Hearing Ability

Famous quotes containing the words hearing and/or ability:

“One does not jump, and spring, and shout hurrah! at hearing one has got a fortune, one begins to consider responsibilities, and to ponder business; on a base of steady satisfaction rise certain grave cares, and we contain ourselves, and brood over our bliss with a solemn brow.”
—Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855)

“Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.”
—Jean Rostand (1894–1977)