#hears

Now will I rehearse before you a very ancient Breton Lay. As the tale was told to me, so, in turn, will I tell it over again, to the best of my art and knowledge. Hearken now to my story, its why and its reason. ↗

— Marie de France

#ancient #art #before #best #breton

The phrase 'off with the crack of the bat', while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat. ↗

— Joe DiMaggio

#bat #before #crack #hears #long

A person hears only what they understand. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#only #person #understand

My background with Cummings was rehearse, rehearse, rehearse, but Tuesday liked to walk in and do the scene. I must say that she was really wonderful. Aggravating, but wonderful. ↗

— Dwayne Hickman

#background #i #liked #must #really

The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy. ↗

— Hubert H. Humphrey

#between #difference #hearsay #often #out

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion. ↗

— Dean Koontz

#clock #digital #every #every time #hands

Life is not a dress rehearsal. ↗

— Rose Tremain

#life #rehearsal

Life is definitely not a rehearsal, this is it. ↗

— Mike Watt

#life #rehearsal

When Seymour saw me seated at the piano at that first rehearsal, he shouted: 'What's that kid doing here? Call your piano player and let's get started.' ↗

— Mary Lou Williams

#doing #first #get #here #kid

Tremble: your whole life is a rehearsal for the moment you are in now. ↗

— Judith Malina

#life is a #moment #now #rehearsal #tremble