Quotes About Voice

One whisper, added to a thousand others, becomes a roar of discontent

I'm sure any vocal teacher that listens to me would rather cut my throat than do anything - I do everything all wrong - but I think for me that's the best - because I don't think I have a voice so I think what I project would be style - if I learned to sing I'd lose my style.

Sometimes, merely voicing our fears out loud makes them less frightening.

the day when male writers can speak for women is speeding by. Fast.

Nowadays anyone with a crap laptop and an Internet connection can sound their barbaric yawp, whatever it may be.

Pido lo imposible, lo más inmerecido, lo que me atreví a hacer una vez cuando él vivía: pido que sea su voz la que asome aquí, que sea su mano la que escriba estas líneas. Sé que es absurdo y es imposible, y por eso mismo creo que él escribe esto conmigo, porque nadie supo mejor hasta qué punto lo absurdo y lo imposible serán un día la realidad de los hombres, el futuro por cuya conquista dio su joven, su maravillosa vida.

Nunca habían hablado con esa voz, nunca se habían callado así.

Acho que compreendo por que a ladainha exige instintivamente o cair de joelhos. A mudança de posição é o simbolo de uma mudança na voz, no que a voz vai articular, no próprio articulado. Quando chego ao ponto de tocar essa mudança, as coisas que até um segundo antes me pareciam arbitrárias enchem-se de sentido profundo, simplificam-se extraordinariamente e ao mesmo tempo se aprofundam.

El poeta ¡Oh rosa, me hablan de la guerra! ¿Cómo podré decirles que eres aquí en mi ser exactamente la sola y esencial respuesta? Yo no estoy lejos de la calle porque abra arriba mi balcón, ni lejos del cantar mi voz porque en el coro usual no cante. Oh rosa, me hablan de los hombres como de un triste y cruel trabajo. Sólo tú sabes que te canto para llevarte hasta sus voces.

Su describes her anger as "a little femina, two centimeters tall" who claps inside her head every time she speaks out. "I'm dedicating my life to her, whatever the trends of the times. No more anger-sitters. No more camps or schools. No more lollipops. She's going to get all the advantages my expanse of years can provide, every opportunity to become whatever she wants to become, even if she wants to get married and have lots of little angers.

No one, alas, more oppressive than the oppressed.

I doubt that I can speak for all Dominican men but I doubt they can either.

But Peter knew that over time, even just a few months' worth, this memory would fade, like all the others—like the colors of Auntie's photograph. First the sound of Theo's voice would be lost, and then the picture itself, the details dissolving into visual static until all that remained was an empty space where his brother had been.

True leadership is when you are willing to risk your power and voice so that all of ours can be heard.

Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.

We were a silent, hidden thought in the folds of oblivion, and we have become a voice that causes the heavens to tremble.

There are different types of censorship. There is the outright ban on a book type. Then there are the type where the ones who can give it voice, squash it by burying it under search engine algorithms and under other news, videos or books of their own agenda or publication. A smart consumer should be free to choose what to read and what to believe. That choice on a consumer-oriented website, is really what is best for the consumer. - Strong by Kailin Gow

I'm like a vessel, and God has chosen me to be the voice and the connector.

The thing that's tricky is sometimes the best voices - just because someone hits the big notes and sounds amazing - it doesn't necessarily mean they make the greatest artists.

political backlash has resulted in Republican-controlled legislatures across the country passing laws to make voting more difficult for minority voters. Punishment for raising your voice is to silence that voice.

I find there is something very intimate about being the voice in someone's ear when they're driving.

See as a Muslim myself, I have never faced any intolerance or any discrimination in any part of the country, instead I have been showered with love, but the people who say that they have faced intolerance must be given a chance to speak up, instead of muzzling their voice.

I don't want it to be all that self-conscious or artificial, but it really grows out of my having invented myself as a listener so that I could hear her voice.

My favorite thing that I can do with my iPhone is dictate a letter.