Welcome to Sound Quotes, where the power of words resonates with the harmony of sound. Sound has always held a profound significance in our lives, whether it’s the soothing melodies that calm our souls or the thundering beats that ignite our spirits. Through the ages, poets, musicians, and philosophers alike have found inspiration in the symphony of sounds that surround us, crafting words that echo with profound meaning. In this collection, we delve into the realm where sound meets sentiment, where words become melodies, and where silence speaks volumes.
Within these pages, you’ll discover an array of quotes that capture the essence of sound in all its forms. From the tranquil whispers of nature to the crescendo of human expression, each quote offers a glimpse into the profound impact sound has on our emotions, thoughts, and experiences. Whether you’re seeking inspiration for your next artistic endeavor or simply looking to immerse yourself in the beauty of language, you’ll find a melody of words waiting to transport you to new realms of imagination and understanding. So, dive in, let the symphony of sound wash over you, and discover the timeless wisdom that lies within.
What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music. Soren Kierkegaard
Doubt yourself and you doubt everything you see. Judge yourself and you see judges everywhere. But if you listen to the sound of your own voice, you can rise above doubt and judgment. And you can see forever. Nancy Lopez
In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here. Daniel Barenboim
The most persistent sound which reverberates through man’s history is the beating of war drums. Arthur Koestler
I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what I may call the sound of sense. Robert Frost
People like me sound like a lot of big cannons. Mao Zedong
A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true. Socrates
A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning. R. L. Stine
It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously. Logan Pearsall Smith
My recipe for dealing with anger and frustration: set the kitchen timer for twenty minutes, cry, rant, and rave, and at the sound of the bell, simmer down and go about business as usual. Phyllis Diller
When I was 8 years old I became a mute and was a mute until I was 13, and I thought of my whole body as an ear, so I can go into a crowd and sit still and absorb all sound. That talent or ability has lasted and served me until today. Maya Angelou
Night, the beloved. Night, when words fade and things come alive. When the destructive analysis of day is done, and all that is truly important becomes whole and sound again. When man reassembles his fragmentary self and grows with the calm of a tree. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The man with a toothache thinks everyone happy whose teeth are sound. The poverty-stricken man makes the same mistake about the rich man. George Bernard Shaw
I was honoured when they asked me to appear at the president’s birthday rally in Madison Square Garden. There was like a hush over the whole place when I came on to sing ‘Happy Birthday,’ like if I had been wearing a slip, I would have thought it was showing or something. I thought, ‘Oh, my gosh, what if no sound comes out!’ Marilyn Monroe
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else. John Locke
I love the smell of rain, and I love the sound of the ocean waves. Amy Purdy
Rhythm is sound in motion. It is related to the pulse, the heartbeat, the way we breathe. It rises and falls. It takes us into ourselves; it takes us out of ourselves. Edward Hirsch
Wishful thinking is not sound public policy. Bjorn Lomborg
There’s something about the sound of a train that’s very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful. Paul Simon
The human voice: It’s the instrument we all play. It’s the most powerful sound in the world, probably. It’s the only one that can start a war or say ‘I love you.’ And yet many people have the experience that when they speak, people don’t listen to them. Julian Treasure
Political language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind. George Orwell
Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic. W. H. Auden
I’m not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the composer. Leonard Bernstein
Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it’s from Neptune. Noam Chomsky
The human murder by poverty in Latin America is secret. Every year, without making a sound, three Hiroshima bombs explode over communities that have become accustomed to suffering with clenched teeth. Eduardo Galeano
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets. Voltaire
The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it’s a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop. Dr. Seuss
Creationists make it sound as though a ‘theory’ is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. Isaac Asimov
I’m fascinated with myself and love hearing the sound of my own voice. I’d like to hear what I have to say. A lot of people don’t like being alone because they truly don’t like themselves, but I love me. Gene Simmons
A system of capitalism presumes sound money, not fiat money manipulated by a central bank. Capitalism cherishes voluntary contracts and interest rates that are determined by savings, not credit creation by a central bank. Ron Paul
