Tone Quotes

857 Tone quotes by 657 unique authors

When we're in a human body, we don't care about universal collapse - instead, we care only about a meeting of the eyes, a glimpse… — David Eagleman
There should be no separation between spontaneous work with an emotional tone and work directed by the intellect. Both are supplementary to each other and… — Armin Hofmann
Softly the loud peal dies, In passing winds it drowns, But breathes, like perfect joys, Tender tones. — Frederick Tennyson
I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts… — Ira Glass
There's the Ronald Reagan cupped-ear gambit. The press is deliberately and systematically kept away from him. All you hear is a bunch of monkeys screaming… — John Chancellor
I was under twenty when I deliberately put it to myself one night after good conversation that there are moments when we actually touch in… — Robert Frost
My kitchen's pink, like skin-tone pink, and I lowered my spice rack so it's eye level - it's true! - and my phone, so I… — Amy Sedaris
We are convinced that all of our race who die in infancy partake in the redemption wrought out by our Lord Jesus. Whatever some may… — Charles Spurgeon
Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work. — Lytton Strachey
We have hardly an adequate idea how all-powerful law is in forming public opinion, in giving tone and character to the mass of society. — Ernestine Rose
The calm and tolerant atmosphere that prevailed during the elections depicts the type of South Africa we can build. It set the tone for the… — Nelson Mandela
At Bloomington, Indiana, I was invited to listen to music written in quarter tones for four harps and voices. I had to go out to… — Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
The stomach, liver, lungs and brain are suffering for want of deep, full inspirations of air which would electrify the blood and impart to it… — Ellen G. White
It's ignorant! The stereotype is guys that are weak and have failing relationships write about how sad they are. If you listen to our songs,… — Brendon Urie
The â€˜Iâ€™ character in journalism is almost pure invention. Unlike the â€˜Iâ€™ of autobiography, who is meant to be seen as a representation of the… — Janet Malcolm
The people wanted to believe that the Negroes couldn't learn to read music but had a natural talent for it. So we never played with… — Eubie Blake
All the high-tone, big-time folks would say, 'Isn't it wonderful how these untrained, primitive musicians can pick up all the latest songs instantly without being… — Eubie Blake
Tread softly as you draw near to the bedside of a dying man, for the space around him is holy ground. Speak in hushed tones,… — Jennifer Worth
Words ride on the energy of tone, its warmth or coldness; think of tone as the music of how words are expressed. You want this… — Judith Orloff
There are tones of voices that mean more than words. — Robert Frost

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