Quotes about Tone

Tone has the living soul. Votes: 6

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed. Votes: 6

Tone is often the most important part of a conversation - and listening is so much more important than what you say. Votes: 6

We often refuse to accept an idea merely because the tone of voice in which it has been expressed is unsympathetic to us. Votes: 6

Develop serenity and quiet attitudes through your conversation. Depending upon the words we use and the tone in which we use them, we can talk ourselves into being nervous, high-strung, and upset. By our speech, we can also achieve quiet reactions. Talk peaceful to be peaceful. Votes: 5

Take the tone of the company you are in. Votes: 4

The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply. Votes: 4

Love in all eight tones and all five semitones of the word's full octave. Votes: 4

Periods of wholesome laziness, after days of energetic effort, will wonderfully tone up the mind and body. Votes: 4

I tried to groan, Help! Help! But the tone that came out was that of polite conversation. Votes: 4

I have never smoked and have always drunk a lot of water, but cleanse, tone and moisturise every day? No way! Votes: 4

The first 20 stories written about a public figure set the tone for the next 2,000 and it is almost impossible to reverse it. Votes: 4

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper, by the manner which is the man himself. Votes: 4

The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind. Votes: 4

Say the first word. Set the tone for the conversation. Be poised, prepared, and ready to say the first word in any debate or meeting. Votes: 4

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled. Votes: 4

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.' Votes: 4

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. Votes: 4

Dance with a girl three times, and if you like the light of her eye and the tone of voice with which she, breathless, answers your little questions about horseflesh and music about affairs masculine and feminine, then take the leap in the dark. Votes: 4

The beautiful thing about the law of attraction is that you can begin where you are, and you can begin to think, real thinking, and you can begin to generate within yourself a feeling tone of harmony and happiness. The law will begin to respond to that. Votes: 4

When you have an acoustic bass in the ensemble it really changes the dynamic of the record because it kind of forces everybody to play with a greater degree of sensitivity and nuance because it just has a different kind of tone and spectrum than the electric bass. Votes: 4

Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's soul; when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood. Votes: 4

I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in life. And I am horribly limited. Votes: 4

The Tone is the Message. Votes: 3

Tone is everything in TV. Votes: 3

Tone can be as important as text. Votes: 3

Tone on jazz guitars is a real tough issue. Votes: 3

Franchot Tone is nuttier than a fruitcake, so don't let the genteel frosting fool you. Votes: 3

Tone is up for grabs in what we do - what's the tone of the scene. Votes: 3

Yeah, I mean, I think I'm obsessed with tone in the movies. Tone has always been the main thing that I go after with a movie. Votes: 3

You can make a little thing feel like a big thing. To me, it's all tone. Tone is the most important thing in the world. Then character, then story, or something like that. Votes: 3

Everything we did we were setting the tone for the world. Votes: 2

If you don't set the tone for the day, the devil will set it for you. Votes: 2

There has been only a civil rights movement, whose tone of voice was adapted to an audience of liberal whites. Votes: 2

We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself. Votes: 2

That's always the most productive research - research into tone, into voice. Facts are nice, too, but facts are more raw material than creative inspiration. Votes: 2

People have entire relationships via text message now, but I am not partial to texting. I need context, nuance and the warmth and tone that can only come from a human voice. Votes: 2

My mother taught me how to apply my own makeup at 13 years old, and the most important lesson I learned is to never touch my eyebrows and to cleanse, tone, and moisturize twice a day. Votes: 2

Don't contour with blush - that's so eighties. It was an amazing trend then, but it's not hot now. Instead, go for a neutral contour color that's one or two shades deeper than your skin tone. Votes: 2

I go feminine, I go masculine. I am both, actually. I think the male side is a bit stronger in me, and I have to tone it down sometimes. I'm not like a normal woman, that's for sure. Votes: 2

I've found that good dialogue tells you not only what people are saying or how they're communicating but it tells you a great deal - by dialect and tone, content and circumstance - about the quality of the character. Votes: 2

I put some red stuff on my mouth and cheeks so I look healthy - any old red lip pencil and a lip colour from Dr. Hauschka in a crushed berry tone. I never put anything on my eyes, or I look like Joan Crawford. Votes: 2

I have tried to be a leader. I have tried in my role of being one of the first women at Google, let alone the first woman to have a baby, to really try to set the tone that this is a great place to work for diversity reasons. Votes: 2

Surely the day will come when color means nothing more than the skin tone, when religion is seen uniquely as a way to speak one's soul, when birth places have the weight of a throw of the dice and all men are born free, when understanding breeds love and brotherhood. Votes: 2

There is all this controversy that women and girls are too skinny or too overweight. I say to just do martial arts and everything will be okay. You will tone up your body and find a confidence you can't find just sitting around watching TV and hanging out with friends. Votes: 2

I was very pleased that the positive things about me and my game outshone the aggressive style of play I use. I would never tone that down, because I believe in that style of play, and I believe that you can play rough on the court and still be a good sport. Votes: 2

I suppose there's a melancholy tone at the back of the American mind, a sense of something lost. And it's the lost world of Thomas Jefferson. It is the lost sense of innocence that we could live with a very minimal state, with a vast sense of space in which to work out freedom. Votes: 2

People have had certain assumptions in the past about Conservative governments, partly because of some of the things that happened in the 1980s, and partly because of the tone of some of the debate in the 1980s that appeared to say public spending on the arts was something you might want to progressively reduce. Votes: 2

In order to produce learned fear, you take a neutral stimulus like a tone, and you pair it with an electrical shock. Tone, shock. Tone, shock. So the animal learns that the tone is bad news. But you can also do the opposite - shock it at other times, but never when the tone comes on. Votes: 2

In moments when I question if I should be having kids, I think of all those phone calls from my sister-in-law, in which, 3,000 miles away, I hear my nephews screaming for her attention. I tell her I have to go because I am packing to leave for Europe, and her tone flatlines: 'That must be nice.' Votes: 2

In teaching color, you teach people how to look something and see the tone in it and break it down to be able to paint it and reproduce that color. But then, I'm psychedelic, so I look at color differently. I like colors that are in contrast with one another, so that they flicker back and forth. Votes: 2

With 'Black Rain,' I spent a lot of time with homicide detectives, and I spent a lot of time with different brokers on 'Wall Street.' It helps get the rhythm of the piece and the tone, and how overplayed or underplayed it might be. That's also the magic of movies: You get to hang out and live these different lives. Votes: 2

Over the holidays, and even during filming, I realized that I actually like my body, even if it's not perfect according to the book. I just feel sexy. For the first time, I don't want to get rid of the curves. I just want to tone it up. My body is comfortable, and it's not unhealthy, so I'm going to rock with it. Votes: 2

The way Disney characters move, they're very kind of slow and fluid and flowing; one pose kind of eases into the next. If you look at a show like 'The Simpsons' and subsequently a show like 'Family Guy' - the characters will jerk from pose to pose a lot, a bit more snappy. Which sort of goes along with the writing tone of the show. Votes: 2

