I’d like to think of myself as somebody who has a voice for liberating female sexuality.

But this encompassment of her own characterization, based on shreds of convention, peopled by phantoms and voices antipathetic to her, was a sorry and mistaken creation of Tess’s fancy – a cloud of moral hobgoblins by which she was terrified without reason

As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school.

Republicans think that the NAACP is the only voice in the black community. It is a voice in the black community. But it’s not the only voice.

The heart of a man can never be satisfied with the things of this world. It is always empty, and hungry, and thirsty, and dissatisfied, till it comes to Christ. It is only they who hear Christ’s voice, and follow Him, and feed on Him by faith, who are ‘filled.’

Her smile and voice suggested the kind of excitement that comes when the first words in a long, silent relationship are spoken at last – a subtle excitement secretly incorporating into this one moment everything that has happened until now.

I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I’ll be able to finish it. I’ve also become more assured about my ‘voice’ as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.

Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve!

It may well happen that the public voice, pronounced by the representatives of the people, will be more constant to the public good than if pronounced by the people themselves.

Your voice changes when you’re smiling, it alters the sound somehow.

Your mother was beautiful.” His voice was regretful. “I’m sorry she’s dead.

A book has but one voice, but it does not instruct everyone alike

John Thornton stood over Buck, struggling to control himself, too convulsed with rage to speak. “If you strike that dog again, I’ll kill you,” he at last managed to say in a choking voice

Do you like to slide?” His voice was eager. Stair rails! Did he suspect me? I forced a sigh. “No, Majesty. I’m terrified of heights.” “Oh.” His polite tone had returned. “I wish I could enjoy it. This fear of heights is an affliction.” He nodded, a show of sympathy but not much interest. I was losing him. “Especially,” I added, “as I’ve grown taller.

I became simply a pair of eyes, staring through my mask at Char. I needed no ears because I was too far off to hear his voice, no words because I was too distant for speech, and no thoughts – those I saved for later. He bent his head. I loved the hairs on the nape of his neck. He moved his lips. I admired their changing shape. He clasped his hand. I blessed his fingers. Once, the power of my gaze drew his eyes.

One little leak becomes a lake, Says the tiny voice in my earpiece.

The whole point of creating music for me is to give voice to things that aren’t normally given voice to

If you can’t say anything nice about somebody, step away from the voice enhancement equipment.

I don’t know any architects that I respect who don’t have their own voice. I think the difference between architecture and the other arts is your immersion in reality

I prefer to sing in the shower ’cause the acoustics are really, really good, I mean, when you’re singing against the tile walls then you really hear yourself, hear your voice, you know, throwing itself back at you.

I will go down as the voice of this generation, of this decade, I will be the loudest voice.

I don’t care about having a legacy, I don’t care about being remembered. The most important thing to me is, while we’re here, while we’re having fun, while we’re sleeping, breathng oxygen, living life, falling in love, having pain and having joy…what can we do with our voice to make things easier, to help someone to make it better for our kids.

Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow

I have come here only to share the voices and dreams of our children – because they are all our children.

My songs are all about celebrating poignant music. While some of them focus on fun and revelry, they are fortunately backed by powerful lyrics. Put together, the lyrics, tune and my voice strive to take the songs to the next level.

Spielberg read the ‘Understudy’ and decided that was the voice he wanted to write ‘Smash.’ He wanted a story that had humanity and humor and high-stakes dreams.

I’m constantly complimented for my voice, even by random people at the airport!

I focus a lot on my voice because I want it to be an instrument as well. I want my voice to add color

It’s my duty to upkeep and safeguard my voice, my ability to sing.

It’s not that I always had this impeccable voice. Some 15-18 years ago, I started noticing that I could not reach higher octaves.

Your voice is like a very serious instrument that you have to tame if you want to be an amazing singer – Marvin Gaye or Michael Jackson

My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.

I don’t sing anything that hurts my voice.

I think I have allowed my voice to experiment with the different genres. And I think that I have just really enjoyed the journey of getting to know my voice and seeing what it’s capable of, what it’s not capable of.

[on singer Cass Elliot] It’s the timbre of her voice and also her attitude and being a big woman like that and being confident. I’m very attracted to that sort of confidence and individuality. She was cool.

It’s just a theory really, but I have always thought that your physical surroundings can shape your voice and personality.

I just try to live a really simple, natural life, because obviously, life has an impact on your voice.

Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing – it’s what comes through.

I sort of believe that my voice was preordained; I’m a Buddhist who believes in reincarnation so I think that my voice is a few lifetimes old.

I hear the fear and hope fighting in my voice.

You have to let the world speak to you and then you speak, you know, so I’m in that moment now where I’m finding the world’s voice.

It may be that the voice of the people is the voice of God 51 times out of 100. But the remaining 49 times, it is the voice of the devil, or worse, the voice of a fool. Theodore Roosevelt.

Everything that is right or reasonable pleads for separation. The blood of the slain, the weeping voice of nature cries, ’tis time to part

If we want to live a miraculous life, we must raise the volume on the loving voice within us and turn down the volume on our fear.

