Not being heard is no reason for silence.

I do think, however, that there’s a very diverse point of view in the African-American community. There’s a lot of different voices that need to be heard. I don’t claim and pretend to know the thoughts and opinions and ideas of all African-Americans.

Thou man of scruffy looks, thou who heard’st nerfs, Thou fool-born wimpled roughhewn waste waste of flesh!

And then, in splendor and glory, came the great idea. He would write. He would be one of the eyes through which the world saw, one of the ears through which it heard, one of the hearts through which it felt.

Let it then be heard, and let man learn to feel that the true greatness of a nation is founded on principles of humanity, and not on conquest

If we have not silence, God is not heard in our music. If we have no rest God, does not bless our work.

Piglet noticed that even though he had a Very Small Heart, it could hold a rather large amount of Gratitude.

I never yet heard of a useless thing that was not ground out of existence by evolution sooner or later.

Regarding the Hall of Fame, when they decided I was going to be one of the possible candidates, when I heard that, I was so thrilled. You’re always hoping for something like that.

I never wanted fame, I just wanted to be heard.

If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.

What saith Antisthenes? Hast thou never heard?— It is a kingly thing, O Cyrus, to do well and to be evil spoken of.

I don’t understand why we must do things in this world, why we must have friends and aspirations, hopes and dreams. Wouldn’t it be better to retreat to a faraway corner of the world, where all its noise and complications would be heard no more? Then we could renounce culture and ambitions; we would lose everything and gain nothing; for what is there to be gained from this world?

You’ve often heard me say – perhaps too often – that poetry is what is lost in translation. It is also what is lost in interpretation. That little poem means just what it says and it says what it means, nothing less but nothing more.

I went to my son’s graduation this weekend, and I heard a great quote I’ve never heard before from Albert Einstein. It was that the greatest danger to the world is not the bad people but it’s the good people who don’t speak out.

If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?

In school, I could hear the leaves rustle and go on a journey.

If someone tells me that I’ve hurt their feelings, I say, ‘I’m still waiting to hear what your point is

None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.

Agesilaus being invited once to hear a man who admirably imitated the nightingale, he declined, saying he had heard the nightingale itself.

Miracles occur all around us, signs from God show us the way, angels plead to be heard, but we pay little attention to them.

Every day People straighten up the hair, why not the heart?

The well heeded well heard.

Since it is so likely that [children] will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage. Otherwise you are making their destiny not brighter but darker

M. de Charlus made no reply and looked as if he had not heard, which was one of his favorite forms of rudeness.

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I’d invented it, because it is very true.

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed. But when we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak

I gotta stay in that light where people will see me and hear me. And not be scared of me, you know?

A heavy burden lifted from my soul, I heard that love was out of my control.

I have never heard anything that affected me like those words: ‘Heavyweight Champion of the World.

I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.

One of the things you can always depend on, this is one of the truths of the universe. And you heard it first from here, whatever we decide we want to do is what we do.

You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that, I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.