Growing up in Georgia, my dad was a farmer and we worked in agriculture, so we were always looking up at the sky, checking if rain was in the forecast. That always set the tone for the mood in my household, whether we had rain coming in or not - we knew the crops would be good and it was going to be a good week around the Bryan household. Votes: 2

I am tone deaf. Votes: 0

Always the tone of surpise. Votes: 0

I can easily set my tone. Votes: 0

I'm literally tone-deaf with singing. It's unreal. Votes: 0

The highest tone is hard to hear. Votes: 0

I think tone gives birth to the story. Votes: 0

My voice sucks. I don't like the tone. Votes: 0

Don't look at me in that tone of voice. Votes: 0

Why do early risers always take that self-righteous tone? Votes: 0

The higher the moral tone, the more suspect the speaker. Votes: 0

I knew he would never play for Wales ... he's tone deaf. Votes: 0

With the black and white films, one was concerned with tone. Votes: 0

Music does not replace words, it gives tone to the words Votes: 0

A fluent trumpeter with a bright tone and a forward-looking style... Votes: 0

A vivid color blocked tunic dress sets the perfect tone for Spring. Votes: 0

Birds and beasts have in fact our own nature, flattened a semi-tone. Votes: 0

Authority is the unmistakeable tone in the voice of a true writer. Votes: 0

I want to paint a canvasthat will be nothing but harmonious tone. Votes: 0

The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males. Votes: 0

The whole tone now of TV is under 35 and directed toward males, Votes: 0

1974 meant big cuffs, bell-bottoms, platform shoes with two-tone colors, and body-conscious shirts. Votes: 0

I mean, Dad's - you know, Dad's friendliest tone was a scream. Votes: 0

The tone is in your fingers, not in your amp or effects. Votes: 0

Why tone down my aggressiveness? When I do, I get in trouble. Votes: 0

the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse Votes: 0

I like a lot of glasses about -- it highers the tone. Votes: 0

When Jackson used that particular tone of voice, men died, pure and simple. Votes: 0

Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have. Votes: 0

All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone. Votes: 0

The attitude of the director is really important, in terms of setting tone. Votes: 0

Hark," he said, his tone very dry. "What stone through yonder window breaks? Votes: 0

My songs were always about the tone of voice rather than the words. Votes: 0

Animal Man' and 'Swamp Thing' have so many commonalities in tone and mood. Votes: 0

It is not an easy thing to do [found the tone right away]. Votes: 0

'Animal Man' and 'Swamp Thing' have so many commonalities in tone and mood. Votes: 0

Left alone with the dial tone...excuse me, operator, why is no one listening? Votes: 0

On an instrument you start from one tone. In painting you start from several. Votes: 0

As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision. Votes: 0

Susceptible persons are more affected by a change of tone that by unexpected words. Votes: 0

Any asshole can write a tone-row. It takes a composer to write a tune. Votes: 0

Ninety percent of the friction of daily life is caused by tone of voice. Votes: 0

Love is that common tone shall raise his fiery head and sound his note. Votes: 0

All it is, is a tone. So I'm gonna come back as a note! Votes: 0

If it hadn't been for Grandma, we'd have had no ethnic tone at all. Votes: 0

I think I sense a tone of honesty, if honesty exists in this world. Votes: 0

I'm a hopeless tone chaser!I love it and get into the whole thing. Votes: 0

I think it’s important for me to play well and set the tone. Votes: 0

Life is the expression of tone. In that sentence is the basic principle of Chiropractic. Votes: 0

At certain moments, words are nothing; it is the tone in which they are uttered. Votes: 0

The Following and Hannibal are really well made, but the tone is very consistently dark. Votes: 0

As for difficulties," replied Ferguson, in a serious tone, "they were made to be overcome. Votes: 0

Only my loyal Steinway piano endures. Be it beaten or caressed, its gorgeous tone remains. Votes: 0

Our limbic system sets the mind's emotional tone and stores our highly charged emotional memories. Votes: 0

You set the tone on the set that you want to see in the film. Votes: 0

It is easy to keep secrets by being honest in an ironic tone of voice. Votes: 0

Please reduce the expectation in your tone when asking me how my day is going. Votes: 0

In the end, when you're writing a really good song, it strikes the right tone. Votes: 0

Steinway is the finest piano ever made. Its tone is magnificent and its well-balanced action superb. Votes: 0

The thing that binds us together is the commonality of our dreams, not our skin tone. Votes: 0

There exists in the minds of men a tone of feeling toward women as toward slaves. Votes: 0

Every tone was a testimony against slavery, and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains. Votes: 0

I believe really deeply in the pilot process because you learn things about tone and casting. Votes: 0

We don't have time for tone. We have to go out and get the job done. Votes: 0

Only the tone-deaf doubt the power of music, though some feel it more strongly than others. Votes: 0

I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me. Votes: 0

It is easier to tone down a wild idea than to think up a new one. Votes: 0

I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone. Votes: 0

In Tim's films, more than most, if you miss the tone, you don't get the film. Votes: 0

No, Mom. I said fine." "It's just your tone." Ah, yes- the tone. The nasty traitor. Votes: 0

We shouldn't be chasing other movies, but stay true to the tone of Man of Steel. Votes: 0

Politicians wishing to set a better tone should have the discipline to avoid televised cage matches. Votes: 0

What's hard in movies is to have a consistent tone throughout a movie. Whatever that is. Votes: 0

Pleasantville' seems tonally ambitious, but it can handle a wide breadth of tone because it's so fanciful. Votes: 0

You can take your Law," she said in a measured tone, "and shove it right up your- Votes: 0

He goes for stark versus accessorized, dark over bright, jewel tone instead of pastel, carnal over flirty. Votes: 0

The actors are the greatest executors of tone in a film. They're the most important cinematic component. Votes: 0

The idiot who praises, with enthusiastic tone, All centuries but this, and every country but his own. Votes: 0

The emotional tone or affect of the tale should be hot and engaged, not remote and dispassionate. Votes: 0

There is a magic thing called 'tone' in a film, that the director must master and maintain. Votes: 0

In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone. Votes: 0

Since...since when?" I finally managed to ask. "Since...forever." His tone implied the answer was obvious. Votes: 0

Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilirate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Votes: 0

I don't want my body to look like a man's. I just want to tone my body. Votes: 0

I like to wear a lot of one-tone color outfits - same color trousers, same color shirt. Votes: 0

I think with romantic comedies it's a lot about tone, because different romantic comedies have different tones. Votes: 0

Retirement accords with the tone of my mind; I will not descend to a world I despise. Votes: 0

I don't intend for this to take on a political tone. I'm just here for the drugs. Votes: 0

From black and white to a sepia tone, some dreams come with a tint or in monochrome Votes: 0

Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words. Votes: 0

The whole tone of Church teaching in regard to women is, to the last degree, contemptuous and degrading. Votes: 0

