Famous Quotes & Sayings

Nicholas Stern

How is it that, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, there are still some who would deny the dangers of climate change? Not surprisingly, the loudest voices are not scientific, and it is remarkable how many economists, lawyers, journalists and politicians set themselves up as experts on the science.

Nicholas Sparks

I realized that there were times when we talked not because we needed to communicate anything important, but simply because we each drew comfort from the other's voice

Nicholas Sparks

His voice, even now, follows me everywhere on this longest of rides, this thing called life.

Mstislav Rostropovich

When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.

Muddy Waters

You get a heck of a sound from the church. Can't you hear it in my voice?

Maria Bamford

Schizophrenia is hearing voices, not doing voices.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Find a voice in a whisper.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Riots are the voices of the unheard.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed, without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today – my own government.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

A Church that has lost its voice for justice is a Church that has lost its relevance in the world.

Mark Vonnegut

Once you've been talked to by voices, it's not possible to go back to a world where talking voices is not possible.

Mark Batterson

If you want to find your voice, you need to hear the voice of God.

Mark Batterson

The key to getting out of the boat is hearing the voice of God.

Marguerite Yourcenar

The written word has taught me to listen to the human voice, much as the great unchanging statues have taught me to appreciate bodily motions.

Marianne Faithfull

The voice of God, if you must know, is Aretha Franklin's.

Marianne Faithfull

I've learnt to accept what has happened to my voice, I suppose, but I do wish it didn't sound quite so rough.

Isak Dinesen

Where the storyteller is loyal, eternally and unswervingly loyal to the story, there, in the end, silence will speak. Where the story has been betrayed, silence is but emptiness. But we, the faithful, when we have spoken our last word, will hear the voice of silence.

Iris Murdoch

I just enjoy translating, it's like opening one's mouth and hearing someone else's voice emerge.

Gloria Steinem

If you follow the voice inside you, it does give you guidance.

J. Michael Straczynski

You can only have one voice on set, and that has to be the director.

J. Michael Straczynski

Avoid the tyranny of the reasonable voice...it will guarantee a complacency of never trying anything adventurous...

J. K. Rowling

Yeah,' said Ron. 'Could've been worse. Remember those birds she set on me?' 'I still haven't ruled it out,' came Hermione's muffled voice from beneath her blankets, but Harry saw Ron smiling slightly as he pulled his maroon pajamas out of his rucksack.

J. K. Rowling

What are we doing here? Has something gone wrong?” “Oh no, Ron,” came Fred’s voice, very sarcastically. “No, this is exactly where we wanted to end up.

J. K. Rowling

Which way did they go, Peeves?" Filch was saying. "Quick, tell me." "Say 'please.'" "Don't mess with me, Peeves, now where did they go?" "Shan't say nothing if you don't say please," said Peeves in his annoying singsong voice. "All right- PLEASE." "NOTHING! Ha haaa! Told you I wouldn't say nothing if you didn't say please! Ha ha! Haaaaaa!" And they heard the sound of Peeves whooshing away and Filch cursing in rage.

J. K. Rowling

Would you like me to [kill you] now?" asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. "Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?

J. K. Rowling

Ron," said Hermione in a dignified voice, "you are the most insensitive wart I have ever had the misfortune to meet.

J. K. Rowling

Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

J. K. Rowling

Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that rendered her temporarily speechless..

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Dialogue in fiction is always written to be read in silence. The page is the limit. Dialogue on stage and on the screen is meant to be spoken. The voice is the limit.

Grace Jones

I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.

Grace Jones

Survival is my primary instinct...it's out of my control. It's stronger than me. It's an outside force, a voice that says 'do this for your life or it will devour you.'

J. William Fulbright

It is amazing how soon one becomes accustomed to the sound of ones voice, when forced to repeat a speech five or six times a day. As election day approaches, the size of the crowds grows; they are more responsive and more interested; and one derives a certain exhilaration from that which, only a few weeks before, was intensely painful. This is one possible explanation of unlimited debate in the Senate.

Martha Beck

Somewhere in there, among the worries, questions, advice and advertising jingles, lives your intuition, your true 'inner voice.' You can hear it to the extent that you give it your attention.