We sense love, but we don’t believe in it. We save our faith for fear. But ultimately, there is a quiet voice in each of us that longs for something better.

I wouldn’t just lay my voice on anything. But I’d love to do a collaboration, like a Calvin Harris track, for example.

It is only in the depths of silence that the voice of God can be heard.

When I was a kid I did impressions and funny voices a lot. When I was telling a story I would use the voices to make it more entertaining.

The voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls

The difference between Freddie and almost all the other rock stars was that he was selling the voice.

Your heart understood mine. In the depth of the fragrant night, I listened with ravished soul to your beloved voice. Your heart understood mine.

But with voice-over on a reality TV show, I think I’m pretty up there, maybe one of the best. It’s a confidence boost, which helps my stand-up because I’ll try more interesting stuff

A voice said, Look me in the stars And tell me truly, men of earth, If all the soul-and-body scars Were not too much to pay for birth.

All possible truth is practical. To ask whether our conception of chair or table corresponds to the real chair or table apart from the uses to which they may be put, is as utterly meaningless and vain as to inquire whether a musical tone is red or yellow. No other conceivable relation than this between ideas and things can exist. The unknowable is what I cannot react upon. The active part of our nature is not only an essential part of cognition itself, but it always has a voice in determining what shall be believed and what rejected.

Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice.

As you get older one tends to develop what I call a wobble. I would rather eat glass than let that happen to my voice.

Honeypie, I’m far too fly to be on standby Sending me straight to voicemail, sugar, what the hell?

If I have a platform and a voice, I should use it for my people.

We seldom get into trouble when we speak softly. It is only when we raise our voices that the sparks fly and tiny molehills become great mountains of contention.

Arrogance is in everything I do. It is in my gestures, the harshness of my voice, in the glow of my gaze, in my sinewy, tormented face.

The voice that U hear is the alchemy of Ur mind.

The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.

Americans are far more vocal. In the U.K., if guests don’t have a good meal they often won’t complain, but you can guarantee you won’t see them again. Americans are far more likely to voice their complaints.

Never be afraid of the moments–thus sings the voice of the everlasting.

It was a pleasure merely to hear the sound of her voice, with which, like an instrument of many strings, she could pass from one language to another; so that there were few of the barbarian nations that she answered by an interpreter.

What a liberation to realize that the ‘voice in my head’ is not who I am. ‘Who am I, then?’ The one who sees that.

Every one of us is blind and deaf until our eyes are opened to our fellowmen, until our ears hear the voices of humanity.

I talk in that baby talk voice when I’m on TV, it’s a put on.

Hear this Robert Zimmerman, I wrote a song for you, about a strange young man called Dylan with a voice like sand and glue.

Seungri sounds mournful while T.O.P has a masculine and husky voice. My voice is thin, just like when I talk.

Through pride, we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience, a still, small voice says to us, ‘Something is out of tune.

On the show, The Voice, I obviously wasn’t allowed singing my own original music, because it’s not that type of show. I think it’s really cool that I get to do my own thing now.

Her voice is thin and her moan is high, And her cackling laugh or her barking cold Bring terror to the young and old. O Molly, Molly, Molly Means Lean is the ghost of Molly Means.

I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice because they were so terrified, because we are taught to respect fear more than ourselves. We’ve been taught that silence would save us, but it won’t

If you let it, the noise of the world will drown out the voice of God, which is your intuition.

You know how a voice can stir one. Your voice and the voice of Sibyl Vane are two things that I shall never forget. When I close my eyes, I hear them, and each of them says something different. I don’t know which to follow

Alone time is when I distance myself from the voices of the world so I can hear my own.

Everyone who wills can hear the inner voice. It is within everyone.

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.

Beyond the earth,
beyond the farthest skies
I try to find Heaven and Hell.
Then I hear a solemn voice that says:
“Heaven and hell are inside.

If it was all about me, I’d do a whole lot of pop records, make a whole lot of money, just rake in the dough. But it’s never been all about me. It’s all about being a voice for the voiceless. People who can’t speak for themselves, who don’t have a mic, don’t have a say.

Most of us find our own voices only after we’ve sounded like a lot of other people.

I’m The Voice, but the system ain’t give me a choice.

My children love Maleficent’s voice, so they always make me do it at home.

I’m going to use this platform and my voice to continue to speak out against social injustice, equality, and voting rights.

My mum and my dad. They both like to sing, they have really nice voices. And my sister and brother are good singers too.

You cannot take your freedoms for granted. Just like generations who have come before you, you have to do your part to preserve and protect those freedoms… you need to be preparing yourself to add your voice to our national conversation.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned in life, it’s the power of using your voice.

Right now, with social networks and other tools on the Internet, all of these 500 million people have a way to say what they’re thinking and have their voice be heard.

In retrospect, I do think it’s fair to say that we were overly idealistic and focused on more of the good parts of what connecting people and giving people a voice can bring.