Sound Quotes - Page 124

Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters; and sounds are quite innoxious, or most distressing, by their sort rather than their quantity.

And why do English people sound smarter than the rest of us? Like they should be awarded the Nobel Prize for a simple greeting?

Music: what life, what living itself sounds like.

I can barely listen to my tapes when I'm transcribing, because I can't stand how I sound.

I grew up hearing words like snakeroot, sassafras, mullein - things that had wondrous, mysterious sounds in their names.

If you feel you have the right key, you try to make some phrase or sound that will fit.

All the songs were written on guitar and then put into the computer, where I played around with different sounds I was hearing and what was available in the software.

It's really hard to make something that doesn't sound like everything else.

Life is short. I'm here to make music, I'm not here to sit on a beach. That sounds really boring to me.

Common sense is so just an understanding that it rises almost to a virtue; in truth, it involves virtues and their participation in judgment. For sound sense implies all powers uniting; none too prominent, so as to tyrannize; none too small, so as to be overborne.

Bills of attainder, ex-post facto laws and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation.

I often feel I'm working in a vacuum, or in a country where few readers hear the sounds.

I mean I like pop music, and I like heavy music and, stuff that I like... the band I've signed on to our label right now; they're called The Sounds. They're kind of like a new-wave pop band.

If I sang the way I talk it would sound like "Tommy Steele sings Muddy Waters!"

There are people who don't say a thing and sound magnificent!

Aqualung is one that my brother turned me onto. It wasn't that hard-rocking, but Martin Barre had a really good sound. He knew what he was doing.

I've discovered that sheer quantity doesn't necessarily make for a heavier sound; if anything, overdubs make guitars sound mushier.

Sometimes what works in a book is too "in your face" when converted to the big screen and sound.

I promised I'd save him, take him home! I promised him!" . . . Thomas hugged Chuck to his chest, squeezed him as tightly as possible, as if that could somehow bring him back, or show thanks for saving his life, for being his friend when no one else would. Thomas cried, wept like he'd never wept before. His great, racking sobs echoed through the chamber like the sounds of tortured pain. (pg 358 hardback)

If coming up with ten ideas sounds too hard, then come up with twenty.

The sound of words in a novel is a pretty amazing thing, and I am concerned with the sound of every word I write.

As horrible as this sounds, I am a little vulnerable about appearances.

Everything I write, I read out loud. It has to sound a certain way. It has to look a certain way on the page.

The harp sounds at each passing breeze, but that does not mean the tune is masterfully played.

When I try to speak perfectly then I am not Jackie Chan anymore. Some words sound like I am trying too hard. The whole thing is not me.