Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dave Hickey

Even if one succeeds in making a silk purse out of a sow's ear, there remains the problem of what to do with a one-eared sow.

Desmond Tutu

Sometimes you want to whisper in God's ear, 'God, we know you are in charge, but why don't you make it slightly more obvious?'

Chuck Palahniuk

Imagine a plague you catch through your ears.

Abraham Verghese

In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.

What you are doing rings so loudly in my ears that I can't hear what you're saying.

Lucius Accius

Not at all do I trust augurs, who enrich the ears of others, so that they can enrich their own homes with gold.

Jane Smiley

Hungry ears are sharp ones.

Benjamin Franklin

Great talkers should be cropt, for they've no need of ears.

Diane Cilento

I had a quick ear and could pick up languages.

Desiderius Erasmus

What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to speak well.

We hope to sell around 1,500 ears of corn.

Jane Horrocks

I cant read a note of music. I just do it all from ear.

William Shakespeare

Bid me discourse, I will enchant thine ear

Abba Eban

A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.

Chris Cleave

In my world death will come chasing. In your world it will start whispering in your ear to destroy yourself. I know this because it started whispering to me when I was in the detention center.

Chaz Bono

Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

LaDainian Tomlinson

I knew that they were going to be up for us trying to run the ball. At that point they were pinning their ears back. That's why you saw the big play happen, too. When they got all them guys up, somebody didn't get over in that gap where they were supposed to get, and Michael got right down the sideline.

We want to hear from the public. They are our eyes and ears in the marketplace.

J. D. Salinger

I'm up to my ears in unwritten words.

Isaac Stern

A great conductor possesses that certain charisma and talent that demand the ears and the attention of an audience. I can't tell you how that happens, but I'm sure it has an inner basis that is never learned.

Isaac Watts

Salvation, O the joyful sound! 'Tis pleasure to our ears; A sov'reign balm for ev'ry wound, A cordial for our fears.

In order to pave the way for another refinancing rate hike in March, the ECB would need to signal that another move was on its way in one of the next two press conferences. We, therefore, shall be all ears Thursday.

Samuel Butler

I'll make the fur / Fly round the ears of the old cur.

Very often, people will rent a suite just for negotiating. Too many ears can listen in on conversations if you're meeting in the exhibit space.

James Horner

You have to make an audience experience with the ears as well as their eyes.

Brad Soderberg

We'll keep our ears open, but nothing is pending. I really was hoping to get him. I don't have a plan B. That's not totally unusual. We've gotten good players in the past in the summer, but it's not ideal.

The wise person has long ears and a short tongue.

The wise man has long ears and a short tongue

Jeff Garcia

I'm going to be involved as much as possible, because I think my eyes and ears can still be very helpful,

You cannot go wrong by learning classical music because it trains the ear.

Jules Verne

Aures habent et non audient` - `They have ears but hear not

Jim Tressel

They just pinned their ears back and they were not going to let us outside the edges. They were not going to let Teddy run reverses or those kind of things, which gave us an opportunity to do some other things.

Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.