Ears Quotes - Page 31

• By and large, Americans close their ears to anything not in English. That's stupid because there's some great music around the world that we should be listening to.

  Gene Simmons

  Stupid, Listening, World

  Source: www.rollingstone.com

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• There's [in Outcast] so much for my ear, brain and mind and body to gain.

  Eyedea

  Brain, Mind, Body

  Source: kandisknightpr.blogspot.com

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• I think about the kinds of gardens that Queen Elizabeth put up. She made gardens in the shape of an "E," for Elizabeth, just one more way in which she used symbolism to solidify her reign: appearing as the Virgin Queen, for example, or wearing a dress embroidered with eyes and ears to indicate that she knew all that was going on in her castle; she had spies.

  Martha Ronk

  Queens, Eye, Garden

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

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• [My mother] worked in the Seagram's Building; it's kind of an iconic '60s skyscraper on a floor so high that your ears popped. And all the women - the whole thing was so very Mad Men, very glamorous.

  Cynthia Nixon

  Mother, Men, Mad

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• We need American Muslims to be part of our eyes and ears on our front lines.

  Hillary Clinton

  Eye, Needs, Lines

  "Transcript of the Second Debate". www.nytimes.com. October 10, 2016.

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• Practice. Listen. Use you ears. And as Rob [Halford] said, that team effort. You can learn your instrument in your room, but being in a band is more than playing your instrument.

  Richie Faulkner

  Team, Practice, Effort

  Source: www.washingtontimes.com

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• I think myself that, rather like books, music is meant to enter into the brain, well via your ears rather than your eyes but, it's - I think a lot more should be left to the imagination.

  David Gilmour

  Book, Eye, Thinking

  Source: www.pinkfloydz.com

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• Mary's [Hamill] working from an outsider perspective and I'm working from an insider-outside perspective. In this case, it will bring an added dimension to the visual aspects of the work. Also the processes and approaches that I'm thinking are about learning. I'm playing it by ear to experiment and see what happens.

  Chath Piersath

  Thinking, Perspective, Outsiders

  Source: www.raintaxi.com

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• The Tale of Despereaux came at the request of Luke, my friend's then-eight-year-old son, who asked, "Write for me the story of an unlikely hero with exceptionally large ears."

  Kate DiCamillo

  Hero, Writing, Son

  TeachingBooks.net Interview, www.teachingbooks.net. November 12, 2005.

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• I had really not been out of the United States much, except for Mexico. I thought, "Jesus Christ, this [Russia] is like a whole new world." Instead of writing Michael Jackson one-glove jokes, all I had to do was go to these weird places and keep my eyes and ears open.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Jesus, Writing, Eye

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• We think about sitting in a space and hearing some music by having our ears pointed forward towards the musicians sitting opposite us. I'm really not following that paradigm at all.

  Pauline Oliveros

  Thinking, Opposites, Space

  Source: www.artpractical.com

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• This feels like a Steve Bannon whispering in [Donald Trump's] ear.

  Chuck Todd

  Whispering, Trump, Feels

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I think as an intelligent person you would agree that when you are teaching among oppressed people that they should be relieved of their oppression not 100 or 10 years from now, but right now, you're going to find your talk is going to fall upon sympathetic ears.

  Malcolm X

  Fall, Teaching, Intelligent

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• Western ears have a hard time hearing anything that isn't in four-four time. A lot of cultures experience music in five-eight, for example, five-four.

  Jerry Garcia

  Hard Times, Eight, Example

  Source: medium.com

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• Forget what others whisper in your ears. Most of that is pure rubbish that obstructs the view to what really is important. Always make your own decisions. That is what makes us human.

  Bernie Ecclestone

  Views, Decision, Important

  "In conversation - Bernie Ecclestone and Nico Rosberg". Interview With Nico Rosberg, www.formula1.com. May 24, 2015.

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• There is no recipe for that. Both [Nico Rosenberg and Lewis Hamilton] are very likely equally talented in the car, so the fight between the two happens between the ears - in the head.

  Bernie Ecclestone

  Fighting, Two, Car

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• Anyone whose lifestyle may frighten you or whose point of view makes smoke come out of your ears.

  Elizabeth Lesser

  Views, May, Lifestyle

  "Should We Take "The Other" To Lunch?". "TED Radio Hour" with Guy Raz, ualrpublicradio.org. December 16, 2016.

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• I grew up in a classical music household. My dad is a phenomenal musician who can play any and all instruments, can sight read, can play by ear.

  Bill Walton

  Dad, Sight, Play

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• Freedom is the slogan which speaks to the ears of people who feel strong enough to manage on their own using their own resources, who can do without dependency because they can do without others caring for them.

  Zygmunt Bauman

  Strong, Caring, People

  Interview with Marcelo Dimentstein, Alberto Senderey, Andy Spokoiny and Shira Shnitzer, leatid.org. February 2009.

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• I've always had an ear for languages and music so it's something I'm continually working on but it's fun.

  Gugu Mbatha-Raw

  Fun, Language

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• I don't want to try to do music or satisfy anyone else's ears; it has to come from here first and what I love.

  Tweet

  Trying, Want, Firsts

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those that do evil.

  Saint Peter

  Prayer, Eye, Evil

  Source: www.patheos.com

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• When you're dealing with a constant rhythm, no matter how great your lyrics are, if you don't switch it up, people's heads are going to start bobbing. And they're going to stop listening to what you're saying, so consistently keep the ear fresh and keep the audience surprised.

  Lin-Manuel Miranda

  People, Listening, Matter

  Source: www.npr.org

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• An ear will never do you wrong, but I know writers who... most of the language they use is just extracted language from other languages they've read. I am a big-time reader, but I mix and match.

  Junot Diaz

  Use, Language, Bigs

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• I come to the garden alone while the dew is still on the roses, and the voice I hear falling on my ear the son of God discloses. And he walks with me, and he talks with me. And he tells me I am his own, and the joy we share as we tarry there, none other has ever known.

  Dwight Yoakam

  Fall, Son, Garden

  "Dwight Yoakam Says New Album Was Inspired By Coal Mining And Mountain Music". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. December 6, 2016.

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