Bell jar Quote by Sylvia Plath

Though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me as it does for all who truly believe.

— Chris Van Allsburg

The Bell never rings of itself; unless some one handles or moves it it is dumb.

— Plautus

But one sound always rose above the clamor of busy life and, no matter how much of a tintinnabulation, was never confused and, fora…

— Johan Huizinga

I had been my whole life a bell, and never knew it until at that moment I was lifted and struck.

— Annie Dillard

People never heard bells in Western music sounding really cataclysmic. You hear that more in Russian music or in Asian, Indonesian traditions.

— Charlemagne Palestine

On the breast of that huge Mississippi of falsehood called History, a foam-bell more or less is no consequence.

— Matthew Arnold

At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah…

— Chris Van Allsburg

As to Bell's talking telegraph, it only creates interest in scientific circles, and, as a toy it is beautiful; but ... its commercial value…

— Elisha Gray

“I cadged a complimentary green matchbook with a gold bird icon from the Bell canning jar. Later we'd use the matches to light our…

— Ed Lynskey

“Back to the books. The world’s largest bell was built in 1733 in Moscow, and weighed in at more than four hundred thousand pounds.…

— A.J. Jacobs

To the counsel of fools a wooden bell.

— George Herbert

The bell that measures time is ringing

— Margaret Atwood