The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind. Vladimir Nabokov American Novelist More Vladimir Nabokov Quotes 1
I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs. Nancy Reagan American First Lady More Nancy Reagan Quotes 0
There were also some cruel reviews by women, but the tone of the male reviewers, sometimes hysterical, was different. I have suffered, but I don't want to name names-but there have been men who have seemed to want to destroy me or my writing, men I don't even know. Marguerite Young American Author More Marguerite Young Quotes 0
There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites. Stokely Carmichael American Activist More Stokely Carmichael Quotes 0
'When I use a word,' Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, 'it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less.' Lewis Carroll English Author More Lewis Carroll Quotes 0
Or like in the early 70's when we had the reaction against acid rock and all the fuzz tone, and feedback, and the noise. And you had James Taylor and everyone went acoustic and that. Lester Bangs American Critic More Lester Bangs Quotes 0
I look at myself and pick out the things I don't like. No matter how much I work out, I never get muscle tone in my butt and hip area. Tyra Banks American Model More Tyra Banks Quotes 0
When I spoke, I was listened to; and I was at a loss to know how I had so easily acquired the art of commanding attention, and giving the tone to the conversation. Adelbert von Chamisso German Poet More Adelbert von Chamisso Quotes 0
Take the tone of the company you are in. Lord Chesterfield British Statesman More Lord Chesterfield Quotes 0
Dull would be the man who should merely tolerate this plan of social industry. Weak would be the position of him who should take an apologetic tone in defending it, or present its claims in a merely negative way, by exposing the evils and perils of the socialistic plan. John Bates Clark American Economist More John Bates Clark Quotes 0
Sometimes, in certain stories, I think we know at the outset essentially what the tone is going to be, or it becomes important that we're groping toward some kind of story with a certain kind of tone that we both get somehow. But I don't think how that's combined with other elements is ever in any way overtly discussed. Joel Coen American Director More Joel Coen Quotes 0
Candor is a proof of both a just frame of mind, and of a good tone of breeding. It is a quality that belongs equally to the honest man and to the gentleman. James F. Cooper American Novelist More James F. Cooper Quotes 0
The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker. Mason Cooley American Writer More Mason Cooley Quotes 0
We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself. Louis D. Brandeis American Judge More Louis D. Brandeis Quotes 0
We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself. Samuel Butler British Poet More Samuel Butler Quotes 0
This CD became something of a personal journey for me. The tone of the whole CD is uplifting and inspirational. It's an upper. We have enough downers in the world. Roma Downey Irish Actress More Roma Downey Quotes 0
Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise. Harvey Fierstein American Actor More Harvey Fierstein Quotes 0
I mean, you have a general tone of it but it's pretty much you get to come in and you're going to flip this car and it's going to blow up and you're going to come out on fire and you go oh, that's cool, and then you get paid a lot of money. David R. Ellis American Director More David R. Ellis Quotes 0
You have to understand the tone of the movie, because if it's supposed to be funny, it can be funny violent like the Home Alone stuff, but you have to really understand the tone of what you're doing and make the action work for that and for the character. David R. Ellis American Director More David R. Ellis Quotes 0
I went pretty much for one tone, and I knew at that time that I wanted to play a Rickenbacker. John Fogerty American Musician More John Fogerty Quotes 0
Would that the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy, might be laid to heart; that a sense of the true aim of life might elevate the tone of politics and trade till public and private honor become identical. Margaret Fuller American Critic More Margaret Fuller Quotes 0
In OK Computer, the guitar was already moving towards a tone generator as well as a riff generator. Colin Greenwood British Musician More Colin Greenwood Quotes 0
Since I was there in the very beginning, I know the history of the characters. So, I make comments about the tone and sometimes remind the writers that we've done that before. Matt Groening American Cartoonist More Matt Groening Quotes 0
The only place we were really told to tone it down - where other people would use the word censorship, but I wouldn't - was when we did MTV right after the Beavis and Butt-head thing. Penn Jillette American Entertainer More Penn Jillette Quotes 0
I am perfectly conscious that this contempt and hatred underlies the general tone of the community towards us, and yet when I even remotely hint at the fact that we are not a favorite people I am accused of stirring up strife and setting barriers between the two sects. Emma Lazarus American Poet More Emma Lazarus Quotes 0