Quotes About Voice

The voice of human nature is nothing but one prolonged cry.

Speak, Madame; speak, queen, said Buckingham. The softness of your voice covers the hardness of your words. You speak of sacrilege, but the sacrilege is in the separation of hearts that God has formed for each other!

Prayer is our voice; intuition is God's answer.

Because no one ever listens to the dog.

Writing and reading are the only ways to find your voice. It won't magically burst forth in your poems the next time you sit down to write, or the next; but little by little, as you become aware of more choices and begin to make them -- consciously and unconsciously -- your style will develop.

MORNING LIGHT BROUGHT the sound of Livvie' s voice raised in yet another song I'd never heard. From down in the yard the deep velvety sound grew like the glow of a warm fire as she approached the house.   "Free at last! Free at last! Thank Gawd I free at last! Way down yonder in the graveyard walk, gone meet my Jesus and we gone talk, On my knees when the light pass by, thought my soul would rise and fly!

The point is not to read widely so that your voice will be sort of a mutt descended from them all. The point is to read widely enough to know what delights you, what you would like to imitate, and what you want to stay away from.

Aside from your name on the cover of the book, your voice should be your most distinctive signature.

I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees for the trees have no tongues.

I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.

Don't give up! I believe in you all. A person's a person, no matter how small! And you very small persons will not have to die If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!

So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!

This," cried the Mayor, "is your town's darkest hour! The time for all Whos who have blood that is red To come to the aid of their country!" he said. "We've GOT to make noises in greater amounts! So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!

A person's a person, no matter how small! And you very small persons will NOT have to die If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!

It was early detection that saved my voice - and I imagine, my life.

Democracy is not just a question of having a vote. It consists of strengthening each citizen's possibility and capacity to participate in the deliberations involved in life in society.

People in life, when they have a tendency to exaggerate or lie or whatever, you always sort of notice that their voice goes up quite high.

Chick Lit uses humor to reflect life back to us. It's a very comforting genre, and it's the first time our generation has had a voice. It's a very important genre for all of those reasons.

An ill life will effectually drown the voice of the most eloquent ministry.

My motto in life is 'Take risks;' you don't have a voice if you don't. You have to venture outside your boundaries. That's what life's all about.

The most subversive thing a woman can do is talk about her life as if it really matters.

A life that moves to gracious ends Thro' troops of unrecording friends, A deedful life, a silent voice.

The voice I have now, I got the first time I sang in a movement meeting, after I got out of jail... and I'd never heard it before in my life.

When you find your voice, your life takes on grace.