Surely the only sound foundation for a civilization is a sound state of mind. E. M. Forster
There’s many ways you communicate. With colour, texture, sound… Even words can communicate. David Carson
Anxiety and spiritual searching have been consistent themes with me, and that figures into my worldview. But I tend to make my songs sound like relationship songs. David Bowie
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. Matsuo Basho
Generally speaking, when a woman offers unsolicited advice or tries to help a man, she has no idea of how critical and unloving he may sound to him. John Gray
A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. C. S. Lewis
The sound of water is worth more than all the poets’ words. Octavio Paz
Some people think that you have to be the loudest voice in the room to make a difference. That is just not true. Often, the best thing we can do is turn down the volume. When the sound is quieter, you can actually hear what someone else is saying. And that can make a world of difference. Nikki Haley
If it’s a good movie, the sound could go off and the audience would still have a perfectly clear idea of what was going on. Alfred Hitchcock
It doesn’t take a majority to make a rebellion; it takes only a few determined leaders and a sound cause. H. L. Mencken
We never look deeply into the quality of a tree; we never really touch it, feel its solidity, its rough bark, and hear the sound that is part of the tree. Not the sound of wind through the leaves, not the breeze of a morning that flutters the leaves, but its own sound, the sound of the trunk and the silent sound of the roots. Jiddu Krishnamurti
Feelings aroused by the touch of someone’s hand, the sound of music, the smell of a flower, a beautiful sunset, a work of art, love, laughter, hope and faith – all work on both the unconscious and the conscious aspects of the self, and they have physiological consequences as well. Bernie Siegel
Sound is the vocabulary of nature. Pierre Schaeffer
I play trumpet. And I took all the music courses in college, so I can also play the string instruments, keyboard, the brass and woodwinds – but only well enough to teach them. If you put a violin in front of me, you wouldn’t say, ‘My God, that guy can play.’ It’d probably sound more like Jack Benny. Jon Tester
I’m sick to death of people saying we’ve made 11 albums that sounds exactly the same, Infact, we’ve made 12 albums that sound exactly the same. Angus Young
Everybody always going to sound like somebody. You got to separate yourself. Lil Durk
How to play music may be known. At the commencement of the piece, all the parts should sound together. As it proceeds, they should be in harmony while severally distinct and flowing without break, and thus on to the conclusion. Confucius
To the Master’s honor all must turn, each in its track, without a sound, forever tracing Newton’s ground. Albert Einstein
When we believe the best of people, we let go of each thing they do that is hurtful to us. And we choose to think things like, ‘I don’t believe they meant to hurt me.’ ‘Maybe they’re having a bad day or don’t feel well.’ ‘They probably don’t even realize how they sound.’ Joyce Meyer
I wasn’t thrilled about ‘The Sound Of Music’ – not the movie itself but my role in it. Captain Von Trapp was a bore, and they tried to help by giving it a bit more cynicism, but it wasn’t my favourite role. I enjoyed the music, and I loved Julie Andrews. Christopher Plummer
For the man sound of body and serene of mind there is no such thing as bad weather; every day has its beauty, and storms which whip the blood do but make it pulse more vigorously. George Gissing
People do not want words – they want the sound of battle – the battle of destiny. Gamal Abdel Nasser
The sound of laughter is like the vaulted dome of a temple of happiness. Milan Kundera
If we give our children sound self-love, they will be able to deal with whatever life puts before them. bell hooks
Most entrepreneurial ideas will sound crazy, stupid and uneconomic, and then they’ll turn out to be right. Reed Hastings
Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes. Ludwig van Beethoven
Punk is not just the sound, the music. Punk is a lifestyle. Billie Joe Armstrong
In my view, the only way to see a film remains the way the filmmaker intended: inside a large movie theater with great sound and pristine picture. Ridley Scott
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. Alan Dundes
The sound of colors is so definite that it would be hard to find anyone who would express bright yellow with base notes, or dark lake with the treble. Wassily Kandinsky
Keep your temper. A decision made in anger is never sound. Ford Frick
I’m confident in who I am, and I’m not doing anything wrong. I’m just being myself: being comfortable with my body, comfortable with my sound, and I’m figuring out who I am. Justine Skye
I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. Douglas Adams
He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense. Joseph Conrad
The highest form of worship is the worship of unselfish Christian service. The greatest form of praise is the sound of consecrated feet seeking out the lost and helpless. Billy Graham
The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
