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Quotes About Voice

Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.
~ Maya Angelou
Poetry is music for the human voice. Until you actually speak it or someone speaks it, it has not come into its own.
~ Maya Angelou
Your voice at times a fist Tight in your throat Jabs ceaselessly at phantoms In the room, Your hand a carved and Skimming boat Goes down the Nile To point out Pharaoh's tomb. You're Africa to me At brightest dawn. The Congo's green and Copper's brackish hue, A continent to build With Black Man's brawn. I sit at home and see it all Through you.
~ Maya Angelou
Your grandmother says you read a lot. Every chance you get. That's good, but not good enough. Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.
~ Maya Angelou
Sua avó diz que você lê muito. Em todas as oportunidades que tem. Isso é bom, mas não o suficiente. Palavras significam mais do que é colocado no papel. É preciso a voz humana para dar a elas as nuances do significado mais profundo.
~ Maya Angelou
Tu abuela dice que lees mucho, siempre que tienes oportunidad. Eso está bien, pero no es suficiente. Las palabras significan más de lo que dicen en el papel. Necesitan la voz humana para que les infunda los matices del significado más profundo.
~ Maya Angelou
Each time a woman stands up for herself, she stands up for all women.
~ Maya Angelou
Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning." I
~ Maya Angelou
My sin lies in not screaming loud
~ Maya Angelou
It simply isn't a woman's nature to be silent for prolonged periods of time.
~ Maya Banks
The laird wasn't uppermost on her mind this morning. Sleep was. Another giggle raced around the room, and Mairin realized that once again, she'd given voice to her thoughts.
~ Maya Banks
she swayed. hypnotized by the deep timbre of his voice.
~ Maya Banks
Cursed? I offered, my voice croaky because of my unshed tears. It isn't cursed. John said deliberately, rearranging the chain around my neck, if you're wearing it. It's blessed.
~ Meg Cabot
Hasn't anyone ever told you, Jesse asked, in a semi-amused voice, that a gentlemen never lays a hand on a lady? Which I thought was king of funny, considering where Jesse had had his hand the last time I'd seen him
~ Meg Cabot
Susannah. My dance partner's breath was soft against my cheek. Susannah.... Yeah. In my dreams. In real life, the voice calling my name wasn't a bit masculine. That's because it belonged to a twelve-year-old boy.
~ Meg Cabot
vocal exercises, or vocalastics, as she called it, which involved singing the words Me, May, Ma, Mo, Moooo-oooo-oooo-ooo over and over again in ever-ascending pitches
~ Meg Cabot
Sing from the diaphragm, Princess," was what Madame Puissant kept yelling. "No breathing from the chest. From the DIAPHRAGM! No chest voice! SING FROM THE DIAPHRAGM! LIFT!!! LIFT!!!!
~ Meg Cabot
Just asleep, Eddis reassured her. At the sound of her voice Eugenides's head turned slightly, but he didn't wake. Attolia, seeing the movement, breathed again and pressed her hand to her chest where it hurt.
~ Megan Whalen Turner
If there is anything else you desire, Your—" "I desire"—the king interrupted in a level voice—"never again to see your living face.
~ Megan Whalen Turner
Jill has beauty, sophistication, depth and soul, besides having a remarkable singing voice, how does that compare to Mo'nique?" Wade said angrily.
~ Melanie Schuster
Even now, remembering the sound of his voice chastens every word I say.
~ Melissa Bank
Talk to the universe. Ask it for help. Then listen to your heart. Because that quiet voice, the one in your heart, is how the universe talks to you.
~ Melody Beattie
In recovery, we learn that self-care leads us on the path to God's will and plan for our life. Self-care never leads away from our highest good; it leads toward it. Learn to nurture that voice inside. We can trust ourselves.
~ Melody Beattie
His voice is unmuffled - it is like a bell, clearly ringing in the night of our confusion; but the clarity is the clarity of imponderable depth...
~ Mervyn Peake