Famous Quotes & Sayings

J. K. Rowling

Would you like me to [kill you] now?" asked Snape, his voice heavy with irony. "Or would you like a few moments to compose an epitaph?

J. K. Rowling

Ron," said Hermione in a dignified voice, "you are the most insensitive wart I have ever had the misfortune to meet.

J. K. Rowling

Hearing voices no one else can hear isn't a good sign, even in the wizarding world.

J. K. Rowling

Her voice was now so shrill only bats would be able to hear it soon, but she had reached a level of indignation that rendered her temporarily speechless..

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Dialogue in fiction is always written to be read in silence. The page is the limit. Dialogue on stage and on the screen is meant to be spoken. The voice is the limit.

Grace Jones

I like to isolate myself when I work because I end up losing my voice by doing interviews all day.

Grace Jones

Survival is my primary instinct...it's out of my control. It's stronger than me. It's an outside force, a voice that says 'do this for your life or it will devour you.'

J. William Fulbright

It is amazing how soon one becomes accustomed to the sound of ones voice, when forced to repeat a speech five or six times a day. As election day approaches, the size of the crowds grows; they are more responsive and more interested; and one derives a certain exhilaration from that which, only a few weeks before, was intensely painful. This is one possible explanation of unlimited debate in the Senate.

Jessica Simpson

I would love to sing with Christina [Aguilera]... she has so much talent... she has an amazing voice.

Jim Cummings

It was cool to have Mark [Hamill] ask me to do all these voices for him like he was a fan. I was like, "You're not meeting me, I'm meeting you."

Huey Long

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

Howard Dean

Every single American has a voice and ... it ought to be heard in the halls of power every day.

Honore de Balzac

A letter is a soul, so faithful an echo of the speaking voice that to the sensitive it is among the richest treasures of love.

Honore de Balzac

Misfortune makes of certain souls a vast desert through which rings the voice of God.

Ice Cube

If it was all about me, I'd do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money, just rake in the dough. But it's never been all about me. It's all about being a voice for the voiceless. People who can't speak for themselves, who don't have a mic, don't have a say.

Ian Hart

I've only used my own voice about four times on film.

Hugh Jackman

You have to find your own shtick. A Picasso always looks like Picasso painted it. Hemingway always sounds like Hemingway. A Beethoven symphony always sounds like a Beethoven symphony. Part of being a master is learning how to sing in nobody else's voice but your own.

Erica Jong

... what is great poetry, after all, but the continuation of the human voice after death?

Erica Jong

Silence is the bluntest of blunt instruments. It seems to hammer you into the ground. It drives you deeper and deeper into your own guilt. It makes the voices inside your head accuse you more viciously than any outside voices ever could.

Eric Church

I've played shows with injuries before but unfortunately cannot overcome having no voice.

Eric Clapton

When you're onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it's very artificial. You can't really hear your own voice as it comes out of your mouth.

Enrico Caruso

It was he who impressed, time and again, the necessity of singing as nature intended, and - I remember - he constantly warned, don't let the public know that you work. So I went slowly. I never forced the voice.

Emma Forrest

Let me tell you something: when you dance, you are the greatest dancer who has ever lived. And when you sing, you will have the courage to raise your voice to the heavens, knowing that you may never get an answer.

Elvis Costello

You do have to be a bit careful with your voice. It is an instrument.

Elon Musk

In order to have your voice be heard in Washington, you have to make some little contribution.

Jay Asher

You don't need to watch out for me, Clay." But I did, Hannah. And I wanted to. I could have helped you. But when I tried, you pushed me away. I can almost hear Hannah's voice speaking my nest thought for me. "Then why didn't you try harder?

Jason Sudeikis

[You're voice acting] and you're screaming and yelling you can't help but sort of physicalize things. The next day I'm usually sore in some weird part of my body.

Jason Mraz

Sometimes you forget where the heck you are but when you get on stage, you know by the look on the people's faces and the accent in their voices where you might be.

Hillary Clinton

There cannot be true democracy unless women's voices are heard.

Hillary Clinton

As women and as lawyers, we must never again shy from raising our voices against sexual harassment.

Eva Longoria

I'm very literate on policy. I'm very literate on the issues, and I'm an American first. I've been involved in politics long before I was an actress. I just happen to have a platform now. I just happen to have a voice.

Israel Zangwill

In the din and tumult of the age, the still small voice of Jerusalem remains our only music.

Italo Calvino

It is within you that the ghosts acquire voices.