Actually, I think the average voice is like 70 percent tone and 30 percent noise. My voice is 95 percent noise. Votes: 0

I don't like your tone," was Violet's standard answer when one of her children was winning an argument. Votes: 0

He's stubborn," Tux warned in a singsong tone. "Stay out of this," Mark spat. "And touchy," Tux added. Votes: 0

Growing up in an Italian family, you use a harsh tone and 10 minutes later everybody forgets about it. Votes: 0

Christophe, with the careful tone of an adult telling a kid not to pet the nice foaming-rabid pooch. Votes: 0

The eternal and uneasy relationship between ballet and modern dance endures, but radically altered in tone and intensity. Votes: 0

I think striking the right tone for your story is, if you like, the alchemical work of writing. Votes: 0

In OK Computer, the guitar was already moving towards a tone generator as well as a riff generator. Votes: 0

You get to play with shadow, mood, and tone. And this [Batman All-Stars] is such a moody story. Votes: 0

The tone is so important to a film, and that tone can really make something fall or succeed. Votes: 0

Is your skin this tone all over?" "Only one way you're going to discover the answer to that. Votes: 0

It's like spicy food - sometimes you have to tone it down so more people can enjoy it. Votes: 0

in darkness and in hedges I sang my sour tone and all my love was howling conspicuously alone. Votes: 0

Our spouse will usually interpret our message based on our tone of voice, not the words we use. Votes: 0

Her wish to die was as pervasive as a dial tone: you lift the receiver, it's always there. Votes: 0

Are we allowed to sing? I imagine that at times, it might improve the tone of the debate. Votes: 0

To me, one of the main things that a director does is create the tone of his movie. Votes: 0

You might be a redneck if your vehicle has a two-tone paint job - primer red and primer gray. Votes: 0

Children do not experience our intentions, no matter how heartfelt. They experience what we manifest in tone and behavior. Votes: 0

Your best player has to set a tone of intolerance for anything that gets in the way of winning Votes: 0

I have long admired Steinway pianos for their qualities of tone, clarity, pitch consistency, touch responsiveness, and superior craftsmanship. Votes: 0

Take caution in your tone, commander. I'm a fair man, but this -- heat is making me absolutely crazy. Votes: 0

It all begins with the initial tone coming from the cabinet, but EQ at the board is very important. Votes: 0

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong. Votes: 0

There would be no rock and roll or rhythm and blues without Leo Fenders' contribution ... the tone is everything Votes: 0

My criticisms are extremely mild in comparison to the tone of some of the questions fired in my direction. Votes: 0

People think that because of my nature and the tone of my voice that I'm stupid, and that's hard. Votes: 0

The words 'Space Age' have a quaint, nostalgic tone - sitting on midcentury modern furniture watching 'The Jetsons.' Votes: 0

Each human personality is like a piece of music, having an individual tone and a rhythm of its own. Votes: 0

I admire Tebaldi's tone; it's beautiful - also some beautiful phrasing. Sometimes, I actually wish I had her voice. Votes: 0

If you remove tone from music, you have something, but what? I find it difficult to call it music. Votes: 0

Children do not experience our intentions, no matter how heartfelt. They experience what we manifest in tone and behavior." Votes: 0

Define what your brand stands for, its core values and tone of voice, and then communicate consistently in those terms. Votes: 0

An organization which claims to speak for the needs of a community must speak in the tone of that community. Votes: 0

To me, 'Scream' is a masterpiece on every level - the performances, the humor, the tone - it's just flawless. Votes: 0

If you find a TV series that you like, you like the tone of the TV series or the movie. Votes: 0

I need to tone up, as I eat a lot of fast food. I love Maccy D's, Subway and Domino's. Votes: 0

A master of tone and texture and an authority on the bizarre, Karen Russell writes with great flair and fearlessness. Votes: 0

Ultimately, I don't think you can teach a tone-deaf person how to sing. Some talents you're just born with, unfortunately. Votes: 0

With a tone so rich, I would never be afraid of the dark. Steinway is the only and the best! Votes: 0

As the lead of a movie, you really set the tone off-camera as well, and that's a really big responsibility. Votes: 0

I hate the color red almost as much as i hate blond hair,"he said with an amused tone. -Dank Votes: 0

I forgive 'Face in the Crowd' its uneven tone because it's precisely what makes it feel unlike other Kazan movies. Votes: 0

I love The Killing, I love Homeland and Mad Men, all those shows that lean into the tone of things. Votes: 0

Funny enough, every role that I have had, I try to tone down my accent or speak with better diction. Votes: 0

What Was She Thinking? Notes on a Scandal' was thrilling in its light, deceptive tone, its subtle but irresistible momentum. Votes: 0

I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop and I think that such a film is now urgently needed. Votes: 0

When a child is born into this world it has no concept of the tone the skin is living in. Votes: 0

If you want to see changes in the spiritual tone of your home and marriage, start with your own life. Votes: 0

Because one has little fear of shocking vanity in Italy, people adopt an intimate tone very quickly and discuss personal things. Votes: 0

Know that the immediate staff and others in the Administration will assume that your manner, tone and tempo reflect the President's. Votes: 0

To the body and mind which have been cramped by noxious work or company, nature is medicinal and restores their tone. Votes: 0

In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahmss four symphonies and Richard Strausss tone poems. Votes: 0

In truth, I became a conductor because deep down I wanted to conduct Brahms's four symphonies and Richard Strauss's tone poems. Votes: 0

Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations." Votes: 0

I think by not participating in the current political debate, hopefully I'm sending a signal that will help set a tone. Votes: 0

The secret of friendship is expressing kindness with your eyes and through the tone of your voice, not only with words. Votes: 0

People told her she hadn't changed much, in a tone which hinted they were surprised and a little disappointed she hadn't. Votes: 0

For film and TV, try to have a more conversational tone. For stage, you'll need better diction and bigger vocal production. Votes: 0

Never take your eyes off them," Horace said to Gilan, in an admonishing tone. "Didn't MacNeil ever tell you that? Votes: 0

Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations. Votes: 0

And the greeter is what sets the tone for this company and I've been on TV a little bit this morning. Votes: 0

The tone of every book is slightly different; there's a music that each has that is distinct from all the others. Votes: 0

I guess the tone of jokes is often, at best, irreverent, but it always comes from a place of deep love. Votes: 0

You had to make sure that the tone of your dress was not the same tone as the curtains, for instance. Votes: 0

The truth of the matter is the tone is toxic here in Washington, and we have been exporting it around the country. Votes: 0

I've mainly been sampling jazz because the tone of the chords are expressive in itself, so it's quite nice to write over. Votes: 0

Leaders set the tone for their peers. Peers look up to them and say, 'They're doing it, so I'm doing it.' Votes: 0

I think that people are tired. They're tired of the same old kind of politics. People want a new tone to politics. Votes: 0

