“I write a tiny fraction of what I used to write. My only job used to be to just write songs, and that was a really nice job to have, but only a tiny amount of people heard those songs, and I didn't make a living from it, and eventually I begged my parents to let me move back into my room.” PeopleWritingJobsMovingUsedSongParentRoomsNiceHeardAmountLet MeTinyUsed To BeFractionsReally Nice Author:Regina Spektor
“Medicine is learned by the bedside and not in the classroom. Let not your conceptions of disease come from words heard in the lecture room or read from the book. See, and then reason and compare and control. But see first.” FirstsBookReasonRoomsHeardDiseaseMedicineCompareConceptionClassroomLecturesLecturingPractice Of Medicine Author:William Osler
“My goal from the very beginning was just to write good songs that don't require any production to be felt or understood. I wanted to be able to sit in a room with a guitar and play the song from beginning to end and have it be as impactful as if you heard the studio version with all the bells and whistles.” IfsWritingEndsPlayAbleWantedSongFeltGoalRoomsHeardUnderstoodGuitarProductionsStudiosVersionsBells Author:Madonna Ciccone
“Now the dressing-room full of RSC hierarchy. Suddenly Trevor Nunn pushes his way through and 'Trevs' me. I've heard a lot about this 'Trevving', but never had it done to me. From what I'd heard, a 'Trev' is an arm round your shoulder and a sideways squeeze. But this 'Trev' is a full frontal hug, so complete and so intimate that the dressing-room instantly clears, as if by suction. I'm left alone in the arms of this famous man wondering whether it's polite to let go.” IfsMenWayDoneLeftRoomsWonderHeardArmsLetting GoRoundsShouldersIntimateHugPoliteDressingsHierarchyLeft AloneSidewaysDressing Rooms Author:Antony Sher
“Not far from the meeting's venue, at one of the famed Observatory Club tea meetings, Fred once started a talk by saying, 'Oh, Ooh, basically a star is a pretty simple thing.' And from the back of the room was heard the voice of R. O. Redman, saying, 'Well, Fred, you'd look pretty simple too, from ten parsecs!” WellsLooksStarsVoiceSimpleRoomsHeardTenMeetingsClubsTeaSimple ThingsVenues Author:Fred Hoyle
“we made love on the living room floor with the noise in the background of a televised war and in that defeaning pleasure i thought i heard someone say if we walk away they'll walk away” IfsMadeWarWalksPleasureRoomsHeardBackgroundsNoiseLiving Room Author:Conor Oberst
“Were it possible for us to wait for ourselves to come into the room, not many of us would find our hearts breaking into flower as we heard the door handle turn.” HeartSelfTurnsWaitingRoomsDoorsHeardFlowerHandleHeart BreakHeart Breaking Book:A Train of Powder Source: A Train of Powder
“Historically, there is a fight between the sound designer and the composer. You see them in the mixing room and they're always fighting because the composer wants the music to be heard and the sound designer wants the sound to be heard.” WantFightingSoundRoomsHeardDesignerComposerMixingAlways Fighting Author:Alfonso Cuaron
“When I started in television, it was brand new. It was the miracle over in the corner of your room. Now the audience has seen every story line. People have heard every joke. They can predict the plot almost before a show starts. That's a hard, sophisticated audience to reach.” PeopleHardStoriesShowsLinesRoomsAudienceHeardTelevisionJokesMiracleCornersBrandsPlotSophisticatedBrand NewYour Room Author:Betty White