Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ian Hart

I've only used my own voice about four times on film.

Hugh Jackman

You have to find your own shtick. A Picasso always looks like Picasso painted it. Hemingway always sounds like Hemingway. A Beethoven symphony always sounds like a Beethoven symphony. Part of being a master is learning how to sing in nobody else's voice but your own.

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.

Jessica Simpson

I would love to sing with Christina [Aguilera]... she has so much talent... she has an amazing voice.

Samuel Butler

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by all that is.

The Psalms are the voices of the church.

Axl Rose

I sing in five or six different voices that are all part of me. It's not contrived.

Aberjhani

Happy World Poetry Day: 'The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them.

Aaron Neville

My voice belongs to me, from God. People will comment, "Your voice helped me through." Maybe it's God in me, because I don't take credit for that.

A. R. Rahman

Your inner voice is the voice of divinity. To hear it, we need to be in solitude, even in crowded places.

A. R. Rahman

I love the voice - it’s the most perfect instrument ever heard. It’s God given.

A. R. Rahman

Be original and find your inner voice. The rest will follow.

Abbas Kiarostami

Having an international voice is not really about whether we speak Persian or any other language.

Abbas Kiarostami

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

Adrienne Rich

What I discerned in the U.S. was a convergence of poetic voices coming from many different rents in the social fabric, many cultures, many tributaries, which, together, make up the American poetry of the late twentieth century.

Agatha Christie

One does see so much evil in a village,' murmured Miss Marple in an explanatory voice.

Agatha Christie

An ugly voice repels me where an ugly face would not.

Adora Svitak

Since the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.

Adam McKay

Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.

Ludwig von Mises

Liberalism and capitalism address themselves to the cool, well-balanced mind. They proceed by strict logic, eliminating any appeal to the emotions. Socialism, on the contrary, works on the emotions, tries to violate logical considerations by rousing a sense of personal interest and to stifle the voice of reason by awakening primitive instincts.