God does not play games with His loyal servants", said the Metatron, but in a worried tone of voice. "Whoopee", said Crowley. Votes: 0

The more veiled becomes the outside world, steadily losing in colour, tone and passions, the more urgently the inner world calls us Votes: 0

Consequently, the tone, particularly that of the Viennese anti-Semitic press, seemed to me unworthy of the cultural tradition of a great nation. Votes: 0

Now I really feel the landscape, I can be bold and include every tone of blue and pink: it's enchanting, it's delicious. Votes: 0

By using patches of color and tone it is possible to capture every natural impression in the simplest way, freshly and immediately. Votes: 0

I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, 'Maybe I can find something different... maybe salvation, liberation, is possible. Votes: 0

Singing in Hindi is nice but restrictive. Regional languages are more rhythmic, have a different tone and sound, making it more interesting. Votes: 0

When it comes to soul, Dennis Marcellino redefines the term. His remarkable tone and feel are full of passion and soulful expression. Votes: 0

We often contradict an opinion for no other reason than that we do not like the tone in which it is expressed. Votes: 0

Rents once sais, thirs nothin like a darker skin tone tae increase the vigilance ay the police n the magistrates: too right. Votes: 0

It's no coincidence that 'Night at the Museum' completely blew the lid off my career. I finally got a handle on tone. Votes: 0

There was a change in tone in terms of the [Donald] Trump who showed up in Mexico City for this press conference. Votes: 0

I ate civilization. It poisoned me; I was defiled. And then," he added in a lower tone, "I ate my own wickedness. Votes: 0

When you're shooting 20-odd episodes in a season, the last thing you want is for each script to be the same tone. Votes: 0

There was a place in childhood that I remember well, And there a voice of sweetest tone bright fairy tales did tell. Votes: 0

Very well," said the Voice, in a tone of relief. "Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently. Votes: 0

A determined man, by his very attitude and the tone of his voice, puts a stop to defeat, and begins to conquer. Votes: 0

Jinx, I know you just lost your grandfather, but you straighten out your tone right now or I will smack you one! Votes: 0

Sing again, with your dear voice revealing. A tone Of some world far from ours, where music and moonlight and feeling are one. Votes: 0

I go to various boot camps 4-5 times a week, and I try to get some Pilates in there to thin and tone." Votes: 0

You have to set the tone and the pace, define objectives and strategies, and demonstrate through personal example what you expect from others. Votes: 0

I have no ability to develop muscle tone. I could do situps all day and still look like a condom full of walnuts. Votes: 0

[Michael Flynn is not] the kind of person who is going to be more buttoned-up kind of military figure and that partisan tone. Votes: 0

Circuit training is a great way to go. Keeping the reps high and the weight low, you'll tone your muscles without bulking up. Votes: 0

Ouch,” Jace said in her ear, his tone indignant. “You elbowed me.” “Well, you landed on me. Votes: 0

I am not alone in bearing grudges against reviewers who have doomed a book's chances because they've missed the point, the tone, everything.... Votes: 0

But I was not in the band, because I suffer from the kind of tone deafness that is generally associated with actual deafness Votes: 0

She was trying to sound tough and impatient, but she knew that vulnerable desire to be wooed was still brimming in her tone. Votes: 0

I never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals itself Votes: 0

When you host a show you have to hopefully be funny at the top and set the tone for a really fun evening. Votes: 0

I used to be really influenced by Brian Bendis, back in his indie days. But I guess I try to tone that down. Votes: 0

I cleanse, tone and moisturize twice a day. I exfoliate once a week and carry makeup wipes in the car for freshening up. Votes: 0

You have to know the story that you're telling, and you have to know the tone in which the story is being told. Votes: 0

I think in reading a few sentences of text you can just tell the tone, and that's something I love in prose writers. Votes: 0

I've said I want the meanest, toughest SOB I can find to protect America. And so that's why Trump's tone doesn't bother me. Votes: 0

I shrug. "I'll probably mention that I'm in love with you." He chuckles. "Only you would say that in such a I-think-I'll-wash-my-hair-tonight tone. Votes: 0

I go to various boot camps 4-5 times a week, and I try to get some Pilates in there to thin and tone. Votes: 0

Certainly in the second film [Maigret's Dead Man], which is quite a more unpleasant and darker story, it's quite different in tone and feel. Votes: 0

In 'Futurama,' the skin color is no longer yellow. They have actually evolved to cartoon skin tone. But they still have four fingers. Votes: 0

Yeah, but going by that cold tone of voice, she had to wonder whether the best-laid plans of mice and vampires, blah, blah, blah... Votes: 0

If people wake up and go, "Oh, where's the coffee," or "Oh, another day," that does not set a good tone for the day. Votes: 0

No matter how wild reality was obviously often being, it was an absolutely secure place, as a tone and intelligence, and a thing happening. Votes: 0

I have been like a mediocre concert pianist playing in front of a tone-deaf family, who applaud out of duty rather than for accomplishment. Votes: 0

Everybody else, they're wonderful, but [Robert] Duvall sets the tone for all of cinema acting. So just to be in his space was amazing. Votes: 0

Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos. Votes: 0

If you look at me in 'Ride Along,' even though I'm playing two different characters, my demeanor and my tone were not aggressive. Votes: 0

One of the most ephemeral and important things is atmosphere and tone and it's very hard to put your finger on what creates that. Votes: 0

Unlike the majority of the writers of his age, La Rochefoucauld was an aristocrat; and this fact gives a peculiar tone to his work. Votes: 0

We've had a tone-deaf White House that does not want to be reasonable. President Obama won't meet with the Republicans. It's all his way. Votes: 0

I want the music to be ambiguous. Its tone gives you a context in which to start visualizing what you're feeling with the music. Votes: 0

I don't really know what inspires me to write the music I do, but usually, the music will set the tone for the lyrics. Votes: 0

Pray tell,she said, although her voice told him not to.He ignored her tone, let out a thoughtful cloud of smoke, and said, Votes: 0

Shave that jaw, brush that hair, tone down the crazy in the eyes, and he would have to fight women off with that crossbow. Votes: 0

Everyone gets their rough day. No one gets a free ride. Today so far, I had a good day. I got a dial tone. Votes: 0

The trick is to smoke a cigarette to calm your nerves and then take a big swig of strong liquor to tone your muscles. Votes: 0

Fresh and clarifying, cool and refreshing, Lucite Green has a minty glow. Light in weight and also in tone, Lucite Green seems almost transparent. Votes: 0

I am trying to get my paintings a bit lighter in tone, as some of my recent oils have been mistaken for night scenes. Votes: 0

We have hardly an adequate idea how all-powerful law is in forming public opinion, in giving tone and character to the mass of society. Votes: 0

Oddly enough, white is a dead tone in a small room. Choosing something with a more medium tone will make the space feel larger. Votes: 0

You're a peach full of poison, you know that?" Mosca snapped back, but could not quite keep a hint of admiration from her tone. Votes: 0

