#voice

You can stop a raging forest fire, a herd of stampeding buffalo or even a runaway freight train, but you can’t stop a good man". ↗

— John Paul Warren

#character #conferences #john-paul-warren #men #men-conferences

I rise today to discuss the National Intelligence Reform bill. I commend my colleagues in both Houses for their hard work in coming to an agreement. As with any conference, each voice is heard, but none can dominate and compromise must be achieved. ↗

— Ted Stevens

#agreement #any #bill #both #colleagues

Yawns are not the only infectious things out there besides germs. Giggles can spread from person to person. So can blushing. But maybe the most powerful infectious thing is the act of speaking the truth. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#blushing #contagious #free-speech #giggle #giggles

I would rather live short and right then long and wrong. ↗

— John Paul Warren

#church #conferences #john-paul-warren #john-warren #motivational

Perfume was first created to mask the stench of foul and offensive odors... Spices and bold flavorings were created to mask the taste of putrid and rotting meat... What then was music created for? Was it to drown out the voices of others, or the voices within ourselves? I think I know. ↗

— Emilie Autumn

#disguise #masks #music #perfume #spices

I do not like the raw sound of the human voice in unison unless it is under the discipline of music. ↗

— Flannery O'Connor

#choruses #crowds #human-voice #music #shouting

[Y]ou possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing. ↗

— Aristophanes

#attributes #barter #character #demagoguery #government

The Voice There is a voice inside of you That whispers all day long, "I feel this is right for me, I know that this is wrong." No teacher, preacher, parent, friend Or wise man can decide What's right for you--just listen to The voice that speaks inside. ↗

— Shel Silverstein

#inner-voice #leaders #parents #right #teachers

His voice is deep and gravelly. I once heard one of the girls say that he had the voice of a sex god, but because I've never really heard what a sex god sounds like, I can't verify that. ↗

— Melina Marchetta

#voice #will-trombal #sexy

I decided it is better to scream. Silence is the real crime against humanity. ↗

— Nadezhda Mandelstam

#voice #hope