Quote by Robert Lane Greene Download Open image ““to form such harsh unharmonious Sounds, that none but a Northern Ear could endure: They”” — Robert Lane Greene ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“O, believe, as thou livest, that every sound that is spoken over the round world, which thou oughtest to hear, will vibrate on thine… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“Though the ear choose not to hear, In the heart I echo,clear: Always found, and never sought, Praised, as well as cursed, in thought.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“They were just the ordinary sounds of of people beginning their day, silly raucous, discordant, but they were the most beautiful sounds on earth,… — Karen Maitland Copy Share Image
“They played, not beautifully but deep, ignoring their often discordant strings and striking right into the heart of the music they knew best, the… — Patrick O'Brian Copy Share Image
The ear disapproves but tolerates certain musical pieces; transfer them into the domain of our nose, and we will be forced to flee. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
“There was no sound but it own for falls and the crackling of the flames behind us. No rustle came from the trees, no… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“No mortal ear could have heard the kelpie passing through the night, for the great black hooves of it were as soundless in their… — Mollie Hunter Copy Share Image
“live in sound, always in noise. Perhaps because it is so constant, the art of listening to them falls off, and so many things… — Gary Paulsen Copy Share Image
“But he played music so loudly he could not hear his pain. He stunted his growth beneath a bass that decorated his aura and… — Karl Kristian Flores Copy Share Image
“There is no real silence for the sensitive ears and there is no real tranquility for the sensitive hearts!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
“Peeves are like that: my peeves are law, yours are unhealthy obsessions.” — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
“Only 8000 different words appear in the Hebrew Bible, compared to the 20,000 or more that the average adult needs to know in most languages.” — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
“If you look at the historical record, you will find that language has always been in decline. Which means, really, and it never has.” — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
“Arguments about language are usually arguments about politics, disguised and channeled through one of our most distinctive markers of identity.” — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
“Afrikaans was the language of the white minority in South Africa, and the forced learning of it created resentment among blacks. Even so, Nelson… — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
“I think flexibility, humility, and multilingualism should take the place of sticklerism, arrogance, and nationalism when we think about language. I” — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
“Virtually anything can be translated—“X cannot be translated” usually means nothing more exciting than “We have a word, X, that you need three or… — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
“America’s short-lived experiment with language planning is so obscure to modern memory that while the Klingon language has a 3,000-word entry on Wikipedia, as… — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
“I'd start to explain with the outward sheepish and inner pride of the nerd.” — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
“Knowing the difference between “infer” and “imply” is no more likely to create a skeptical, bullshit-detecting citizen than knowing the atomic weight of uranium… — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
“It is possible to communicate beautifully or boringly, in every language on Earth. But people don't like to believe this. They make self-aggrandizing myths… — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image
“Language is not law; it is in fact a lot like music. Speech is jazz – first you learn the basic rules, and then… — Robert Lane Greene Copy Share Image