Noise Quotations | Page 2

Sound is more than just noise. Ordered sound is music. My life is music.

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.

In a sense, I'm always hearing music of some sort, whether it's people talking or surface noise or whatever, because there is no privacy. So when I'm by myself, I just kind of like to be and reflect, and I can't do that when I'm listening to music. Because it's someone else's reflections, not mine.

Small debts are like small shot; they are rattling on every side, and can scarcely be escaped without a wound: great debts are like cannon; of loud noise, but little danger.

The movies that are made more thoughtfully or made or with more ambition often get just get drowned out by the noise.

There is need occasionally to leave the noise and the tumult of the world and step within the walls of a sacred house of God, there to feel His Spirit in an environment of holiness and peace.

I'm sure there is a group of people that assume Nine Inch Nails is just noise and chaos - or whatever it might be dismissed as, and sometimes is.

Of all noises, I think music is the least disagreeable.

In space, you don't get that much noise. Noise doesn't propagate in a vacuum.

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

I like noise. It's always puzzled me why one of the goals of contemporary recording is to get rid of noise and to eliminate any element of a performance.

I was standing there and all of a sudden I heard a loud noise I knew lightning had struck close and I turned around and saw sparks fly from the pole behind me.

I was surprised that they found her. We didn't know anything about her, just what she looked like. (That day) I heard all this noise and he (Merle Carroll) was lying on the ground. She sped off immediately. It was pretty crazy.

If we dont sit down and shut up once in a while well lose our minds even earlier than we had expected. Noise is an imposition on sanity, and we live in very noisy times.

Let's be clear -- for the next couple of months the employment numbers are going to look terrible. There's going to be a lot of noise and problems gathering the data, so it's going to be tougher than usual to sift through the tea leaves and really get at the heart of what's going on here.

Ocean noise is an insidious form of pollution. The tremendous damage it is doing to life in the sea is becoming more evident with each passing year.

One of great threats facing marine mammals in the ocean is acoustic pollution - noise pollution - which is impeding the whales' ability to find food and communicate with each other.

Monitoring is something I have been pursing for years. The noise from the planes causes you stop in the middle of conversations.

Pets are an emotional issue, and retailers have a level of communication with the key people who will make noise about these topics.

Right now, it's like an absence of bad news is being treated as good news. I see it as just a lot of noise right now. There's still a lot out there to deal with.

I didn't get a toy train like the other kids. I got a toy subway instead. You couldn't see anything, but every now and then you'd hear this rumbling noise go by.

If we can stay healthy and use the preseason wisely, we should have a real opportunity to make some noise in 2005.

If this team has home-court advantage, they could definitely do some damage and make a lot of noise in the playoffs.

I don't know. We've practiced a lot of crowd noise since I've been here and it doesn't seem to be as big an (issue as it was),

Idiot? Selfish? There's nothing there worth a response. ... It's childish. It's time to move on. It's all a bunch of noise to me. ... As far as love lost, there was not much love there, anyway.

Last year there was a lot of noise in the sector. But on a positive note, you've seen a correction in the group.

Last year, we had 3,000 wells drilled but fewer than 20 complaints. These complaints are for all types of issues, including water, noise and surface impacts.

Low-level signals define harmonics, instrument timber, high-frequency extension, spatial cues, fast transient attacks, and other signals that provide resolution and depth to high-end audio and video. When AC noise is allowed into audio processors, pre-amplifiers, powered monitors, computers, and mixing consoles, these low-level signals are distorted, degrading performance. The IT-20 II preserves those important signals by eliminating the noise that masks them.

Mr. Bergman was a man of great working discipline. He forced everyone to concentrate when it was important. No disturbing noise during rehearsal. A code of silence.

Make sure that you open the bottle yourself. And you actually hear it, and you hear the noise and the air coming out,

Shortly before the clock strikes 12, everyone is invited onto the rink. We hand out noisemakers and at midnight, everyone yells, makes a lot of noise and we drop balloons onto the crowd. It's a lot of fun for everyone.

If you lower the ambient noise of your life and listen expectantly for those whispers of God, your ears will hear them. And when you follow their lead, your world will be rocked.

Is the ambient noise level of my life low enough for me to hear the whispers of the Lord?

When there's noise going on down here, I hear it at my house, too. There's no other solution. We're going to play in some loud, noisy places, and that's the only way to recreate it.

One can suffer a convulsion of one's entire nature, and, unless it makes some noise, no one notices. It's not just that we are incurious; we completely lack any sense of each other's existences.

I hate mules. I hate the noise when someone walks with mules. Clomp, clomp, clomp. I think it's very not chic. I don't even like a flip-flop. I don't like this noise.

