Quotes by Sound A computer is like a violin. You can imagine a novice trying first a phonograph and then a violin. The latter, he says, sounds terrible. That is the argument we have heard from our humanists and most of our computer scientists. Computer programs are good, they say, for particular purposes, but they aren’t flexible. Neither is a violin, or a typewriter, until you learn how to use it. Marvin Minsky typewriterssoundtrying I cannot remember a time when I was not enraptured or tortured by words. Always there have been words which, sometimes for their sound alone, sometimes for their sound and sense, I would not use. From a loathing of their grossness or sickliness, their weight or want of weight. Their inexactitude, their feeling of acidity or insipidity. Their action, not only on the intelligence but on the nerves, was instant. Mary Butts loathingsoundfeelings My timing is off. But I had to get it out. Some things you have to tell, no matter how stupid they may sound. Some things you can't save for later. There might not be a later. Mary E. Pearson stupidsoundmay Nobody sounds good writing about your divorce, let's face it. Mary Karr divorcesoundwriting Usually I'm trying to turn something around or turn it inside out and see what's underneath. I know that probably sounds incredibly vague but I never set out to be likeable or funny or anything like that. I'm just trying to tell the story in the best way that I can and serve the writer because it's really about the writer. Mary-Louise Parker storiessoundtrying Therapy isn't Radio.We don't need to constantly fill the air with sounds. Sometimes, when its quite, surprising things happen. Mary Pipher airsoundneeds I like things that sound like maybe they shouldn't belong. Mary Timony sound You want to cry aloud for your mistakes. But to tell the truth the world doesn't need any more of that sound. Mary Oliver soundmistakeneeds It's never what you say, but how you make it sound sincere. Marya Mannes sinceresound Rolling down the windows, yeah I got an air conditiona, but I got a sound I want the whole world to listenta. Masta Ace hip-hopairsound The little suckings and smackings of the perversions are the sounds of joyous infancy. Mason Cooley infancysoundlittles The devil flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God. Martin Luther sound-of-musicdevilsound If you're not confident in the authority of the Scriptures, you will be a slave to what sounds right. Matt Chandler scriptureslavesound How can a reason which hates God be called sound? Martin Luther hatereasonsound Ben was more improvisational, and relied less on methodology, and basically is a guitarist who switched to bass, whereas Jeff has a more traditional approach to playing bass in a band, and has a great sense of what his band sounds like, and we lock up nicely. Matt Cameron locksguitarsound The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. Matsuo Basho bellsflowersound I know this sounds kind of crazy, but I think we're all actors. Matt Dillon crazysoundthinking Awakened at midnight by the sound of the water jar cracking from the ice Matsuo Basho icesoundwater 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. Matt Damon actorssoundtalking Calm and serene The sound of a cicada Penetrates the rock. Matsuo Basho rocksnaturesound«109110111112113114115116117118119»
