Quotes About Tone

The sound of tap is not 'clickety clickety tap tap,' this monotone thing. The sound of tap has depth. We want you to hear the different highs and lows, the bass, the trebles and the melodies, if you can.

When I listen to President Obama speak to and about women, he sometimes sounds too paternalistic for my taste.

Rose, will you come with me to the feeders?" asked Christian. He spoke in a flat tone, and his expression was unreadable. "I'm not guarding you today." "Yeah, well, I miss your charming company." Mead, Richelle (2008-11-13). Shadow Kiss: A Vampire Academy Novel (p. 287). Penguin Young Readers Group. Kindle Edition.

You know what I keep wondering?" Miranda's tone went even more serious. "I keep wondering if all those spirits think I'm the one who's lost." That not-quite-smile brushed his lips. "We're all a little lost. We're all trying to find something.

ACTION PLAN 1. Monitor your tone of voice. 2. State your positive intent. 3. Tactfully interrupt interruptions. 4. Tell your truth. 5. Be ready to listen.

LeDoux and others have shown how auditory information about the tone stimulates BLA neurons. At first, activation of those neurons is irrelevant to the central amygdala (whose neurons are destined to activate following the shock). But with repeated coupling of tone with shock, there is remapping and those BLA neurons acquire the means to activate the central amygdala.fn16

There was no mistaking her sincerity--it breathed in every tone of her voice. Both Marilla and Mrs. Lynde recognized its unmistakable ring. But the former understood in dismay that Anne was actually enjoying her valley of humiliation--was reveling in the thoroughness of her abasement. Where was the wholesome punishment upon which she, Marilla, had plumed herself? Anne had turned it into a species of positive pleasure.

And there you go again, that tone in your voice, never a word out of place, but your tone says clearly, 'You are a fucking psycho bitch and I hate you.

No. Absolutely not. I forbid it. You'll have nightmares. She was my friend! You must allow me. Why are you so horrid? As soon as the angry words were out of my mouth, I knew I had gone too far. Matilda! Mother rose from her chair. You are forbidden to pseak to me in that tone! Apologize at once.

The attitude behind your words is as important as the words themselves.

Life is the expression of tone. In that sentence is the basic principle of Chiropractic.

He's being sarcastic. I hate when people are sarcastic. It's so cheap.

She laughs. "Except you, Lara Jean. You're still itty-bitty pocket-sized." She says it sweetly. Like sweetened condensed milk. Sweet and condescending. Poured on super thick. I

He has such a patronizing tone and manner, and such a sarcastic sense of humor. I found him rather brutal, a kind of elegant brutality which appealed. No, I think he came pretty much off the page.

He did indeed always refer to us as swine, but there was, nevertheless, a certain respect in his tone.

Whenever I sing on a different scale, I sound very different. However, I have learned that I can experiment with my tone.

Words cannot express quite a lot of feelings, whereas a noise or tone or drone or sound, an accordion falling down a staircase, can somehow capture an emotion much better.

The thing I do miss about the way some sequels were in the past was that each film felt like its own unique, complete tone. Now, sequels are tonal facsimiles of the ones before them, like a television series, whereas back in the past sequels would often be radically different from the ones before.

It was my great good fortune, while I was still a student at college, to have possessed a copy of an English translation of his great work 'The Sensations of Tone.' As is well known, this was one of Helmholtz's masterpieces.

My dad used to hear me humming songs while watching television and discovered I have a nice sweet tone which should be further trained and toned.

When you read Chekhov, everything has an even gray tone. When you read 'Family Life', everything has an even white tone. It is almost like when you paint on paper, and you can see the paper through the paint.

Sarcasm is lost in print.

If you feel you're being condescended to and not taken seriously in the discussion, that can make people feel defensive.

There are certain things you don't say that's disrespectful. They detract from the point you're trying to make.