I have never heard such optimism, and such positive noise about growth and development in India,

Guys were disappointed and frustrated. It?s the kind of feeling that we don?t want to have during the playoffs, especially when you know you can give a little more and play a little harder and execute a little better. We all what we have to do and we can compete with every team in this division. It?s up to us to come together as a group and make some noise and make a run, which we?re capable of doing.

I can tell by the noise on the bus coming home that the team is starting to gel and have fun together, ... That is what it is all about.

Gilman has passed the point where its problems are still lovable quirks. We need to make it function as a building. The heating, lighting, and plumbing have to work, and the noise level has to be manageable. Secondly, the building has gradually ceased to be as supportive of the work that goes on here and as nurturing of the community as it once was. We need to change that.

I feel like there's a lot of noise in the social space. The Vines and Instagrams of the world are gaining traction, and their solutions are perfect for their communities.

I can hear the accidents as people cut through to get to Henny Penny. They think one way is safe and the other one isn't. You can hear the noise in here.

Give the kids 24 hours to clean it up. When I had kids, and they had a party downstairs . . . I would make a lot of noise before I'd go downstairs so I wouldn't catch anybody kissing.

If anything, the increase in ambient noise in our society, the noise on early-evening cable, makes these three broadcasts a welcome, well-informed respite from the rest of the broadcast day,

I don't think people are any more concerned about noise now than they were in the past. I think the concerns are the same, but there are now more opportunities, more solutions available, to help with the problem. These solutions may or may not have been available in the past.

For me, we're taking something that's essentially trash and trying to make something beautiful with it. It's about taking the world's refuse and shaping it into musical patterns. At home, I listen to everything, from harsh noise that sounds like a jet crashing to Simon and Garfunkel, and we try to bridge that gap in our own way. We're definitely not an alienating band.

I believe that there are some trees that (would) have to be taken down. I believe they will have some lights at night, and it could impact the bird population, and the noise may impact the quality of life of people living in that area.

I felt like this team had a chance to make some noise and do some things. I didn't know exactly how.

Because this is a major staging area, every helicopter and airplane from this part of the state is landing there. We're having to wear earplugs while we work because the noise is so deafening particularly from the Black Hawk helicopters and jumbo jets which began landing on Saturday, ... In spite of the challenges, the medical personnel on site are enthusiastic about their work and they welcomed us with open arms.

What we have here, I think, is quite a lot of noise with respect to this matter of clinical practice, who should decide, and what have you, ... but not enough information on the part of physicians and patients about how processes are actually working.

Her mind lives tidily, apart/ From cold and noise and pain,/ And bolts the door against her heart,/ Out wailing in the rain.

We subdivide each dining room to minimize noise and create atmosphere.

I look up at the scoreboard and there are signs, 'Let's Go Giants'. The referees, when they flipped the coin, they asked us if we wanted heads or tails. They had no idea who the home team was and who was away. The crowd noise we had to deal with, we never had to do a silent count at home.

He did a really good job of making sure we were focused, making sure we had good weeks of practice, making it tough on us. You have to focus more on the road, where things don't come as easily, where you have the crowd noise to deal with.

He's concerned about the whole situation, including any noise that is coming out of there and any concern on the part of the homeowners. He will be working with Clear Channel in seeing that the matter ultimately is resolved.

I'm a little surprised, because of the season they had, that they haven't gotten more big-time kids at this point. It's a good class. But I thought that was one team that would make a lot of noise leading up to Signing Day.

He's going to have to eventually. But he's doing awesome, whichever way he goes, he's going to make some noise at state.

He's got great hands, a great shot, he can skate and he's in the best shape of anybody on our team, strength and conditioning. With the total package he has, he could make some noise in this league. He's got a lot of potential.

Hopefully, we can get some noise on our side this time.

What matters is, number one, establishing a goal, number two, establishing a strategy that helps you reach those goals, and, number three, not changing that strategy based on the noise going on in the market, which is best left to the short-term trader.

We can get 300-400 people here in Walter Brown. Knowing the bounces, playing in our own rink and the crowd noise from the fans help everybody play better.

We can make a lot more noise together than we can separately.

There is a general concern that any development in proximity to the airport could result in noise complaints and ultimately have a detrimental effect on airport operations.

Just the fact that the Iranian government is making a lot of noise doesn't prove their capabilities.

I was watching television and actually eating fish and chips for dinner when there was a noise up the chimney. Suddenly this thing appeared out of nowhere and bounced off some potato peelings I'd thrown on to the fire, out of the flames and on to the hearth.

My mother couldn't take having three boys. She was extremely jumpy, to say the least. Any noise startled her. The sound of a pot dropping on the ground could make her hit the ceiling.

Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

I said, 'Yes, sir,' 'No, sir' and did what I was supposed to do. He's a funny guy, but he's only funny if he's not talking to you because he's pretty hard on guys. When I was young, I got tired of all the noise from Bill. As you get older, you realize some of the things he taught me when I was young that have gone on to help me in my career.

