“If you heard me sing, you would just plug your ears and run, screaming, the other way. I promise.” IfsWayRunningHeardPromiseEarsI PromisePlugs Author:Sarah Paulson
“In the last four years, I heard the same thing over and over again from people: 'We've had enough,' 'Our country is drifting,' 'We've lost our way.” PeopleWayYearsCountryEnoughLastsLostFourHeardOur CountryFour YearsHad EnoughDrifting Author:Ted Yoho
“If the words of God are uttered merely as verbal expressions, and their message is not rooted in the virtuous way of life of those who utter them, they will not be heard. But if they are uttered through the practice of the commandments, their sound has such power that they dissolve the demons and dispose men eagerly to build their hearts into temples of God through making progress in works of righteousness.” IfsMenWayHeartChristianSoundPracticeProgressHeardExpressionMessagesDemonTemplesOrthodoxRighteousnessWord Of GodRootedVirtuousCommandmentsOrthodox Christian Author:Maximus the Confessor
“If I tried to shout over my older brother, my mother told me keep quiet. If I tried to shout over my little sister, my father told me to shut up. I found the best way to be heard was to lower my voice and actually speak when I had something to say.” IfsWayLittlesMotherFoundFatherSpeakVoiceHeardBrotherQuietBest WayShut UpOlder BrotherLittle Sister Author:Peter Welch
“A lot of people say I’m bent and I’ve heard it so many times I’ve almost learned to accept it ... I couldn’t stand to be thought of as a big butch lady. But I know I’m as perfectly capable of being swayed by a girl as by a boy. More and more people feel that way and I don’t see why I shouldn’t.” PeopleKnowsWayFeelsBigsGirlAcceptingBoysHeardCapableBent Author:Dusty Springfield
“Over the years, I’ve worried that my directness could come off as brusque or my criticisms heard in an outsize way, especially by male colleagues. I sometimes wondered whether expressing even my mildest reservation reminded someone of a chastising mother or complaining wife.” WayYearsSometimesMotherWifeHeardCriticismMalesComplainingWorriedColleaguesReservations Author:Jill Abramson
“I wanted to be heard myself, which is hard in a household of people who were very showy. It forced me to find myself and define a personality and a way of being different, and that's a thing that's going to help me to survive in a world of many people playing the guitar.” PeopleWorldWayDifferentHardHelpingWantedHeardPersonalityGuitarHelp MeHouseholdBeing DifferentShowy Author:Martha Wainwright