The Enemy, who wears her mother's usual face and confidential tone, has access; doubtless stares into her writing case and listens on the phone. Votes: 0

You got guts taking that tone with me. (Nykyrian) What you gonna do, oh great wounded one? I'm the one with the injector. (Syn) Votes: 0

I love thee as I love the tone Of some soft-breathing flute Whose soul is wak'd for me alone, When all beside is mute. Votes: 0

Do you know what happened to the last person who took that tone with me? (Xypher) Let me guess"Disembowelment. Probably painful. Definitely slow. (Simone) Votes: 0

Those who refuse the long drudgery of thought, and think with the heart rather than the head, are ever the most fiercely dogmatic in tone. Votes: 0

Fact is stranger than fiction. You see people walking down the street that would never be allowed on television. You have to tone it down. Votes: 0

This was my attempt to deter cold callers: "There's no past, there's no future, just one pulsating present... Please leave your message after the tone." Votes: 0

Strive for excellence, rather than perfection, and the audience may so enjoy your beautiful, expressive tone that they will readily forgive a few stray notes. Votes: 0

Tech Jacket shares the same tone as Invincible, but the subject matter is very different. Where Invincible is about perfection, Tech Jacket is about flaws. Votes: 0

A balanced tone on Europe will free us to address in depth the domestic economic and social agenda which we neglected throughout the last Parliament. Votes: 0

The Blushing Pansy," his cousin read aloud, in a tone of abject horror. "Tea shop and confectionery." Bram swore. This was going to be ugly. Votes: 0

I love the ukulele. It's got a beautiful, melodic tone to it. There's something innocent and romantic, and it's just a grand instrument to play. Votes: 0

I've always intended to eventually make films. I've always been very aware of tone and shots. But documentaries are a great proving ground for me. Votes: 0

The written tone and the spoken tone change and the reporters' disbelief in the veracity of the government spreads to the readers and the viewers. Votes: 0

Eloquence resides as much in the tone of voice, in the eyes, and in the expression of the face, as in the choice of words. Votes: 0

And fathers are a blessing, too, they give the place a tone; In fact each child should try and have some parents of its own. Votes: 0

Sometimes I think we're exposed to things we shouldn't be exposed to too early. I think that sets the tone to a person's whole life. Votes: 0

Not one woman over seventeen has any faith in her skin tone, and no woman over thirty can ever regard her upper arms with equanimity. Votes: 0

I am hoping that, with the added wisdom of old age, I can still look ahead for an improvement in tone, line, colour and composition. Votes: 0

I'm not a lawmaker, but I was thinking that if you have a really loud ring tone, maybe you should be stabbed in the ear? Votes: 0

I usually start writing stories from tone and not from content - kind of like people who create music and invent the lyrics later on. Votes: 0

I let the music set the tone of the lyrics.I allowed myself to write more about relationships and emotions, in a girly way almost. Votes: 0

I feel as if I've been fairly successful with maintaining a cohesive tone between the work I make as a photographer and as a director. Votes: 0

Go on," he said in a low tone that was a dare. "Keep on poking the hungry wolf, see how naked it gets you. Votes: 0

I have a suggestion," said Valentine to Luke, in a surprisingly even tone. "Let me guess," said Luke. "It's 'Don't kill me,' isn't it? Votes: 0

I wanted to be a lead singer in a band. I can't sing. I'm almost tone deaf. I still play. Next life, rock'n'roll for sure. Votes: 0

With all tools at my disposal, I'm 100% into chasing tone and checking out new equipment and "geeking" out during sound check by taking too much time. Votes: 0

I feel like as you get older, the roles you get change, and you don't always want to do the same tone over and over again. Votes: 0

If you shoot, I will kill her before I die." Yes," Kitai said in a patient tone. "Which is why I have not shot you. Yet. Votes: 0

Because I'm a walker, natural history is my subject; I've always been obsessed with landscape, and I have an elegiac tone in most of my books. Votes: 0

You have to find your tone and work within that to make it as real so the audience can really engage in the story you're telling. Votes: 0

There's always a tone that you have to hit right in horror. With the blood, you want to make sure that it makes sense all along. Votes: 0

If you're gonna let the character be the story, you better set a tone that allows the actors to do the best work they can do. Votes: 0

Self-confidence is apt to address itself to an imaginary dullness in others; as people who are well off speak in a cajoling tone to the poor. Votes: 0

I think you inherit most of your talent from your parents, although sometimes a fabulously talented singer grows out of the union of two tone-deaf people Votes: 0

There is a tone of morality throughout the rural districts of England, which is unhappily wanting in the large towns and the centres of particular manufactures Votes: 0

Style is besides the point. Nobody would pay attention if one always said the same thing, in the same words and the same tone of voice. Votes: 0

Trump is a little tone-deaf to the average American. He unveiled his slogan this week: 'Are you better off than you were four wives ago?' Votes: 0

If you want to "tone and build," it is time to pick up some iron - that's the way we can get a muscle to grow. Votes: 0

Education for immediate effective consumption is more popular than ever, and nobody wants to think of the long term, or the intellectual tone of the nation. Votes: 0

Etching will suggest subtle variations of tone, the most delicate shadings, all with black lines, which, as far as lines go, are unsurpassed for sheer beauty. Votes: 0

Drawing is the cornerstone of the graphic, plastic arts. Drawing is the coordination of line, tone, and color symbols into formations that express the artist's thought. Votes: 0

Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream. Votes: 0

Knowledge is first and wisdom is the manifestation of knowledge. To understand this tone and pattern of thinking in the numerical way automatically resonated with me. Votes: 0

Humans didn't really fight over skin tone or ideology; those were just handy cues for kin-selection purposes. Ultimately it always came down to bloodlines and limited resources. Votes: 0

Shut out from the world with its blare and glare, life in an institution moves softly. The ears become attuned to gentle notes and a subdued tone. Votes: 0

It is not the how of painting but the why. To imitate a style would be a little like teaching a tone of voice or a personality. Votes: 0

Don't play that game with me, Acheron. Tell me what I need to know! (Xypher) Nice tone. We should rent you out to record Halloween albums. (Acheron) Votes: 0

I work really hard not to have a kitsch tone to any of my work, particularly radio stuff, which sometimes goes in that direction on certain programs. Votes: 0

"Take some more tea," the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. "I've had nothing yet," Alice replied in an offended tone, "so I can't take more." Votes: 0

You!' Skeet bellowed.When uttered with just the right tone, this is the universal name for any boy. Accordingly, all heads snapped towards the angry master. Votes: 0

Japanese affection is not uttered in words; it scarcely appears even in the tone of voice; it is chiefly shown in acts of exquisite courtesy and kindness. Votes: 0

I'm a real believer in dressing tone-on-tone. I'm not saying you need to dress black. Dress just one color so the colors are not breaking your silhouette. Votes: 0

It is important not to copy other people's careers but set the tone of who you want to be. My father's always encouraged me to do that. Votes: 0

