“Among the appliances to transform the people, sound and appearances are but trivial influences.”

“Thus, Beauty is neither an appearance nor a being, but a relationship: the transformation of being into appearance”

Jean Paul Sartre book Saint Genet

“Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.”

Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980) British filmmaker

“All transformation appears to be motivated by desperation and emergency.”

Elizabeth Gilbert (1969) American writer

“America's rich musical heritage reflects the diversity of our people. Among many influences, the cultural traditions brought to this land from Africa more than four centuries ago and the remarkable musical achievements of African Americans since then have strongly and unmistakably improved the sound of American music.”

George W. Bush (1946) 43rd President of the United States

“Light travels faster than sound. Isn't that why people appear bright before you hear them speak?”

Steven Wright (1955) American actor and author

“The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.”

George Washington (1732–1799) first President of the United States

“If you want success, figure out the price, then pay it. It sounds trivial and obvious, but if you unpack the idea it has extraordinary power.”

Scott Adams (1957) cartoonist, writer

“When you say too much about anything important, it always ends up sounding more trivial than it is. Words trash it.”

Megan McCafferty (1973) American novelist

“Poetry is properly speaking a transcendental quality, a sudden transformation in which words assume a particular influence.”

Herbert Read (1893–1968) English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art