Top 1200 Sound Judgment Quotes & Sayings - Page 20

In improvising, you've got your scale; you've got the notes that are going to sound good with other notes, the intervals that are going to sound good. But you've also got all the chromatic possibilities, the possibilities of sounding dissident, of being unexpected.

The mystery of sound is mysticism; the harmony of life is religion. The knowledge of vibrations is metaphysics, the analysis of atoms is science, and their harmonious grouping is art. The rhythm of form is poetry, and the rhythm of sound is music. This shows that music is the art of arts and the science of allsciences; and it contains the fountain of all knowledge within itself.

I have noted that persons with bad judgment are most insistent that we do what they think best.

I love colors, but I also love rich sounds. And I feel like when it comes to colored ukuleles, people assume they're cheap or that they'll have a tinny sound. And I feel like it would be really beautiful to have a rich color but also to have a rich sound.

Distrust your judgment the moment you can discern the shadow of a personal motive in it.

We hold the view that the people make the best judgment in the long run.

Congratulations to all the members of the wonderful Treorchy Male Choir past and present. In moments of grief or joy, the sound of the Choir can move and uplift and restore spirits like no other sound. Masters of their craft, each and every singer plays a vital role in helping maintain such a fantastic musical tradition. Long may the Choir prosper and continue to the delight of audiences around the world.

You can tell a man's taste in literature by his judgment in knowing what not to read.

There is nothing so disturbing to one's well-being and judgment as to see a friend get rich

In my judgment, us assisting the Chinese military in advancing technologically is not in U.S. national interests.

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

If the present tries to sit in judgment of the past, it will lose the future.

It's often said that the most important qualities in a chief executive are character and judgment.

Often I think of personal behavior and judgment errors as being superficial wounds.

Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch.

You can question somebody's views and their judgment without questioning their motives or patriotism.

I've never been surprised by God's judgment, but I'm still stunned by His grace.

Where men of judgment creep and feel their way, The positive pronounce without dismay.

I was probably in the best shape of any athlete at the time, but you don't get to pass judgment on yourself.

To love somebody is not just a strong feeling - it is a decision, it is a judgment, it is a promise.

I shall never forget my first encounter with gorillas. Sound preceded sight. Odor preceded sound in the form of an overwhelming, musky-barnyard, humanlike scent. The air was suddenly rent by a high-pitched series of screams followed by the rhythmic rondo of sharp pok-pok chestbeats from a great silverbacked male obscured behind what seemed an impenetrable wall of vegetation.

As inclination changes, thus ebbs and flows the unstable tide of public judgment.

It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not make it difficult for the Gentiles who are turning to God

Authors are partial to their wit, 'tis true, But are not critics to their judgment, too?

There shouldn't be any kind of judgment towards somebody who has a belief system that is not yours.

A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer's judgment.

Fortunately, both governments have been in favor of studying the Mexican migration problem in greater depth. For the first time, I think, we will have something scientifically sound that says something about this phenomenon. The study is ongoing, and I hope that, with a push from both of us, it will provide a sound basis for serious public discussion on the migration issue.

Well, pray if you like, only you'd do better to use your judgment.

With the best equipment in the world the man with poor judgment is in mortal danger.

A reputation for good judgment, for fair dealing, for truth, and for rectitude, is itself a fortune.

I am not an expert on the Clinton Foundation, so, you know, I don't want to pass judgment on it.

I loved the idea of recording. The idea of sound-on-sound-recording captured me as a young kid, and once I realized what it was I had an epiphany. Before I was even playing the guitar, I would create these lists of how I would record things and overdub them, like Led Zeppelin song, 'I could put this guitar on this track...' and so on.

Conscience is a just but weak judge. Weakness leaves it powerless to execute its judgment.

If the outcome is good, what's the difference between motives that sound good and good, sound motives?

I think, as human beings, we all have a fundamental mode, a basic way of relating to the rest of reality, and for me, it's always instinctively been about sound making and trying to extract information, grammar, meaning from sound making. That's been my way of navigating reality that's very personal; a painter might say they make marks or look.

We must not allow last year's mistakes to cloud our judgment today.

I'll always remember when I first heard Lester [Young]. I'd never heard anyone like him before. He was a stylist with a different sound. A sound I'd never heard before or since. To be honest with you, I didn't much like it at first.

Just a reminder - a guidebook is no substitute for skill, experience, judgment and lots of tension.

It is because of the doctrine of judgment and hell that Jesus' proclamations of grace and love are so astounding.

Are you weary? Catch your breath. Are you strong? Reserve passing judgment on the tired.

It is a general rule of Judgment, that a mischief should rather be admitted than an inconvenience.

On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.

Anyone that continues to spread hate or fear or judgment or phobias doesn't deserve a platform.

I contend that the ethos of perpetual non-judgment is intellectually dishonest if not outright cowardly.

The urging of that word, judgment, hath bred a kind of remorse in me.

I think our society is all about judgment, which is so rude and disrespectful.

In the silence of a midwinter dusk, there is a sound so faint that for all you can tell it may be only the sound of the silence itself. You hold your breath to listen. You are aware of the beating of your heart. The extraordinary thing that is about to happen is matched only by the extraordinary moment just before it happens. Advent is the name of that moment.

Judgment comes from you comparing yourself to other people, and expectations of what you think life should be.

True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.

Exaggeration is a prodigality of the judgment which shows the narrowness of one's knowledge or one's taste.

What matters to us, the judgment of men? What have we to doubt, since we are pure before life?

The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.

It's amazing. It's actually build from old Siemens Telefunken transistors from the 60ties. There is like 10 in there. It's the most powerful distortion you can have. It does not only do distortion, it does so many weird things. You can't control it, it's sound different all the time. But it's an endless source for fantastic sounds. For example the track "Transit" is entirely made with this box. You have to put the guitar sound in. It's like a pedal.

Except...I do. Of course I do. Because as his hands gently cup my waist, I don't make a sound. As he swivels me around to face him, I don't make a sound. I don't need to. We're still talking. Every touch he makes, every imprint of his skin is like another word, another thought, a continuation of our conversation. And we're not done yet. Not yet.

[Entrepreneurship] is by no means hunch or gamble. But it also is not precisely science. Rather, it is judgment.

... No one "gets away" with evil. Judgment always comes, only the timing is uncertain.

Public opinion is the judgment of the incapable many opposed to that of the discerning few.

A friend is one who withholds judgment no matter how long you have his unanswered letter.

I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is no ideal to me, it is a living, working reality. Gentlemen, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this jury. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up.

When the heart flies out before the understanding, it saves the judgment a world of pains.