When I think of myself, I think of Toronto. My music would never sound the way it does if it weren’t for Toronto. Drake
There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them. Sitting Bull
A day spent without the sight or sound of beauty, the contemplation of mystery, or the search of truth or perfection is a poverty-stricken day; and a succession of such days is fatal to human life. Lewis Mumford
I don’t want to sound facetious, but humour is the key to the soul. You know what I mean? Martin Lawrence
The clash of ideas is the sound of freedom. Lady Bird Johnson
I was irrevocably betrothed to laughter, the sound of which has always seemed to me the most civilised music in the world. Peter Ustinov
There are accents in the eye which are not on the tongue, and more tales come from pale lips than can enter an ear. It is both the grandeur and the pain of the remoter moods that they avoid the pathway of sound. Thomas Hardy
The three great elemental sounds in nature are the sound of rain, the sound of wind in a primeval wood, and the sound of outer ocean on a beach. Henry Beston
I believe that parents need to make nutrition education a priority in their home environment. It’s crucial for good health and longevity to instill in your children sound eating habits from an early age. Cat Cora
The path of sound credence is through the thick forest of skepticism. George Jean Nathan
Sometimes we should express our gratitude for the small and simple things like the scent of the rain, the taste of your favorite food, or the sound of a loved one’s voice. Joseph B. Wirthlin
It would appear that we have reached the limits of what it is possible to achieve with computer technology, although one should be careful with such statements, as they tend to sound pretty silly in 5 years. John von Neumann
Adding sound to movies would be like putting lipstick on the Venus de Milo. Mary Pickford
It started when I was eight years old. I first heard the cello on the radio, and I loved the sound. It was such a magical, beautiful sound. I dedicated my entire childhood to cello, practising like crazy. Stjepan Hauser
He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound. Plautus
If he doesn’t follow through with actions, he’s either selfish or a liar. Neither makes him sound like The One, does it? Matthew Hussey
It’s a relief to hear the rain. It’s the sound of billions of drops, all equal, all equally committed to falling, like a sudden outbreak of democracy. Water, when it hits the ground, instantly becomes a puddle or rivulet or flood. Alice Oswald
There is a sound that comes from gospel music that doesn’t come from anything else. It is a sound of peace. It is a sound of, ‘I’m going to make it through all of this.’ Yolanda Adams
As far as I’m concerned, ‘whom’ is a word that was invented to make everyone sound like a butler. Calvin Trillin
Although I’m only fourteen, I know quite well what I want. I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child. I feel quite independent of anyone. Anne Frank
I still love the whole history of jazz. The old things sound better than ever. Steve Lacy
In life, a lot of great ideas sound insane or absurd at first. Nathan Fielder
I have this old ’57 Porsche Speedster, and the way the door closes, I’ll just sit there and listen to the sound of the latch going, ‘cluh-CLICK-click.’ That door! I live for that door. Whatever the opposite of planned obsolescence is, that’s what I’m into. Jerry Seinfeld
You don’t send people to prison on the basis of what other people imagine, or on the basis of media sound bites like ‘shooting an unarmed child,’ when that ‘child’ was beating him bloody. Thomas Sowell
This life, which had been the tomb of his virtue and of his honour, is but a walking shadow; a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. William Shakespeare
The sound and music are 50% of the entertainment in a movie. George Lucas
Honestly, the way I make music, you know – it’s like, I don’t want to sound cocky or anything, but I try my best to make time with music that doesn’t have an expiration date. Juice Wrld
Out of all the guitars in the whole world, the Fender Mustang is my favorite. They’re cheap and totally inefficient, and they sound like crap and are very small. Kurt Cobain
Anything can become a musical sound. The wind on telegraph wires is a great sound; get it into your machine and play it and it becomes interesting. Hans Zimmer
In radio, you have two tools. Sound and silence. Ira Glass
Those who have virtue always in their mouths, and neglect it in practice, are like a harp, which emits a sound pleasing to others, while itself is insensible of the music. Diogenes
I want young Indian composers to be able to do more than just film music. I want to give them the skills that will enable them to create their own palette of sounds instead of having to write formulaic music. It doesn’t matter if they become sound engineers, producers, composers or performers – I want them to be as imaginative as they like. A. R. Rahman
You know, not to sound corny or nuthin’, but I felt like a fighter comin’ up, man. I felt like, you know, I’m being attacked for this reason or that reason, and I gotta fight my way through this. Eminem
Obedience is the primary object of all sound education. Elizabeth Missing Sewell
