Sound Quotes

I would not be too surprised to see a flying horse; I would consider it as a gift of the evolution; but I would be very surprised if it had horseshoe sounds!

Look at cookbooks with your kids and ask them what sounds good.

The peculiar characteristic of classical music is that it is really better than it sounds.

Rico Gear. What a great-sounding name. He sounds like a drug dealer from Brazil.

This may sound trite, but bad things happen to good people, and when you're facing terrorism, natural disaster, you can have every wonderful plan in place, but I am a realist.

Writers feel like a middleman, standing with pen in hand over the page. A force greater than me stands above telling me what to write. That may sound romantic, but that's how it feels.

Dance is the music of our body, sound is the rhythm of our feeling, silence is the symphony of our soul.

There is no sound more peaceful than rain on the roof, if you're safe asleep in someone else's house.

What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child?

Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.

Rolling down the windows, yeah I got an air conditiona, but I got a sound I want the whole world to listenta.

I've been putting out sexually explicit images of myself for years. I know this sounds bizarre, but somehow it makes me feel safer.

Heaven is all around, Translated to sound.

We didn't think about it but we never wanted to sound like anybody else.

He fell as gently as a tree falls. There was not even any sound.

It is iniquitous, unjust, and most impolitic to persecute for religion's sake. It is against natural religion, revealed religion, and sound policy.

Schools stifle family originality by appropriating the critical time needed for any sound idea of family to develop - then they blame the family for its failure to be a family.

A sound like a sound of thunder rolled, And the heart of a nation stirred

To me no profitable speech sounds ill.

I don't mean to sound corny, but it's one word: results. If you get results, you can get anyone.

As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate.

I say to everyone within the sound of my voice, 'Do not fail the Lord'. We must accept the truth that the gospel principles are not on trial but that we are.

Never stop feeling and seeing and being excited with great things like air and engines and sounds of sunlight within you.

We don't think of ourselves as being perfectionists, really. To us it's more about desperately trying to have it sound more or less OK.

I have been a man of great sins, but He has been a God of great mercies; and now, through His mercies, I have a conscience as sound and quiet as if I had never sinned.

Some people find clarity threatening. They like muddle, confusion, obscurity. So when somebody does no more than speak clearly it sounds threatening.

It kind of sounds like the noise a goat would make if you punched it in the face.

John legend is a nickname that somebody started calling me a while ago and part of it is 'cos I sound like an old man when I sing.

If you remix, people want to tap into your sound. If you keep that to yourself it makes the sound more special.

I don't really go to clubs so I don't know what sounds are made there.

The radio makes hideous sounds.

Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a peaceful heart.

My songs always sound a lot better in person than they do on the record.

Even though I am nearly deaf, I seem to be gifted with a kind of inner hearing which enables me to detect sounds and noises which the ordinary person does not hear.

There is no perfect solution to depression, nor should there be. And odd as this may sound we should be glad of that. It keeps us human.

I know it sounds odd, but I want to make a Rolex-quality screwdriver.

I, who have never heard a sound, tell you there is no silence, and I, who have never seen a ray of light, tell you there is no darkness.

Men are so made that they can resist sound argument, and yet yield to a glance.

Washington is nicknamed "The Evergreen State" because it sounds better than "The Incessant Nagging Drizzle State."

As you meditate and become more spiritually attuned, you can better discern and recognize the sound of your higher self or the voice of God speaking to you through words, images, and sensations.

I like stuff that sounds big and full and makes your head trip and your body react.

All that is told of the sea has a fabulous sound to an inhabitant of the land and all its products have a certain fabulous quality, as if they belonged to another planet.

The willingness to hear hard truth is vital not only for CEOs of big corporations but also for anyone who loves the truth. Sometimes the truth sounds like bad news, but it is just what we need.

I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.

I don't mean to sound bitter, cold, or cruel, but I am, so that's how it comes out.

Back home everyone said I didn't have any talent. They might be saying the same thing over here, but it sounds better in French.

For me, it doesn't matter how difficult something is, it doesn't matter how impressive it is, it's what sounds best that really counts.

Nearly all the wisdom we possess, that is to say, true and sound wisdom, consists of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves.

The day has the color and the sound of winter. Thoughts turn to chowder...chowder breathes reassurance. It steams consolation.