307 Tone Quotes for You to Enjoy

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

Has-Been Voice Merely Idea Unsympathetic Accept Because Been Often Refuse Which Us Expressed Tone

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. Josephine Baker

Love Day Religion Soul Speak Will Men Free Seen Understanding Nothing Skin Birth Way Brotherhood Born More Color Throw Weight Come Surely Dice Than Places Breeds Means Uniquely Tone

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. Danielle Steel

You need to set a tone at the top that inspires trust - and encourages open and honest 2-way communication. So you hear the brutal facts, and you listen to the good news and the bad news - so that, in the spirit of continuous improvement, you can make changes. Denise Morrison

Good News You Trust Communication Good News Changes Top Bad Spirit Bad News Brutal Inspires Facts Open Make Hear Continuous Encourages Improvement Listen Tone Need Honest Set

When I read the statements of Christ, there seems to be this urgency and intensity. I guess that's what I get out of it when I read the tone of the Scriptures, which is very different from the tone of our culture. Francis Chan

Culture Christ Guess Our Statements Out Seems Read Very Get Intensity Different Which Scriptures Urgency Tone

I can't tone it down. I'm being me and being myself. Adam Rippon

Myself Me Being Myself Down Being Tone

A role needs a certain tone, so your own tone also changes. It's not like I lock myself up in a room to get into the zone. It is based on what I am feeling, because the minute you try too much, weird things happen. Of course, for an intense role you need some silence, and you need to do a lot of thinking. Alia Bhatt

Myself Needs Silence You Try Too Much Feeling Own Thinking Too Changes Lock Minute Some Weird Weird Things Like Also Course Because Am Lot Up Role Get Intense Happen Room Much Certain Your Based Things Things Happen Tone Zone Need

At the surface, many people's goals are to lose weight, tone up, feel better, etc. But superficial goals get superficial results that usually fade. Dig a little deeper, and the 'why' is usually unveiled: to be more confident, to be more happy, to feel sexy again. Brett Hoebel

Happy People Better Goals Lose Dig Sexy Superficial More Results Weight Fade Feel Unveiled Surface Up Get Confident Again Etc Little Many Why Deeper Tone

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. E. O. Wilson

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. Eric Clapton

I can't tone it down. I'm being me, and I'm being myself, and I'd be doing myself an injustice, and I'd be doing an injustice to those kids who don't feel like they're comfortable to be themselves. Adam Rippon

Myself Me Injustice Being Myself Down Those Kids Feel Like Comfortable Doing Being Themselves Who Tone

It's important to set a tone and get some momentum. Ben Zobrist

Important Some Get Momentum Tone Set

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. David Sanborn

You Degree Bass Changes Everybody Ensemble Kind Record Forces Greater Because Than Just Different Dynamic Sensitivity Acoustic Different Kind Really Electric Play Nuance Tone Spectrum

Tone can be as important as text. Ed Koch

Important Text Tone

I am perfectly conscious that this contempt and hatred underlies the general tone of the community towards us, and yet when I even remotely hint at the fact that we are not a favorite people I am accused of stirring up strife and setting barriers between the two sects. Emma Lazarus

People Hatred Community Setting Strife Favorite Favorite People General Fact Perfectly Towards Between Remotely Contempt Hint Am Stirring Up Accused Us Barriers Even Conscious Tone Two

Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words. Franz Liszt

Song Words Singing Enough Give Inspiration Without Expression Tone

Women are better at reading body language everywhere in the world. As a matter of fact, it's associated with the female hormone estrogen. Women are better at figuring out of tone of voice, reading your face and posture and gesture. Helen Fisher

The tone of good web writing grows out of email. It's more direct, personal, colloquial, urgent, witty, efficient. It doesn't waste your time. It reflects that engagement, responsiveness, and haste of web surfers, as opposed to the more general passivity of print readers. Jacob Weisberg

Time Good Writing Email Out Haste Web Direct General More Print Readers Witty Opposed Passivity Reflects Efficient Personal Urgent Engagement Your Waste Grows Tone

Vaudeville was characterized by sunny optimism, acts that were uplifting, cheerful, and clean. It provided a fanciful, magical escape, but after Black Friday, the tone of American entertainment changed almost overnight. Karen Abbott

I'm very concerned about the tone of politics in recent years. We've seen a decline in civility and bipartisanship, and a rapid increase in hostility between those who have differing opinions. I think this has led to the alienation of the public in governance, which jeopardizes democratic participation. Kyrsten Sinema

Politics Seen Think Increase Alienation Those Rapid About Civility Hostility Between Participation Democratic Concerned Opinions Governance Years Led Very Which Public Decline Who Differing Tone Recent Recent Years Bipartisanship

Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't mean that the whole world would be a lot better if it were totally run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten high school. Madeleine Albright

You Conversation Change Women World Better School Goals Think Changes Run High Would Would-Be High School Totally More Also Well Were Lot Forgotten Mean Whole Tone

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

Politics Tired People Old Think Kind New Same Want Tone

Everything we did we were setting the tone for the world. Steve Wozniak

World Setting Everything Were Did Tone

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