Cages Quote by John Betjeman Download Open image “Imprisoned in a cage of sound, even the trivial seems profound” — John Betjeman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Cage Sound Cages Imprisoned Cage Profound Seems Song Sound Sound Trivial Trivial Profound
We are all imprisoned by the dictionary. We choose out of that vast, paper-walled prison our convicts, the little black printed words, when in… — Mervyn Peake Copy Share Image
The voluntary captive The speechless the prisoner Which I hide in my very depths... — Anne Desclos Copy Share Image
Sometimes life seems like a poorly designed cage within which man has been sentenced to be free. — Sheldon B. Kopp Copy Share Image
To sit in solemn silence on a dull, dark dock in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock awaiting the sensation of a short,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People are often unable to do anything, imprisoned as they are in I don't know what kind of terrible, terrible, oh such terrible cage. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
After a time I found that I could almost listen to the silence, which had a dimension all of its own. I started to… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
Perhaps sound is only an insanity of silence, a mad gibber of empty space grown fearful of listening to itself and hearing nothing. — Steven Millhauser Copy Share Image
One very early influence was reading about John Cage's experience in an anechoic room where the only sound you are left with is the… — Johann Johannsson Copy Share Image
“They made an ingenuous and disorganized effort to escape from captivity but ultimately failed, because they were unable to find the bars of the… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
“Once I was free; there was no cage that could bind me, and I had yet to create my box of numbness within my… — J.D. Stroube Copy Share Image
Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“In music, sometimes a man will feel that he comes to the edge of breaking out from prison bars of existence, breaking out from… — W.T. Stace Copy Share Image
It's strange that those we miss the most Are those we take for granted. — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
I ought to warn you that my verse is of no interest to people who can think. — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
What the Londoner sees in his mind’s eye is that cluster of towers and pinnacles seen from Pentonville Hill and outlined against a foggy… — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
People's backyards are much more interesting than their front gardens, and houses that back on to railways are public benefactors. — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
Oh! full Surrey twilight! importunate band! Oh! strongly adorable tennis-girl's hand! — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
“Come friendly bombs and fall on Slough! It isn't fit for humans now, There isn't grass to graze a cow. Swarm over, Death!” — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
A whispering and watery Norfolk sound Telling of all the moonlit reeds around. — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
Oh Wasn't it naughty of Smudges? Oh, Mummy, I'm sick with disgust. She threww me in front of the judges, And my silly old… — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
And behind their frail partitions Business women lie and soak, Seeing through the draughty skylight Flying clouds and railway smoke. Rest you there, poor… — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
I have a Vision of the Future, chum. The workers flats in fields of soya beans tower up like silver pencils, score on score. — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
My heart jumps out of its cage to see what the fuss is about. Damn thing. Always so hopeful, but my voice hides it… — Sarah Wylie Copy Share Image
When a captive lion steps out of his cage, he comes into a wider world than the lion who has known only the wilds.… — Yukio Mishima Copy Share Image
Peace in the struggle to find peace.. comfort on the way to comfort. And if I shed a tear I won't cage it I… — Sarah McLachlan Copy Share Image
If we are ready to tear down the walls that confine us, break the cage that imprisons us, we will discover what our wings… — Michael Elmore-Meegan Copy Share Image
“And then a strange thing happened. Out of the diseased and deteriorated pool os tired thoughts came life. A simple and poisoned life, but… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
There are certain times you rattle the press's cages, and other times you don't, and you have to be discerning about it. — Ari Fleischer Copy Share Image
Let yourselves be led by the Holy Spirit, with freedom and, please, do not cage the Holy Spirit — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
'Untitled' is a time machine that can transport you to 1992, an edgy moment when the art world was crumbling, money was scarce, and… — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
When I went to Australia, I went shark diving. It was crazy. It was called 'extreme' shark diving because even though we were in… — Taylor Lautner Copy Share Image
Being in love, you know... it's not like having a canary, in a cage. When you lose one sweetheart, you can't just go out… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
I have been there, and I have seen these totally formed babies as early as ten weeks...with the leg missing, or with their head… — Deborah Priya Henry Copy Share Image
