Sound Quotes - Page 29

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.

Blest are those Whose blood and judgment are so well commingled, That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please.

It's well known that the greatest defence against an intruder is the sound of a gun hammer being pulled back.

Excuses sound best to the person that's making 'em up!

Getting offended is a great way to avoid answering questions that make you sound dumb.

I just want to serve people. I know it sounds like a simple cliche.

The bagpipes sound exactly the same when you have finished as when you started

The Second Rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction. Sometimes doing what seems right is wrong, and can cause harm. The only counter to it is knowledge, wisdom, forethought, and understanding the First Rule. Even then, that is not always enough.

I don't have perfect pitch. My drums sound like a drummer, not a drum machine.

I'm not handsome in the classical sense. The eyes droop, the mouth is crooked, the teeth aren't straight, the voice sounds like a Mafioso pallbearer, but somehow it all works.

The understanding of mathematics is necessary for a sound grasp of ethics.

Without sound conservation and management measures, fisheries will quickly become depleted and a basic component of global food security will be lost.

I don't like to sound egotistical, but every time I stepped up to the plate with a bat in my hands, I couldn't help but feel sorry for the pitcher.

For once you are going to hear a dream, a dream that I have made sound... I dreamed all this; never could my poor head have invented such a thing.

The cannon will not suffer any other sound to be heard for miles and for years around it.

A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning.

I heard a neigh. Oh, such a brisk and melodious neigh it was. My very heart leapt with the sound.

I have found when I look at an audience that the expressions on the peoples' faces aren't always up to par with the sounds that they're making. A crowd can sound like they're having a good time when your eyes are closed but if you open your eyes, the looks on some of those faces don't equal the sound.

Global market forces will sort out those companies that do not have sound corporate governance.

For a lot of actors, our biggest fear is that we're going to start talking about things we don't fully understand and sound like idiots.

Try to accomplish things you have always dreamt of while you can. I know it sounds cliché, but the biggest lesson I have learned is that life is precious; enjoy it while it lasts.

I am fussy, about my diet and straining my voice. I know, sounds a bit over the top. But I'm not as bad as I used to be. These days I don't drink alcohol for five days before a show - very dehydrating for the vocal cords, and all that acid reflux. I used to ban it for a fortnight. Nightmare.

We are no longer the same after hearing certain sounds, and this is more the case when we hear organized sounds, sounds organized by another human being: music.

You're doing it again. Using reason to argue faith. Can't be done. Like playing croquet with a crochet hook. Sounds something like the right tool for the job, but isn't.

sometimes there are reasons for our fears that we can’t quite explain. Sometimes it’s just something we feel in our bones, something we know to be true, but would sound foolish to anyone else.