#sound

Playing to me, in those years, sounded like a house on fire. ↗

— Leonard Rose

#house #like #me #playing #sounded

Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#being #beneath #buried #common #dust

Oh, that sound? I'm in the hot tub, reading a novel. ↗

— Jane Smiley

#hot tub #i #novel #oh #reading

A good sacrifice is one that is not necessarily sound but leaves your opponent dazed and confused. ↗

— Nigel Short

#dazed #good #leaves #necessarily #opponent

Like I can't cry for myself so I will let this song take all of the things inside I can't let anyone else see and offer it up, as if the sound were some kind of god, and my pain is some kind of sacrifice. ↗

— Robert Smith

#cry #else #god #i #inside

I want to state upfront, unequivocally and without doubt: I do not believe that any racial, ethnic or gender group has an advantage in sound judging. I do believe that every person has an equal opportunity to be a good and wise judge, regardless of their background or life experiences. ↗

— Sonia Sotomayor

#any #background #believe #doubt #equal

I'm from the streets of New York. I know what tough talk sounds like. ↗

— Aries Spears

#know #like #new #new york #sounds

As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#constitution #constitutional #doctrine #inadequate #last

People do not want words - they want the sound of battle - the battle of destiny. ↗

— Gamal Abdel Nasser

#destiny #people #sound #want #words

In particular what is most important to me is the transformation of a sound by slowing it down, sometimes extremely, so that the inner of sound becomes a conceivable rhythm. ↗

— Karlheinz Stockhausen

#conceivable #down #extremely #important #inner