Quotes About Expression

sometimes, silence can be very loud

I should warn you that I'm not a woman easily enticed by words. I prefer action." His eyes darkened, and she realized she'd used a poor choice of expression when he said in a low sensual voice, "I'm in total agreement. Perhaps later—

Writers have no real area of expertise. They are merely generalists with a highly inflamed sense of punctuation.

The closer two people stand to each other inwardly, the more readily they become for each other the condition under which alone their two beings find expression.

From the first two-hour class on, I had not said a word. I wanted them to know a little bit of what it is like to be deaf: lost, confused, unable to communicate.

And then she made a sign that sent a chill up my spine. It was a slang sign meaning "I'm deaf," but it's crudely done, made by putting the thumb in the ear and turning the rest of the hand downward—almost as if the hand is a donkey's ears.

to leave a child without language for a moment longer than is absolutely necessary seems cruel to me.

Tell Doris Jean I figure it's about time I learned that sign language,

And there is also a camp of compromise—those who favor "total communication," or signing while speaking in full sentences.

The only way Tyrone had of communicating was to hit someone.

This was insanity. This was coming out of my mouth and it was madness.

I had to learn I wasn't deaf. I had to start speaking out.

We were speaking in feelings. Words were not enough.

That was another thing hearing people did—made too-large movements. It was tantamount to shouting.)

The attitude is very important. Because, your behavior radiates how you feel.

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

Music is the greatest communication in the world. Even if people don't understand the language that you're singing in, they still know good music when they hear it.

How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?

Between thought and expression lies a lifetime.

Io sono un artista e ciò significa che posso essere egocentrico quanto mi pare.

You do this because you like it, you think what you're making is beautiful. And if you think it's beautiful, maybe they think it's beautiful.

One chord is fine. Two chords are pushing it. Three chords and you're into jazz.

for most (lyric) of what I do, the idea behind it was to try and bring a novelist's eye to it, and, within the framework of rock and roll, to try to have the lyric there so somebody who enjoys being engaged on that level could have that and have the rock and roll too.

The most important part of my religion is to play guitar.