#tone

If whiteness were of no particular advantage, then having a fuller color wheel of skin tones would be purely a matter of celebration. But whiteness - just a drop of it - does still carry privilege. You learn that very young in America. ↗

— Eric Liu

#america #carry #celebration #color #does

I Kenneth Robert Livingstone, having been elected to the office of mayor of London, declare that I take that office upon myself, and will duly and faithfully fulfil the duties of it to the best of my judgement and ability. ↗

— Kenneth Robert Livingstone

#been #best #declare #duly #duties

Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone. ↗

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

#descends #dull #earth #genius #inert

We listened to a lot of Rolling Stones and Beatles records when we were recording. They were really good at not playing loud, but generating really big sounds out of everything. ↗

— Mike Lowry

#big #everything #generating #good #listened

The drops of rain make a hole in the stone, not by violence, but by oft falling. ↗

— Lucretius

#falling #hole #make #oft #rain

The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone. ↗

— Lucretius

#dropping #fall #stone #water #wears

I'd rather break stones on the king's highway than hem a handkerchief. ↗

— Anne Sullivan Macy

#handkerchief #hem #highway #i #king

Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#beauty #carefully #fullness #having #high

Whoso pulleth out this sword of this stone and anvil is rightwise king born of all England. ↗

— Thomas Malory

#born #england #king #out #stone

For too long, decisions have been taken behind closed doors - tablets of stone have simply been past down to people without bothering to involve people, listen to their views or give them information about what we are doing and why. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#been #behind #bothering #closed #decisions