Ears Quotes - Page 16

• Going back into the negative past to find happiness is like trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear

  Sydney Banks

  Past, Trying, Negative

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• As, in Sense, that which is really within us, is (as I have said before) only Motion, caused by the action of external objects, but in appearance; to the Sight, Light and Color; to the Ear, Sound; to the Nostril, Odor, &c.

  Thomas Hobbes

  Light, Sight, Color

  Thomas Hobbes (1898). “The Ethics of Hobbes: As Contained in Selections from His Works”

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• Good heavens! what a foolish thing is this pretended perfectibility of the human race which is continually being dinned into our ears!

  Theophile Gautier

  Race, Heaven, Progress

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• Were a man, whom I know to be honest and opulent, and with whom I live in intimate friendship, to come into my house, where I am surrounded with my servants, I rest assured, that he is not to stab me before he leaves it, in order to rob me of my silver standish; and I no more suspect this event, than the falling of the house itself which is new, and solidly built and founded.--But he may have been seized with a sudden and unknown frenzy.--So may a sudden earthquake arise, and shake and tumble my house about my ears.

  David Hume

  Honesty, Fall, Men

  David Hume, Tom L. Beauchamp (2000). “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: A Critical Edition”, p.69, Oxford University Press

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• There is always the possibility of beauty where there is an unsealed human eye; of music where there is an unstopped human ear; and of inspiration where there is a receptive human spirit.

  Charles Henry Parkhurst

  Beauty, Inspiration, Eye

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• When the bird of the heart begins to sing, too often will reason stop up her ears.

  Hans Christian Andersen

  Heart, Bird, Reason

  Hans Christian Andersen, Jean Hersholt (1948). “Hans Christian Andersen's Shorter Tales”

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• In my Lifetime, I hope to develop, Arms that are strong, Hands that are gentle, Ears that will listen, Eyes that are kind, A tongue that will speak softly, A mind full of wisdom, A heart that understands.

  Javan

  Strong, Heart, Eye

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• I don't know how long it has been since my ear has been free from the roll of a drum. It is the music I sleep by, and I love it.... I shall remain here while anyone remains, and do whatever comes to my hand. I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them.

  Clara Barton

  War, Sleep, Fighting

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• And for tired eyes every light is too bright, and for tired lips every breath too heavy, and for tired ears every word too much.

  Georg Buchner

  Eye, Tired, Light

  "Leonce and Lena". Play by Georg Buchner, Act II, 1838.

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• When you are listening to music it is better to cover your eyes than your ears.

  Jose Bergamin

  Music, Eye, Over You

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• A speech from Ernest Bevin on a major occasion had all the horrific fascination of a public execution. If the mind was left immune, eyes and ears and emotions were riveted.

  Michael Foot

  Eye, Mind, Fascination

  'Aneurin Bevan' (1962) vol. 1, ch. 13

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• Heed not Mephistopheles, my children, lest you suffer eternal damnation. When he whispers in your ear, turn away your head and hearken instead to the angel on your shoulder.

  Harry Segall

  Children, Angel, Temptation

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• The ears, which master the face of a dunce, are that part of the head which most publishes stupidity.

  Alexander Theroux

  Stupidity, Faces, Body

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• I took the right sow by the ear.

  Robert Walpole

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• The Sound of battle fell upon my ear & heart all day yesterday - even after dark the cannon's insatiate roar continued.

  Elizabeth Blair Lee

  War, Heart, Dark

  Elizabeth Blair Lee (1991). “Wartime Washington: the Civil War letters of Elizabeth Blair Lee”

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• I have a toothache today. I never seem to be able to rise above a toothache. It makes me want to howl, break things, pull noses, tweak ears, screech.

  John Colton

  Pain, Broken, Rose

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• On this site we're going to build an Eye and Ear Hospital. This is going to be a sight for sore eyes.

  Morrie Ryskind

  Eye, Sight, Gone

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• When digital recording came in about '84, everything started to follow into digital. Now, you've got the best recording media in the world, but it's not very pleasing to the ear.

  Peter Hook

  Media, World, Digital

  "After Joy Division And New Order, Peter Hook Steps Into The Light". Interview with Leila Brillson, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 21, 2011.

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• As soon as one of my records goes on, it makes a vast portion of the public nervous. They get spooked by it. To some people who have ears to hear, it's a delightful, refreshing change. But to most of the public, it's a load of homemade-sounding nonsense.

  Nick Lowe

  People, Records, Goes On

  Source: www.gq.com

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• Sometimes you just can't hear yourself. Maybe ears are too close to the mouth.

  Anna Camp

  Mouths, Sometimes

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• We don't always know the details of our future. We do not know what lies ahead. We live in a time of uncertainty. We are surrounded by challenges on all sides. Occasionally discouragement may sneak in to our day; frustration may invite itself into our thinking; doubt might enter about the value of our work. In these dark moments Satan whispers in our ears that we will never be able to succeed, that the price isn't work the effort, and that our small part will never make a difference. He, the father of all lies, will try to prevent us from seeing the end from the beginning.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Lying, Father, Dark

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• God forbid I should be the last one to criticize, but I think may be Howard Dean has a bit of a problem because earlier today during a debate in New Hampshire, he bit off Joe Lieberman's ear.

  David Letterman

  Thinking, May, Today

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• Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear

  William Shakespeare

  Discourse

  'Venus And Adonis' (1593) l. 145

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• Such were garrulous and noisy eras, which no longer yield any sound, but the Grecian or silent and melodious era is ever soundingand resounding in the ears of men.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Men, Yield, History

  Henry David Thoreau (2014). “The Illustrated "A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers"”, p.392, Princeton University Press

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• If I am to be a thoroughfare, I prefer that it be of the mountain brooks, the Parnassian streams, and not the town sewers. There is inspiration, that gossip which comes to the ear of the attentive mind from the courts of heaven. There is the profane and stale revelation of the barroom and the police court. The same ear is fitted to receive both communications. Only the character of the hearer determines to which it shall be open, and to which closed.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Communication, Character

  Henry David Thoreau, Barry Andrews (2005). “True Harvest: Readings from Henry David Thoreau for Every Day of the Year”, p.137, Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations

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