Quotes by category:Tone

Authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer... by John J. Geddes

Authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer.

tone voice authority

the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse by John Knowles

the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse

separate-peace tone force

I'm a hopeless tone chaser!I love it and get into the whole thing... by John Petrucci

I'm a hopeless tone chaser!I love it and get into the whole thing.

chasers tone hopeless

I guess the tone of jokes is often, at best, irreverent, but it always comes from a place of deep love.

irreverent deep-love tone

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.

John Ralston Saul

tone morality government

If you begin with the middle-tone and work up from it toward the darks so that you deal last with your highest lights and darkest darks, you avoid false accents.

John Singer Sargent

tone lasts light

Levi is one of the best authors I've ever read. It's hard not to have an immediate personal response to his work. He has such a quiet tone.

tone transformation quiet

I have found a paper of mine among some others in which I call architecture 'petrified music.' Really there is something in this; the tone of mind produced by architecture approaches the effect of music.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

tone paper mind

And in their motions harmony divine by John Milton

And in their motions harmony divine

tone music ears

But I was not in the band, because I suffer from the kind of tone deafness that is generally associated with actual deafness

tone band suffering

I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop and I think that such a film is now urgently needed.

tone political thinking

"What would they do to me," he asked in confidential tones, "if I refused to fly them?" "We'd probably shoot you," ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen replied. "We?" Yossarian cried in surprise. "What do you mean, we? Since when are you on their side?" "If you're going to be shot, whose side do you expect me to be on?" ex-P.F.C. Wintergreen retorted.

tone sides mean

Her wish to die was as pervasive as a dial tone: you lift the rec... by Joyce Carol Oates

Her wish to die was as pervasive as a dial tone: you lift the receiver, it's always there.

Joyce Carol Oates

wish-to-die suicidal tone

Parents should conduct their arguments in quiet, respectful tones, but in a foreign language. You'd be surprised what an inducement that is to the education of children.

tone parent children

As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they... by Jules Verne

As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome.

ferguson tone overcoming

With the black and white films, one was concerned with tone. by Julie Harris

With the black and white films, one was concerned with tone.

tone black-and-white film

With the black and white films, one was concerned with tone... You had to make sure that the tone of your dress was not the same tone as the curtains, for instance.

tone black-and-white dresses

Male and female gossip also sounds different, as women use more animated tones, more detail and more feedback.

gossip tone sound

Audiences trust Westerns when you hit the right tone. I think they're not in vogue, but they will always be in vogue when you hit the right note.

tone notes thinking

Oh noes, kitteh haz major angriez!” I said. I turned around to share a laugh with my companions and found them glaring at me. “What?” I asked. Leif shook a finger and said in a low, menacing tone, “If you tell me I have to talk like an illiterate halfwit to fit into this society, I will punch you.” “And I’ll pull out your goatee,” Gunnar added. “Lolcat iz new happeh wai 2 talk,” I explained to them. “U doan haz 2 be kitteh 2 speek it.

tone fit laughing

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