#hearing

The conception that, instead of this, contemporary society is at or near a turning point is very prominent in the views of a school of social scientists who, though they are still comparatively few, are getting more and more of a hearing. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#conception #contemporary #contemporary society #few #getting

God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and speaks in a language adapted to my imperfect sight and hearing. ↗

— William Lyon Phelps

#earthquake #god #hearing #imperfect #language

Back in the mid-1980s, congressional hearings were held after we brought this litigation, and held up the first experiment. At that time, I went in front of Congress, along with the major agencies involved with this. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#agencies #along #back #brought #congress

I really like listening to music when I'm hiking or exercising. I don't like hearing myself breathe. ↗

— Rebecca Romijn

#exercising #hearing #hiking #i #like

I'm used to hearing myself. My own voice. ↗

— Billy Eckstine

#i #my own #myself #own #used

I was in Deadwood at the time and on hearing of the killing made my way at once to the scene of the shooting and found that my friend had been killed by McCall. ↗

— Calamity Jane

#found #friend #had #hearing #i

I never would have believed as a candidate for the U.S. Senate that the U.S. government could buy GM without a hearing, with no vote, yes or no. There are billions and billions of dollars at stake here. ↗

— Mike Johanns

#billions #buy #candidate #could #dollars

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

— J. K. Rowling

#even #good #good sign #hear #hearing

Instead of kids just hearing about beads and baskets and fringe, and about what 'was' and 'were,' we present Native American culture as a living contemporary culture. ↗

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

#american #american culture #baskets #beads #contemporary

I can remember standing in the middle of the field after the race and seeing the American flag raised and hearing 'The Star Spangled Banner' and all the people singing it. Then I walked off the field and just kind of enjoyed the feeling. ↗

— Elizabeth Robinson Schwartz

#american #american flag #banner #enjoyed #feeling