Famous quotes containing the word tone:
“He doesnt know a damn thing about China ... Thats what makes him an expert. He knows nothing about music, being tone deaf. Thats what makes him a musician ... And hes batty in the head. Thats what makes him a philosopher.”
—William Carlos Williams (18831963)
“Our medieval historians who prefer to rely as much as possible on official documents because the chronicles are unreliable, fall thereby into an occasionally dangerous error. The documents tell us little about the difference in tone which separates us from those times; they let us forget the fervent pathos of medieval life.”
—Johan Huizinga (18721945)
“Whose are the truly labored sentences? From the weak and flimsy periods of the politician and literary man, we are glad to turn even to the description of work, the simple record of the months labor in the farmers almanac, to restore our tone and spirits.”
—Henry David Thoreau (18171862)