Quotes About Sounds

Do not imagine the Aeons in a human form, for they are whirling energy vortices. Some Gnostics speak of them in terms of numbers and sounds.

Bees are a recurring symbol of the Merovingians and the humming or buzzing sound of bees is likened to supersensible "sounds" experienced by many Sufis as they enter spirit realms.

You Hear Some Strange Noises Out Your Window You Should Probably Look And See What It Is

Meow says the cat ,quack says the duck , Bow wow wow says the dog ! Grrrr!

Use sounds that describe texture. Hard consonants sound rough and sharp, while soft consonants sound smooth. The word crackling sounds rough, while luminescent and slither sound smooth.

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds; his auditors are as men entranced by the melody of an unseen musician, who feel that they are moved and softened, yet know not whence or why.

The struggle for immortality is a battle for the sceptre against the ghosts and sounds within us.

Darrell is really good in the studio. I mean, he has a real working knowledge of how the process works, and what sounds good coming back over tape, and how the stuff works together.

That is how poets write, the similar sounds. But then Shakespeare has no rhymes: blank verse. The flow of the language it is. The thoughts. Solemn.

Many cities make music, but no city breathes music quite like Memphis. The songs and sounds that come from here are uniquely American.

As far as the sounds on the space station, it's pumps, fans, motors, certain modules are louder than others, but it's generally a pretty nice working environment. It's not too loud or too smelly.

I wanted to call it 'Experiment' because it's all kinds of different sounds. We have a bunch of instruments on there that are basically going extinct, like the fiddle, the steel guitar, the slide.

'Makossa' is from Africa, and it means 'dance.' It's also the name for this type of music. In my song, I decided to mix in some Jamaican sounds, like the steel drums.

Music is nothing else but wild sounds civilized into time and tune.

I make the same noise after I eat too much as I do after I work out.

Our method of speaking is interrupted, hard-edged... a lot of consonants and noises.

I hate mouth noises of all kinds - chewing, swallowing, gum smacking, heavy breathing.

I loved cartoons as a kid, and so many funny moments in animation for me are nonverbal sounds, unarticulated mouth noise.

All music is just a collision of sounds until you know its internal conventions and understand the nuances. It's a question of familiarity.

Now, remember: they're not for eating, but for listening, because you'll often be hungry for sounds as well as food. Here are street noises at night, train whistles from a long way off, dry leaves burning, busy department stores, crunching toast, creaking bed springs, and of course, all kinds of laughter. There's a little of each, and in far off, lonely places, I think you will be glad to have them.

Why, did you know that there are almost as many kinds of stillness as there are sounds? But, sadly enough, no one pays any attention to them these days.

Mine is the apartment that receives all noises, even from the basement below. For one hundred and ten dollars a month, I feel as if I live inside a radio.

is like being surrounded by the sounds from childhood. Hearing your parents talk at dinner. The clinking of silverware on plates and the wood table. It feels like when your mom comes close to say good night as you drift off to sleep. They are the sounds of being surrounded by intimacy. The first years of life. Of being embraced.

Now I will do nothing but listen to accrue what I hear into this song. To let sounds contribute toward it. I hear the sound I love. The sound of the human voice. I hear all sounds running together.