Voice Quotes

In every cry of every man, In every infant's cry of fear, In every voice, in every ban, The mind-forg'd manacles I hear.

My books hold between their covers every story I've ever known and still remember, or have now forgotten, or may one day read; they fill the space around me with ancient and new voices.

To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.

I often talked to Bing Crosby, and while I liked him, I never understood why he was so popular. To me his voice was just a gimmick.

In singing, what my voice lacked in quality it made up in volume.

Jerusalem the Golden, With milk and honey blest, eneath thy contemplation Sink heart and voice oppressed.

Your voice takes you to your heart.

The voice of parents is the voice of gods, for to their children they are heaven's lieutenants.

He ne'er is crowned with immortality Who fears to follow where airy voices lead.

I am here to give voice to the invisible.

Adam was placed in Paradise in perfect estate, and in the company of God's angels; God walked and did talk with him. He heard the voice, and beheld the presence of God.

When you find your voice, your life takes on grace.

The thing I do at the beginning is a "voice journal," a free form doc that is the character speaking to me. I just work on it until I start to hear different from my own, or the other characters.

I liked Augustus Waters. I really, really really liked him. I liked the way his story ended with someone else. I liked his voice. I liked that he took existentially-fraught free throws.

I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.

We often miss hearing God's voice simply because we aren't paying attention.

I do not want the voice of the people shut out.

Elizabeth's voice had a door in it. When you opened that door you found another door, and that door opened yet another door. All the doors were nice and led out of her.

I really appreciate when people use their fame and their voice for more than just self-promotion, starting a dialogue about a topic or an issue much bigger than themselves.

Never be afraid of the moments--thus sings the voice of the everlasting.

I heard the voice of Jesus say

I'd like to think of myself as somebody who has a voice for liberating female sexuality.

At 'The Village Voice,' there were all these fevers inside the offices, that would break out into full-scale rumbles between writers.

Our work must remain open and transparent so that we hear the voices of all

It is impossible to win gracefully at chess. No man has yet said "Mate!" in a voice which failed to sound to his opponent bitter, boastful and malicious.

Now thank we all our God, With hearts and hands and voices, Who wondrous things hath done, In whom his world rejoices.

The key to getting out of the boat is hearing the voice of God.

A deal must include an equitable global governance structure. All countries must have a voice in how resources are deployed and managed.

Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.

I tried to connect my singing voice to my guitar an' my guitar to my singing voice. Like the two was talking to one another.

You get a heck of a sound from the church. Can't you hear it in my voice?

Children are not only sensitive to silence, but also to a voice which calls them ... Out of that silence.

What I've learned in the past 12 years of recording (I made my first CD at 12) is how important it is to find one's authentic voice.

You can't find your voice if you don't use it.

If it sounds good to me and I hate my voice, so if I'm willing to listen to my voice over and over again, it's a hit. Guaranteed it'll be a hit.

The importance of writing in the breakdown of the bicameral voices is tremendously important. What had to be spoken is now silent and carved upon a stone to be taken in visually.

The source of my difficulties has always been the same: an inability to accept what to others seems natural, and an irresistible tendency to voice opinions no one wants to hear . . .

Nikki Lamborn has the best female rock voice since Janis Joplin and I know what I’m talking about, I knew Janis.

Without a sense of place the work is often reduced to a cry of voices in empty rooms, a literature of the self, at its best poetic music; at its worst a thin gruel of the ego.

When a man lives with God, his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook and rustle of the corn.

Whom do I write for? I write for the story. Each story, it seems to me, knows best how it should be told. As I once put my ear to the railroad track, I listen now for the voice of my story.

Inside the museum infinity goes up on trial. Voices echo, 'This is what salvation must be like after a while.' But Mona Lisa must have had the highway blues; you can tell by the way she smiles.

A life that moves to gracious ends Thro' troops of unrecording friends, A deedful life, a silent voice.

To be courageous is to be a voice for the voiceless

The more vast the amount of time we've left behind us, the more irresistible is the voice calling us to return to it.

Poets can tell the truth as they see it. It’s the author’s story, the author’s voice.

Between craft and credulity, the voice of reason is stifled.

Writing isn't just on the page; it's voices in the reader's head. Read what you write out loud to someone-anyone-and you will catch all kinds of things.

How capable are we of bringing about authentic change if we don't have voices from the margins?

I've not given them (the poor people of Bihar) heaven, but I've given them a voice.