowsing side by side in a Victorian nursing chair, their paws, their ears, their tails complementarily adjusted,… — Sylvia Townsend Warner
Men who stand in the highest ranks of society seldom hear of their faults; if by any accident an opprobrious clamour reaches their ears, flattery… — Samuel Johnson
And barely ten minutes later the soft sound of wingbeats came to their ears, and Balthamos stood up eagerly. The next moment, the two angels… — Philip Pullman
She tapped on the window with her embossed hairbrush. They were too far off to hear. The drone of the trees was in their ears;… — Virginia Woolf
You know that when Irving puts the dog in the car, it is no longer in the yard. When Edna goes to church, her head… — Steven Pinker
Jews who long have drifted from the faith of their fathers... are stirred in their inmost parts when the old, familiar Passover sounds chance to… — Heinrich Heine
With demands for special education or standardized test prep being shouted in their ears, public schools can't always hear a parent when he says: 'I… — Amity Shlaes
Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not… — F L Lucas
Why on earth should I care whether people read me with their eyes or their ears? — Lawrence Block
Some taxpayers close their eyes, some stop their ears, some shut their mouths, but all pay through the nose. — Evan Esar
The voice of flattery affects us after it has ceased, just as after a concert men find some agreeable air ringing in their ears to… — Seneca the Younger
Men trust their eyes rather than their ears; the road by precept is long and tedious, by example short and effectual. — Seneca the Younger

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