Sound Quotes
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It is the silence between sounds that create Rhythm.
Nelly Mazloum -
It is sound planning that invariably earns us the outcome we want; without it, even the gods are unlikely to look with favour on our designs.
Herodotus
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As a listener, I like a wide range of sounds.
Erin McKeown -
You make it all sound so simple. Run your guts out...collapse at the finish, throw up, that makes a good runner. Sounds like you regret not being more like Prefontaine....Everyone gripes to me that American marathoners are 'lazy-no-good-for-nothings'. My point is, many people have criticisms, but few have valid answers. I'd like to know what happened to the guys that kicked my ass in high school.
Keith Brantly -
I want to sound like Christopher Cross in another ten years, and be totally proud of it.
Gene Ween -
Capitalism works better than it sounds, while socialism sounds better than it works.
Richard M. Nixon -
Don't play too loud! Bleed-through on stage can be brutal to front-of-house sound.
Steve Lukather Toto -
The eternal sound of the sea on every side has a tendency to wear away the edge of human thought and perception.
Celia Thaxter
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I don't want to be in competition with anyone. I'm friends with women I work with and I applaud any success they have in their careers. And I'm not just saying that because it sounds good, I genuinely want people to do well and have success.
Charissa Thompson -
The way we look at it, everything is a sound.
Lester Bowie -
If you seek, how is that different from pursuing sound and form? If you don't seek, how are you different from earth, wood or stone? You must seek without seeking.
Wumen Huikai -
You can say that Wayne Coyne sounds like Neil Young.
Mike Lowry -
Pay attention to the sound of words.
David Farland -
If it sounds too good to be true, it always is.
Ricky Jay
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The world did have too many words. The sound of the rain was all we needed.
Benjamin Alire Saenz -
I remember rehearsing it, and it was the one that we were really excited about and thought would sound the best, and once it was down on tape, it was like, This doesn't actually sound that good.
Meg White The White Stripes -
The sound of loneliness makes me happier.
Conor Oberst Bright Eyes -
On my best day, I cannot do Scottish people. I don't even believe that's a real accent, to be honest with you. I think they probably sound like us when they're in the house. It's how they keep people away from them.
Russell Peters -
It annoys me how pretty my voice is...that sounds incredibly immodest, but it annoys me how polite it can sound when perhaps what I'm singing is deeply acidic.
Thomas Edward Yorke Atoms for Peace -
Something had begun to emanate from Lila’s mobile body that the males sensed, an energy that dazed them, like the swelling sound of beauty arriving. The music had to stop before they returned to themselves.
Elena Ferrante
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Eyes see only light, ears hear only sound, but a listening heart perceives meaning.
David Steindl-Rast -
I never wanted to sound clean and pretty. I always wanted to have kind of a certain natural quality to my voice, and I wish it were more rough than it is.
Cecile McLorin Salvant -
Sometimes when you are standing still and it’s snowing, you think that you hear music. You can’t tell where it’s coming from either. I wondered if we all really did have a soundtrack, but we just get so used to it that we can’t hear it anymore, the same way that we block out the sound of our own heartbeat.
Heather O'Neill -
All instruments sound fantastic in a church.
Colin Meloy