Quotes About Tone

Sometimes the messaging and story are right where they need to be, but the issue is in the performance and delivery of that story and that message. The melody, tone, dynamics and tempo can be everything in a delivery.

Boner, Peanut said. Oh no, Jade said to the parrot. No, no, no...you can't say- Boner Oh G-d Jade panicked. Peanut- Pretty bird, Dell broke in, smiling at the parrot and speaking low and soft. Such a pretty girl, Peanut. Peanut preened under his admiring tone. Pretty Peanut.

Are you baiting me for a reason?" he asked casually. "Is that what I'm doing?" He smiled at her innocent tone, not fooled for a second. "It's that, or you're flirting with me.

Wow," Bob said, in a perfectly calm, matter-of-fact, conversational tone. "That is incredibly unfair.

when women have a conversation, they're communicating on five levels. They follow the conversation that they're actually having, the conversation that is specifically being avoided, the tone being applied to the overt conversation, the buried conversation that is being covered only in subtext, and finally the other person's body language.

I read an article once that said that when women have a conversation, they're communicating on five levels. They follow the conversation that they're actually having, the conversation that is specifically being avoided, the tone being applied to the overt conversation, the buried conversation that is being covered only in subtext, and finally the other person's body language.

Oh. Is this, um, Harry Dresden? The, ah, wizard?" Her tone was apologetic, as though she were terribly afraid she would be insulting me. No, I thought. It's Harry Dresden the, ah, lizard. Harry the wizard is one door down.

To the best of my knowledge, sir, Benedict said in an apologetic tone, no one has ever been able to tell my dear cousin anything. At all.

the details gave the tone of the situation, the subtext without which the text could not be understood, and sharing this subtext with the reader was the natural tendency of reporters who, because of the nature of both the paper on which they worked and the city in which it was published, tended not to think of themselves as insiders.

Mrs. Bascomb greeted them with the same surprised tone she might have used if she were traveling and happened to run into them at a Buddhist monastery in Sri Lanka.

It's often not what you say, but how you say it that matters most.

If confronted with challenges in your endeavors, be patient and never lose your cool. It is time plus effort which will set the tone for successful results. Patience and persistence in your effort makes way for positive outcomes.

From the persistence of noise comes the insistence of rage. From the emergence of tone comes the divergence of thought. From the enlightenment of music comes the wisdom of... silence.

Remember that how you say something is as important as what you say.

When a crisis occurs, I feel that one of my greatest responsibilities is to set a tone of calm no matter what the problems. Sometimes I have to fake confidence a lot. I also have to fake calm.

I mean, Dad's - you know, Dad's friendliest tone was a scream.

Shane: Bro, he said, in an injured tone, I had to go out with a flamethrower, and you weren't there to see it. Michael: Pics or it didn't happen. Shane: Dude, little busy for pics. You know, throwing flame.

Shane groaned. Yo, Drama Princess, want to tone it down a little? Somewhere, Sandra Bernhardt wants her tantrum back.

I am told not to let the tone of this narrative become too dark. A certain 400-pound muse will park his 150-pound ass on me by way of editorial comment, and there is always the threat of his urine-filled cat.

Give the narrative a lighter tone than you think it deserves, dear boy, lighter than you think you can bear to give it, he instructed before I began to write, because you won't find the truth of life in morbidity, only in hope.

Give the narrative a lighter tone than you think it deserves, dear boy, lighter than you think that you can bear to give it," he instructed before I began to write, "because you won't find the truth of life in morbidity, only in hope.

Are ye all right, man? Ian asked, in the same tone of mild concern he'd heard his da use now and then on his mam or Uncle Jamie. Evidently it was in fact the right tone to take with a Fraser about to go berserk, for William breathed like a grampus for a moment or two, then got himself under control.

You want me to attend your hanging?" His tone must have contained some of the incredulity he felt, for the captain gave him an impatient look. "I'd have sent an engraved invitation, had I time," he said.

I meant no offense," he added a moment later, in a softer tone. "I was surprised." I looked at him directly. I was too tired to be tactful. "And a bit jealous, perhaps?