Tone Quotes

857 Tone quotes by 657 unique authors

Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally… — James F. Cooper
Now I really feel the landscape, I can be bold and include every tone of blue and pink: it's enchanting, it's delicious. — Claude Monet
I have made tremendous efforts to work in a darker register and express the sinister and tragic quality of the place, given my natural tendency… — Claude Monet
The truth of the matter is the tone is toxic here in Washington, and we have been exporting it around the country. — Emanuel Cleaver
Novel-writing can be a cold-blooded business. One uses whatever happens to be lying around in memory and employs it to suit oneâ€™s endâ€¦.Then, again, during… — J. L. Carr
To exaggerate the fairness of hair, I come even to orange tones, chromes and pale yellow ... I make a plain background of the richest,… — Vincent Van Gogh
I want to paint a canvasthat will be nothing but harmonious tone. — Carl Schmitt
In some century to come, when the school children will whistle popular tunes in quarter-tones--when the diatonic scale will be as obsolete as the pentatonic… — Charles Ives
We who hold his (Wolfe Tone) principles believe that any movement which would successfully grapple with the problem of national freedom must draw its inspiration… — James Connolly
When we talk in company we lose our unique tone of voice, and this leads us to make statements which in no way correspond to… — Friedrich Nietzsche
Coming to appreciate your worth can, in some cases, dramatically improve your circumstances by changing the choices you make and the actions you take. And… — Dan Millman
The most important things must be said simply, for they are spoiled by bombast; whereas trivial things must be described grandly, for they are supported… — Jean de la Bruyere
If you want to play it safe, mix a lot of colors in the same tone and that is such an easy way to feel… — Rachel Roy
In any event, any person from 2.0 down on the Tone Scale should not have, in any thinking society, any civil rights of any kind,… — L. Ron Hubbard
The sudden and abrupt deletion of all individuals occupying the lower bands of the Tone Scale from the social order would result in an almost… — L. Ron Hubbard
There are only two answers for the handling of people from 2.0 down on the Tone Scale, neither one of which has anything to do… — L. Ron Hubbard
Unfortunately, it is all too often true that suppressors to a creative action must be removed before construction and creation takes place. Any person very… — L. Ron Hubbard
Are we allowed to sing? I imagine that at times, it might improve the tone of the debate. — Jack Layton
Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier, but that the… — Franz Grillparzer
I never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals itself — Alice Hoffman

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