Quotes About Falling On Deaf Ears

#1. America has a broken spirit, that the people that are saying, "Please help me, please let me keep my home, please let me keep my car, please recognize me as a vital human being," they are falling on deaf ears.

Suze Orman

#2. When Elliott Smith came out, it was falling on deaf ears. But artists were reacting to it.

Slim Moon

#3. Right now there's a man on the street outside my door
with outstretched hands full of heartbeats no one can hear.
He has cheeks like torn sheet music
every tear-broken crescendo falling on deaf ears.
At his side there's a boy with eyes like an anthem
no one stands up for.

Andrea Gibson

#4. Lord Chesterfield advises his son "to speak often, but not to speak much at a time; so that if he does not please, he will not at least displease to any great extent."
Rousseau tells us, that, "persons who know little, talk a great deal, while those who know a great deal say very little.

Arthur Martine

#5. I love the Wendy Syred boutique in Taunton. She has fantastic off-the-wall stuff, such as Vivienne Westwood. And I always have huge success in Omah Shoes, which is also in Taunton. I've got such small feet - three and a half - but I always find my size there.

Kate O'Mara

#6. [She] was a remarkable looking woman. Remarkable in that she wasn't what most people would call beautiful. But she oozed a raw femaleness that I was certain made most women uncomfortable and sent men walking into walls. And when she smiled. Well. That was magic.

Beth Hoffman

#7. It was then that she realized that the yellow butterflies preceded the appearances of Mauricio Babilonia.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

#8. The rest of it spilled out in an incoherent jumble, but he nodded every once in a while. I liked that about him. He was so smart you didn't have to hold his hand and walk him through everything. He could fill in the blanks on his own.

Lili St. Crow

#9. Angels are unsatisfiable in their longing to do by all means all manner of good unto all the creatures, ... especially the children of men.

Richard Hooker

#10. What one is afraid to think must be the truth.

Marty Rubin

#11. Charm me into giving you the red M&Ms. They're my favorite.'
I looked Hades in the eyes. 'Give me the red M&Ms.'
'Still not good enough.'
'Give me the damn M&Ms,'I snapped.
He snickered. 'That wasn't very charming.

Kaitlin Bevis

#12. I mean sleeping with you was plan B. Dewey jumped the gun on that one, though I can't say as I blame him. If I were in his shoes, I'm not sure I would have even bothered with plan A." (Wendell)

Marshall Thornton