I'm always surprised to hear or read my work described, "In angry tones, she says." No! In truthful tones! Does truth have a tone? I don't know. Votes: 0

He looks like a man.' 'How descriptive,' Susan said in a droll tone. 'Remind me never to advise you to seek work as a novelist. Votes: 0

The Kerry campaign was a difficult one to be involved with, it is a real juggling act to set the tone and pace of these things accurately. Votes: 0

A boy of to-day is affected by every change of tone and gust of opinion, so that he lies even when he desires to speak the truth. Votes: 0

I start with the music before I start writing the movie. It's such an important part for me, emotionally, to set up the tone for the movie. Votes: 0

I didn't know every day I would be discussing the tone of my voice with my wife. I thought it was a marriage. Apparently, it's a musical. Votes: 0

Lenny Breau played more great stuff at one time than anybody on the planet... with feeling and tone. He was the best that ever lived, bar none. Votes: 0

I would define myself as being naive and perverse at the same time. And I think that if that is consistent it will make the tone consistent. Votes: 0

How can the poem and the stink and the grating noise - the quality of light, the tone, the habit and the dream - be set down alive? Votes: 0

I guess gritty is the word that you said. But it has a different tone. We're not flying around in different universes - it's a bit more earthy. Votes: 0

I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot. Votes: 0

It is a myth that style can't be learnt. It's all about dressing for your body shape, following the rules and wearing colours that suit your skin tone. Votes: 0

A director on a film really sets the tone of how people go about things, so everybody is happy to be at work and everybody does their best. Votes: 0

The game Rock Band has been haunting me like a bad ring tone. It gets stuck in my head and momentarily effaces all that I love about music. Votes: 0

I can't listen to my own voice. I change my voicemail on my machine literally every week because I'm so obsessed with getting the right tone of voice. Votes: 0

When we talk in company we lose our unique tone of voice, and this leads us to make statements which in no way correspond to our real thoughts. Votes: 0

Truth may be stranger than fiction on a plot and narrative basis, but fiction can investigate tone in a way that things based on a true story can't. Votes: 0

Levi is one of the best authors I've ever read. It's hard not to have an immediate personal response to his work. He has such a quiet tone. Votes: 0

If you keep everything in the same palette of tone-on-tone neutrals, even a laid-back outfit of a slouchy sweater, jeans, and sneakers gives you a longer, leaner look. Votes: 0

His voice was languidly dense, as if he was a little slow on the uptake, but Strike knew that tone came from the man's feeling of complete control. Votes: 0

I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set the tone for your own career. Votes: 0

Some women," Dahariel said in that same hard tone devoid of any hint of humanity, "get under a man's skin until digging them out makes you bleed. Votes: 0

Audiences trust Westerns when you hit the right tone. I think they're not in vogue, but they will always be in vogue when you hit the right note. Votes: 0

I do have that personality where I like to have fun and enjoy life, so I have to make sure I tone myself down when I'm expressing myself. Votes: 0

Hugo," she said, in a certain hurt tone that I knew well and enjoyed provoking, "you can be most horribly rude when you choose. Why do you choose? Votes: 0

But I'm tone deaf - window-shattering tone deaf. I can't sing for the life of me. I can't sing or dance, so no remake of 'Grease' for me! Votes: 0

Don't choose anything that's two tones lighter than your natural lip tone, and make sure there's a little pink in the hue so it doesn't look too washed out. Votes: 0

The GH50L is a monster of an amp. It's refreshing to play an amplifier that is loaded with tone but without unnecessary bells and whistles. Raw and powerful. Votes: 0

Emotion is the atmosphere in which thought is steeped, that which lends to thought its tone or temperature, that to which thought is often indebted for half its power. Votes: 0

And he who has dwelt with his heart alone, Hears all the music in friendship's tone. So better and better I comprehend How sorrow ever would be our friend. Votes: 0

Throughout his career, W.G. Sebald wrote poems that were strikingly similar to his prose. His tone, in both genres, was always understated but possessed of a mournful grandeur. Votes: 0

Writing a novel is a lot like directing a movie because you are creating a world and a tone, you are creating a large canvas and all the details. Votes: 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.' Votes: 0

I hate what you represent."... "Power without conviction." Isana replied, her tone lifeless, matter of fact. "Ambition without conscience. Decent folk suffer at the hands of those like you. Votes: 0

I've always just shown up to set and said the lines, [but] I want to help develop scripts and help cast and help bring a visual tone to something. Votes: 0

There is something magical in seeing what you can do, what texture and tone and colour you can produce merely with a pen point and a bottle of ink. Votes: 0

A commercial society whose members are essentially ascetic and indifferent in social ritual has to be provided with blueprints and specifications for evoking the right tone for every occasion. Votes: 0

For that great Love speaks in the most wretched and dirty hearts; only the tone of its voice depends on the echoes of the place in which it sounds. Votes: 0

I don't know why I do what I do. I tend to go for the really weird, bizarre stuff. I actually have to tone it down for the show. Votes: 0

If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire. Votes: 0

How Horrid" has a slightly facetious tone that strikes me as Wildean. It appears to embrace the actual horror--puberty, public disgrace--then at the last second nimbly sidesteps it, laughing. Votes: 0

The tradition and style of the 'New York Times' make it very difficult to have objective coverage of China. If we could purchase it, its tone might turn around. Votes: 0

All the high-tone, big-time folks would say, 'Isn't it wonderful how these untrained, primitive musicians can pick up all the latest songs instantly without being able to read music? Votes: 0

Are you planning to kiss me?' Aedan asked.'No.' Emroy wrinkled a pimply nose.'Then why are you standing so close?' Aedan's tone was perfect innocence. Votes: 0

Too much sparkle can detract from the focal point of the painting, so I blend some areas to tone down the look of the pastels in less important areas. Votes: 0

Most armies are in fact run by their sergeants - the officers are there just to give things a bit of tone and prevent warfare becoming a mere lower-class brawl. Votes: 0

Albums aren't even selling anymore and there's a reason for that. Record companies are just signing single and ring tone deals and it doesn't seem like they're focusing on albums. Votes: 0

If you begin with the middle-tone and work up from it toward the darks so that you deal last with your highest lights and darkest darks, you avoid false accents. Votes: 0

This is form and content and diction and tone and imagination all looking up at the exact same moment: When Molly Tanzer claps once at the front of the classroom. Votes: 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. Votes: 0

Don't use your skin tone as a guide to choosing the color of your eye shadow. Rather, for everyday application, pick shades of shadow that bring out your eye color. Votes: 0

Words cannot express quite a lot of feelings, whereas a noise or tone or drone or sound, an accordion falling down a staircase, can somehow capture an emotion much better. Votes: 0

Whether you want it or not, your genes have a political past, your skin a political tone. your eyes a political color. ... you walk with political steps on political ground. Votes: 0

