Quotes by category:Sound

Music is the application of sounds to the canvas of silence. by Carl Jung

Music is the application of sounds to the canvas of silence.

music silence sound

Metaphysical assertions, however, are statements of the psyche, and are therefore psychological. Whenever the Westerner hears the word “psychological,” it always sounds to him like “only psychological.

metaphysical psychological sound

That rockabilly sound wasn't as simple as I thought it was. by Carl Perkins

That rockabilly sound wasn't as simple as I thought it was.

corny simple sound

The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance.

media ignorance sound

What counts is not what sounds plausible, not what we would like to believe, not what one or two witnesses claim, but only what is supported by hard evidence rigorously and skeptically examined. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

sound two believe

Poetry is a tracing of the trajectories of a finite sound to the... by Carl Sandburg

Poetry is a tracing of the trajectories of a finite sound to the infinite points of its echoes.

echoes infinite sound

It's not often that the idea of continuing something for a potentially long period of time sounds exciting to me, because I really am a gypsy by nature.

sound long ideas

What is American music? The most satisfying answer I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort with the vernacular which is diverse and regional; it's not one particular set of sounds.

comfort answers sound

It is trust, but it is also courage - that you can leave an individual to his own devices and say "explore and experiment" and think, "It's okay, I'll see what it sounds like when I come back."

individual sound thinking

I'm interested in everything. I don't see why Borges can't work along with Neil Gaiman, or Stephen King can't be mixed with Balzac. It's just storytelling; it's different ways of using codes and images and words and sounds.

Carlos Ruiz Zafon

different kings sound

Courage taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets… any sound inve... by Carlos Slim

Courage taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets… any sound investment will eventually pay off.

matter sound pay

There's been a progression in my sound. by Carly Rae Jepsen

There's been a progression in my sound.

Carly Rae Jepsen

progression sound

I think in general, lines are a bad idea. Especially if they sound like lines. Everyone's immediate reaction is to just kind of cringe a little bit.

Carly Rae Jepsen

sound ideas thinking

The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind. by Carly Simon

The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.

sound mind bird

I used to hate the sound of my voice. by Carole King

I used to hate the sound of my voice.

voice hate sound

In difficult times bring to mind my words and the sound of my voice. In that way, I shall always be present for you.

voice sound mind

I just can't stand the sound of my voice sometimes, or how my face looks. There are always a few times at every premiere when I just have to cover my eyes when I'm up there.

Carrie-Anne Moss

voice eye sound

These new bands sound like Gang of Four — if Gang of Four sucked. by Carrie Brownstein

These new bands sound like Gang of Four — if Gang of Four sucked.

Carrie Brownstein

band four sound

Still, the word "boyfriend" starts to sound pathetic after age 30... by Carrie Fisher

Still, the word "boyfriend" starts to sound pathetic after age 30.

stills age sound

Negroes who have been so long inconvenienced and denied opportunities for development are naturally afraid of anything that sounds like discrimination.

Carter G. Woodson

sound opportunity long