Sounding Quotes

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

Liberal Democrats in government will not follow the last Labour government by sounding the retreat on the protection of civil liberties in the United Kingdom. It continues to be essential that our civil liberties are safeguarded, and that the state is not given the powers to snoop on its citizens at will.

Look at any inspired painting. It's like a gong sounding; it puts you in a state of reverberation.

If it comes out sounding like Dixieland jazz or classical or punk or rock or even slightly metal, that's because that's where I'm going to find inspiration.

I thought if Oasis could get away with sounding like The Beatles, I could get away with sounding like Abba.

The reason my voice is sounding more passionate is because I'm singing directly from the heart.

I never liked mellow sounding guitar.

At noon, on the Fourth of July, 1826, while the Liberty Bell was again sounding its old message to the people of Philadelphia, the soul of Thomas Jefferson passed on; and a few hours later John Adams entered into rest, with the name of his old friend upon his lips.

I think we did a pretty good role, linking, being a sounding board really and a driving force, especially from the bottom up. I think that part of this is bottom up as well as top down.

I do to keep things sounding fresh. Sometimes just changing the running order of the show is a good idea.

At the risk of sounding hopelessly romantic, love is the key element. I really love to play with different musicians who come from different cultural backgrounds.

Some things don't wind up sounding like you'd expect, which is just as well.

It is quite annoying that we have to change the sound we invented just to avoid sounding like people who simply copy us, but... it is flattering and of course challenging.

Our work on light bulbs wasn't an arbitrary mandate. We didn't just pick a standard out of the air, or look for a catchy sounding standard like 25 by 2025 not based in science or feasibility. Instead, we worked with both industry and environmental groups to come up with a standard that made sense and was doable.

They keep telling me that my flow's up to date, you know. I guess they thought I was gonna come back sounding... old.