Whisper Quotes
623 Whisper quotes by 424 unique authors
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Mind you, I've always been musical... Mother used to sit me on her knee and I'd whisper, 'Mummy, Mummy, sing me a lullaby do,' and…
— Les Dawson
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For many years, I thought a poem was a whisper overheard, not an aria heard.
— Rita Dove
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It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper.
— Errol Flynn
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Speech is a very important aspect of being human. A whisper doesn't cut it.
— James Earl Jones
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Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other, to let their…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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I love readings and my readers, but the din of voices of the audience gives me stage fright, and the din of voices inside whisper…
— Anne Lamott
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The best servants of the people, like the best valets, must whisper unpleasant truths in the master's ear. It is the court fool, not the…
— Walter Lippmann
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Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't…
— Earl Long
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We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however…
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.' But the internet is like a tree…
— Ai Weiwei
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Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty.
— Earl Wilson
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Know what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of today. It is to have a…
— Percy Bysshe Shelley
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I'm a whisper in water.
— Bjork
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Beneath the hush a whisper from long ago, promising peace of mind and a burden shared. No peace which is not peace for all, no…
— Dag Hammarskjold
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Nor does God whisper through the trees. His voice is not to be mistaken. When men hear it they fall to their knees and their…
— Cormac McCarthy
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They watch on, evil, incredibly stupid, enjoying my destruction. 'Poor Grendel's had an accident,' I whisper. 'So may you all.
— John Gardner
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When we hold each other, in the darkness, it doesn't make the darkness go away. The bad things are still out there. The nightmares still…
— Neil Gaiman
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I offer Emily half of my hit of acid- Love Saves the Day. It's my second or third time tripping, Emily's first, and she's understandably…
— Nick Flynn
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I'm sorry Sandstorm" he murmured. "I never meant to hurt you" His voice barely more than a whisper, he added,"I love you." Sandstorm's eyes glowed."I…
— Erin Hunter
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Whoever you are, now I place my hand upon you/ That you may be my poem/ I whisper with my lips close to your ear/…
— Walt Whitman
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When you don't fit in, you become superhuman. You can feel everyone else's eyes on you, stuck like Velcro. You can hear a whisper about…
— Jodi Picoult
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GOING TO WALDEN It isn't very far as highways lie. I might be back by nightfall, having seen The rough pines, and the stones, and…
— Mary Oliver
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Grampa took Mary Ellen inside away from the crowd. "Now, child, I am going to show you what my father showed me, and his father…
— Patricia Polacco
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When you were called, did you answer or did you not? Perhaps softly and in a whisper?
— Soren Kierkegaard
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I don't want to lose you.' His voice almost a whisper. Seeing his haggard expression, she took his hand and squeezed it, then reluctantly let…
— Nicholas Sparks
Who Wrote These Whisper Quotes
424 authors contributed a total of 623 Whisper Quotes, led by these top contributors: