Quotes about tone
tone blunt said
I would rather die than betray his trust." "That's not saying much, seeing as you're already dead," Ron observed. "Once again, you show all the sensitivity of a blunt axe," said Nearly Headless Nick in affronted tones. J. K. Rowling
tone doe truthful
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. Jamaica Kincaid
tone introducing habit
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. Marcel Proust
tones
'The Descent,' 'Dog Soldiers,' those films, I've loved for years, and the tones of those. Matt Ryan
tone separate-peace force
the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a curse John Knowles
tone trouble aggressiveness
Why tone down my aggressiveness? When I do, I get in trouble. Jimmy Rollins
tone
They just kind of went for the jugular right off the bat. ... They're going to come out and try to set the tone early.
tone painting instruments
On an instrument you start from one tone. In painting you start from several. Paul Gauguin
tone ordinary noble
There are noble tones, ordinary ones, tranquil harmonies, consoling ones, others which excite by their vigour.
tone different modern
I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, 'Maybe I can find something different... maybe salvation, liberation, is possible. Pierre Schaeffer
tone twelve needs
There are only twelve tones and they need to be treated carefully. Paul Hindemith
tone hats speak
...Someone speaks in soft tones to me and says I am psychotic, but it's going to be all right. I put on my hat, unperturbed, and ask for some crayons. Marya Hornbacher
tone social members
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. Marshall McLuhan
tone opinion argument
One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed. Friedrich Nietzsche
tone our-relationship
Your relationship with yourself sets the tone for every other relationship you have. Robert Holden