Some of these guys are going to ride down and just park their bikes and forget about them. They won't have to worry about drinking and driving or anything else. We hope that will cut down some of the noise and traffic.

Starting tonight we are going to blow some crowd noise into our stadium to try to get us up to speed in regard to the noise of the Swamp.

Real World' took MTV from being a venue where people have video wallpaper and background noise to what arguably is one of the great dramas that became the voice of a generation,

Steve never knew his parents. He makes so much noise in life, he cries so loud about everything, that I keep thinking he feels that if he just cries loud enough, his real parents will hear and know that they made a mistake giving him up.

Surely the dollar makes pricing more competitive for U.S. companies. But it's more a noise factor than anything else on a short-term basis.

Paul George (principal planner with the Jackson Planning Department) kept telling them the noise and the traffic (from the bar) would not be a problem. That is why I think it is a gay issue.

People may notice noise more if there are more operations. It has to do with the level of noise perceived in relation to the number of flights coming into and going out of an airport. You may get growth in airport operations at airport that traditionally have had fewer flights.

I suppose if I chose to sit down and dwell on it, I'd be paralyzed, ... But at the end of the day, you have block as much of the noise out as possible and try to deliver a quality production. My responsibility is primarily to the actors.

I think experience-wise I'll be able to tell them some things, what it's all about and what the atmosphere's like. Getting to state was a big goal for these kids though, they've talked about that '99 team, and they wanted to get back there. Hopefully we'll make some noise in Des Moines.

I went up but there's a lot of noise out there and the crowd were loud, ... A few beers had gone down and they were quite vocal. I went up on what I heard.

I think when it comes to decisions, I try not to be emotional. To drown out the noise and look at the important facts.

Just as it was starting to come down, and you could feel a sensation of it coming down, there was a very loud noise and the entire submarine shuddered, ... I remember his words pretty vividly. He said, 'Jesus, what the hell was that?'

Nations of the world need to work together now to reduce the impacts of ocean noise before the problem becomes unmanageable and the harm to marine life irreversible.

Malacca fascinates me more and more daily. There is, among other things, a mediaevalism about it. The noise of the modern world reaches it only in the faintest echoes; its sleep is almost dreamless. Its sensations seem to come out of books read in childhood.

I think I've got to do better in making clear what the message is, and I think I can do better. But I think there's so much noise out there that I've got to figure out how to make it clearer that we are for the things that I have advocated that would help.

I think Marvin and Josh Smith are going to make some noise because they can do so many things. If they can get out and run and make some easy buckets they'll be fine. I just have to get them to the point where they can lock down defensively. If we can get five guys locking in and believing in what we're trying to do, we'll be all right defensively.

I think it will increase the noise because people are outside smoking and talking.

It all depends on how well the new players can jell. I'd say it's a rebuilding year only because we have so many sophomores. But if we can play together as a team we can make some noise and be in the upper half of the Shoreline again.

I think the advice to any investor is try to block out as much macro noise as you can but resist the temptation to think this is a market bottom -- it's a lottery ticket.

I think that it would remove any motivation to minimize noise impacts over our citizens. It would mean a lessening of people's quality of lives in Adams county and our cities.

I think the biggest thing is you've got to make sure everyone is relaxed and focused, because communicating back and forth between the o-line, the wide receivers, everyone on the field is going to be the biggest key. Obviously, there's a lot that can happen when the noise level goes up. Guys start losing their focus and let other things become a focus, so that's going to be the biggest factor - making sure guys are relaxed and focused.

I think there is a lot of noise currently, but we optimistically believe that he (Button) will be fine, ... When he is in the car, he will have too much to do.

It is awesome to have the fans come here. It really pumps our guys up to have the seats full. The noise really projects onto the field and helps our guys.

Others like the loud noise and the wrecks.

Our results demonstrate that chronic noise exposure is associated with a mildly to moderately increased risk of heart attack. The increase appears more closely associated with actual sound levels rather than with subjective annoyance. However, there were differences between men and women, and these need further investigation.

Our perspective on this is we have a tremendous amount of work to do. We're trying to ignore that noise and make every correct strategic move to build this band into a long-term artist.

I was trying to keep calm. Everybody was making noise in the background and I tried not to let it bother me. Each shot was off to the left.

It doesn't matter if the noise comes from years of on-the-job exposure or from a source that isn't job-related.

It establishes that balance between airspace efficiency and the reduction of noise exposure to our citizens. Without the agreement there is no reason to operate the airport in a way that minimizes noise exposure.

I think his swing looks like it did a couple years ago. He'd make a whole lot of noise when he hit the ball.

It does generate a lot of noise and it's a lot of fun. And I think we play for that. We play for that excitement and that noise. It helps us a little bit.

It doesn't generate as much noise and excitement as Microsoft and Sony will, but Nintendo always seems to have a great product line and make a lot of money.