Tonight Illinois has set a tone for the nation, that we won't stand idle hoping that our economy improves. This is a brand new day for the Illinois Republican Party. Votes: 0

When you read a book, you create that tonal bandwidth. You set a tone for yourself, as you're reading it, in which everything exists within the world of your imagination. Votes: 0

Music is one of the closest link-ups with God that we can probably experience. I think it's a common vibrating tone of the musical notes that holds all life together. Votes: 0

Uh-huh. You know with that sinister tone you should look into working for the IRS. I'm sure they're desperate for people who can cow others with a single growl. (Susan) Votes: 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. Votes: 0

I don't mean to be rude"”" he began, in a tone that threatened rudeness in every syllable. "Yet, sadly, accidental rudeness occurs alarmingly often," Dumbledore finished the sentence gravely. Votes: 0

We learn to curb our will and keep our overt actions within the bounds of humanity, long before we can subdue our sentiments and imaginations to the same mild tone. Votes: 0

When you're the lead and on most of the call sheets, some people have expectations of you and whether you like it or not, you kind of set the tone. Votes: 0

I would say that the emotional content of the film [Swiss Army Man] took me by surprise, and sometimes I would probably want to capture the unique tone of it. Votes: 0

It's not rash, she said, a fiery tone to her words. I've waited two years for him to realize how I felt. He's just a little slow on the uptake. Votes: 0

The simile has to match the tone of its surroundings and has to be like a little joke. Writing a simile that isn't funny on some level is quite hard. Votes: 0

It's always exciting to explore adult roles when the vast majority of viewers that have seen me on TV know me from 'Glee,' from something of a different tone. Votes: 0

My tone and my style are reflected in the movies I choose to make. I want to make big movies. My dream is to be Jon Favreau or Ben Affleck. Votes: 0

Zarek? (Astrid) What?! (Zarek) Don't use that tone with me. I like to know where people are in my house. Be nice, or I'll make you wear a cowbell. (Astrid) Votes: 0

Sentences in which I have tried for a certain light tone -- many of those have to do with events, upheavals, destructions that caused me to weep like a child. Votes: 0

When Picasso paints as a cubist, putting one tone next to another, the arrangement of planes is fine and the results very storng. But those who imitate him achieve nothing worthwhile. Votes: 0

I can't live without a good scrub or concealer. Concealer could give you 8 hours sleep instantly. I also love lipstick, for everyday a berry tone that resembles the natural lip color. Votes: 0

Good God! Think of listening to Wagner for a whole fortnight with a woman who takes about as much interest in music as a tone-deaf newt - that would be fun! Votes: 0

I did a lot of work without thinking about it in a calm, rational way. Stopping and thinking about what I was doing made my music calmer and deeper in tone. Votes: 0

The Swedish folk music - I can't hear any connection between my music and fiddle tunes, but I guess since I grew up with that, kind of, Swedish tone or harmony. Votes: 0

I write because I like to write. I find joy in the texture and tone and rhythm of words. It is a satisfaction like that which follows good and shared love. Votes: 0

I like the MAC Face and Body foundation. Sometimes it can't cover all my flaws, but I like it because it looks really natural and it evens out my skin tone. Votes: 0

People ask me how I manage without a man in the same tone they might ask someone how they're doing with just one lung, but it's not like that at all. Votes: 0

Whatever may be the laws and customs of a country, women always give the tone to morals. Whether slaves or free, they reign, because their empire is that of the affections. Votes: 0

Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone. Votes: 0

We only really know what is new, what suddenly introduces to our sensibility a change of tone which strikes us, that for which habit has not yet substituted its pale fac-similes. Votes: 0

Many women like to wear nude eye shadow during the day, but it doesn't really do much for you. Instead, try one that's a few shades lighter than your skin tone. Votes: 0

Doctor Who is like any long-running series in that the cast tend to look to the star to set the general tone. Rehearsals and filming could be a lot of fun. Votes: 0

My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice. Votes: 0

I have an amazing team; I have amazing producers; I have amazing writers, but at the end of it, it's me making the decisions on the writing, the tone, the editing. Votes: 0

With every sentence she writes, Davis freshens the senses. Her novels achieve a tone that’s unlike anyone else’s, creating an atmosphere you don’t so much interpret as breathe. Votes: 0

The one thing that frustrates me more than anything else is that no studio has ever told me to tone down violence. They only ask you to make it more presentable. Votes: 0

Nothing you will object to," James replied in a soothing tone. I cannot think how he came to imagine that he would know what I might or might not object to. Votes: 0

To hear my mother say, 'Michael is dead,' to feel and hear the tone in her voice to say her child is dead, is nothing that anyone can ever imagine. Votes: 0

I want to make a series of movies that run together, so if any crazy lunatic wants to watch them all in a row, there will be a consistency of tone. Votes: 0

The one thing I like about 'Playboy' is they don't have the anorexic look. The women are voluptuous. So I didn't really want to diet. I just wanted to tone up. Votes: 0

If you want to play it safe, mix a lot of colors in the same tone and that is such an easy way to feel modern and feel a little confident. Votes: 0

I really deplore the tone of his campaign and the inflammatory rhetoric that he is using to divide people. I don`t know that Donald Trump has any boundaries at all. Votes: 0

I am for joining a free trade zone. The European Union is not such zone, but a zone of raging bureaucracy which stears every hectolitre of wine, and every tone of beef. Votes: 0

Boy, you better check that tone. (Wulf) Yeah, yeah, ya scare me. I'm even wetting my pants while in your terrifying, gut-wrenching presence. See me shiver and quiver? Ooo, ahhh, ooo. (Chris) Votes: 0

With the black and white films, one was concerned with tone... You had to make sure that the tone of your dress was not the same tone as the curtains, for instance. Votes: 0

I used to get made fun of for being either too provocative or too eccentric, so I started to tone it down. I didn't fit in, and I felt like a freak. Votes: 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. Votes: 0

The more excited and committed you are to your work, the more excited and committed will be the people around you. The leader always sets the tone for the department or organization. Votes: 0

Walking away from bad situations and negative people sets a healthier tone for the rest of your life. It also gives those who do not know any better the opportunity to self-correct. Votes: 0

Nothing exists without music, for the universe itself is said to have been framed by a kind of harmony of sounds, and the heaven itself revolves under the tone of that harmony. Votes: 0

When a country is at war or in economic depression, underdevelopment or tightened security, it sets an affective tone or mood, which seeps through into everyday life via all kinds of channels. Votes: 0

You can run," Dorian said in a neutral tone that did nothing to lessen the intensity of his expression, "but sooner or later, you run out of places to run to. Votes: 0

In a free country it is the duty of writers to pay no attention to duty. Only under a dictatorship is literature expected to exhibit an harmonious design or an inspirational tone. Votes: 0

March out of the common line; make bold steps ahead and dance to the tune of a sweeter, better and nicer tone of your own music. March out of the tiny box! Votes: 0

