Hearing

Famous quotes containing the word hearing:

    To-night she will spread her brown hair on his pillow,
    But I shall be hearing the harsh cries of wild fowl.
    Patrick MacDonogh (1902–1961)

    You are not wood, you are not stones, but men;
    And being men, hearing the will of Caesar,
    It will inflame you, it will make you mad.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    We can say that the sound is the primary object of the act of hearing, and that the act of hearing itself is the secondary object.
    Franz Clemens Brentano (1838–1917)