A parallel between color and music can only be relative – just as a violin can give warm shades of tone, so yellow has shades, which can be expressed by various instruments. Votes: 0

I've always thought, it's the artist that write the songs and make the records. And it's our responsibility to set the tone for what's happening in the industry. And I take that seriously. Votes: 0

I think certain people would be moved to be nostalgic about America's glory days, when the music set the tone for the cultural conversation and popular musicians had this absurd level of authority. Votes: 0

The intellectual attainments of a man who thinks for himself resemble a fine painting, where the light and shade are correct, the tone sustained, the colour perfectly hamonized; it is true to life. Votes: 0

I'm not against working out. It's just not effective for weight loss. I like strength training to tone and firm the body so you look tight. But working out just makes you hungrier. Votes: 0

Ballet Beautiful is really good for me, and it doesn't hurt my back, and it's a way for me to kind of get my heart moving and tone every part of my body. Votes: 0

The local-tone is the intrinsic value of a thing - excluding any effects of light. The local-tone of a common pearl is very nearly white; that of a lump of coal, nearly black. Votes: 0

I think it's a shame that we have 'Bild' like you have the 'Sun'. Now serious newspapers like 'FAZ' and 'Spiegel' use a bit of the tone of 'Bild.' This is terrible. Votes: 0

Playing a flute is like writing a book. You're telling what's in your heart...It's easier to play if it's right from your heart. You get the tone, and the fingers will follow. Votes: 0

English is much drier. You can get away with a lot less. Pathos, lyricism, these are things you have to tone down if you want the English version of the book to work. Votes: 0

I think the Chainsaw remake is very good and captures the spirit of the original film. It's true to the tone of the original, to the point that it's almost a companion piece. Votes: 0

King of California' was just, I thought, a really great, fresh, original kind of script. I loved the tone, the mix of tragedy, comedy, and drama, and that it was a good part. Votes: 0

I think the Chainsaw remake is very good and captures the spirit of the original film. It's true to the tone of the original, to the point that it's almost a companion piece Votes: 0

If I did not wear torn pants, orthopedic shoes, frantic disheveled hair, that is to say, if I did not tone down my beauty, people would go mad. Married men would run amuck. Votes: 0

...it is not the big events that hurt the most but rather the smallest questionable shift in tone at the end of a spoken word that can plow most deeply into the heart. Votes: 0

The Bible says that God uses the foolish things and the base things of the world to accomplish His work. He apparently uses the tone deaf of the world to do something too. Votes: 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. Votes: 0

If you have used colour throughout most of your artistic life, try just black and white... it will take your painting to another dimension where tone and form in all its permutations reign supreme. Votes: 0

I shared guitars before I actually got one of my own and played a guy's Silver tone and played another guys Danelectro 12 string and it was at about age 17 that I actually started playing. Votes: 0

But we're a university! We have to have a library!" said Ridcully. "It adds tone. What sort of people would we be if we didn't go into the library?""Students," said Senior Wrangler morosely. Votes: 0

I would play a long tone on my accordion, or I'd sing one, and I would note how it felt - what it did with my mental space. These were meditations that I did. Votes: 0

Push-ups are seriously the best way to tone your arms - and they tone your abs at the same time! I like to do them when I'm home watching TV or listening to music. Votes: 0

My kitchen's pink, like skin-tone pink, and I lowered my spice rack so it's eye level - it's true! - and my phone, so I can reach it when I fall, it's right there. Votes: 0

The title always comes last. What I really work hard on is the beginning. Where do you begin? In what tone do you begin? I almost have to have a scene in my mind. Votes: 0

Though a lifetime of listening to the music of the world has passed, even now the tone of the rain on the roof of my home is the sweetest sound I have ever heard. Votes: 0

I did side planks for my obliques, which are one of my trouble areas. And traditional planks tone your back so you don't have that little bit of fat hanging over your bra. Ugh! Votes: 0

There are movie sites that love movies and there are movie sites that are just bitter people that just hate movies. I find Movieline to be in the latter. The tone is bizarrely hateful. Votes: 0

I created a tone for network television that they hadn't really been seen before. And I have to admit that was really more of an accident. I was just writing the way I write. Votes: 0

I tend to employ braided narrative threads in the lyric, so often echoes (of phrases or images) will occur and will hit my ear so I can shape different resonances and shifts in tone. Votes: 0

The spirit and tone of your home will have great influence on your children. If it is what it ought to be, it will fasten conviction on their minds, however wicked they may become. Votes: 0

I am a single note, a tone that peals in the wind. I am in the magic of the moment and then he returns, flowing toward me around the thick immense bark of the Sequoia. Votes: 0

A lot of times the character's experience is not in accordance with the tone of the movie and it's not really my job to account for the tone of the movie. That's the director's job. Votes: 0

I do feel like there's a spirit and a tone you can set that lets people know that they're appreciated for being there. It's a sense of spirit that I think every film should have. Votes: 0

We are God's gift to each other. Like a master composer, He brings all the instruments together, each with a different tone, each playing a different part, and He makes it turn out so beautifully. Votes: 0

Father expected a good deal of God. He didn't actually accuse God of inefficiency, but when he prayed his tone was loud and angry, like that of a dissatisfied guest in a carelessly managed hotel. Votes: 0

Why do comparisons of words and tone poems (poetry and music) never take into consideration that the word is a mere signifier, but that the sound, aside from being a signifier, is also an object? Votes: 0

Will!" Charlotte threw up her hands. "Why didn't you say so?" "You know, the books on demon pox are in the library," Will said with an injured tone. "I wasn't preventing anyone from reading them Votes: 0

In general, even if I'm dealing with a historical subject, I begin with invention rather than investigation, because I need to understand what is going to be the voice or the tone of the story. Votes: 0

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process. Votes: 0

It is a very classic Western [Valley of Violence], and if you like Westerns, you'll like this movie, but there's a tone to it that's all its own that I think is unique and memorable. Votes: 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. Votes: 0

But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it. Votes: 0

I always wanted to find my voice and claim my tone, but I was doing it through the steps of being a TV writer. I had the executive producer title. I was running the room. Votes: 0

When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it down. It's in real life that people are over the top. Votes: 0

The most important thing for me is the tone, the feeling, the pace. But why I'm doing this is not very clear to me. It's much more of an instinctual thing than an analytical process. Votes: 0

I have nice muscle tone in my arms. I can't really take credit for it, though - all the members of my family do. A lot of arm wrestling happened in our family growing up! Votes: 0

I was actually tone deaf until I had tumors in my ears - I had very small ear canals - removed. Once they fixed that, I was actually able to sing in a pleasant manner. Votes: 0

Finally, Carol said in a tone of hopelessness, "Darling, can I ask you to forgive me?" The tone hurt Therese more than the question. "I love you, Carol." "But do you see what it means? Votes: 0

Then stay with me a little longer,' Madame Olenska said in a low tone, just touching his knee with her plumed fan. It was the lightest touch, but it thrilled him like a caress. Votes: 0