“In a noisy place I can’t understand speech, because I cannot screen out the background noise.” — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Journalism talk is part of the nonstop background noise of American life. — Russell Baker Copy Share Image
Good investors must learn to contextualize the daily background noise. — Barry Ritholtz Copy Share Image
“Your half empty.. A broken glass, I love you can sound so beautiful Until you stop to listen That terrible background noise,… — Brittany Williams Copy Share Image
“One of the terrestrial channels he enjoyed so little was showing a war movie from the sixties, it was background noise and… — Eli Yance Copy Share Image
Turning on the TV: 10% to watch shows and 90% to use it as background noise. Just so I feel less lonely… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Why I turn on the TV: 10% to watch shows. 90% to use it as background noise so I feel less lonely… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have a small entourage of people who I trust. I value their opinion on my career. And I stick to those… — Lance Stroll Copy Share Image
“Happiness is fragile. Appreciate every moment and do everything you can to protect it. The rest of life, in a sense, is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I spent so long going through the motions just to make the background noise fade, but when I’m near you, it’s gone.… — Chanda Hahn Copy Share Image
The reality is, the only thing I can control is whether my songs are good and if I can turn up and… — Sam Fender Copy Share Image
It's not healthy to obsess over every data point, every review or reader comment. I think the first few times you see… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
I am much less autistic now, compared to when I was young. I remember some behaviors like picking carpet fuzz and watching… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
“Do not force your mind to get rid of random thoughts, because your brain is simply not capable of doing so. Instead,… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
In this media-drenched, data-rich, channel-surfing, computer-gaming age, we have lost the art of doing nothing, of shutting out the background noise and… — Carl Honore Copy Share Image
“He was a little tired, but not as tired as Rick, so he stayed awake a little longer, letting Rick's breathing and… — shukyou Copy Share Image
I'd always thought pop stars had to be really sophisticated and grown-up. So I was enchanted by Bjork's childlikeness. I'd never heard… — Corinne Bailey Rae Copy Share Image
“It's an amazing experience when you focus on the positive things in your life. Things start to change. You become happier. You… — Tom Giaquinto Copy Share Image
“It's always the same story: It's not 'violence' until somebody hits you back. Till then, you don't notice your guys hitting the… — Gary Brecher Copy Share Image
“The day i met Cameron,the pieces started to flow into place,and the night that Cameron kissed me,the day that he sat next… — Julie Hockley Copy Share Image
WARNING: The following is a transcript of a digital recording. In certain places, the audio quality was poor, so some words and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
When I text, you dont text back, No you didnt cause you didnt care. Well the game makes me crazy Its like… — Rachel Copy Share Image
See beauty in those unexpected places. (she asked herself how people could let Bach be background noise.) See the opportunity in what… — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
“Looking back now, how fucking stupid was I not to see what was going on? But when you were in it, you… — Alice Clayton Copy Share Image
I wanted to see if I could create something that is emotional between people. Existing games are about killing each other or… — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
“Weir heard something different in the sounds. Once, during a period of calm, he sat on the firestep waiting for Stephen to… — Sebastian Faulks Copy Share Image
I believe in a personal god who cares about me and worries and oversees everything I do. I believe in an impersonal… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“I believe that mankind's destiny lies in the stars. I believe that candy really did taste better when I was a kid,… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Preventing Separation Anxiety We wish our dogs could be with us all day, every day, but it’s not possible, and puppies do… — Terry Albert Copy Share Image
“. . .In a heartbeat, you will fall right into that novel, that poem, the story that you are most in love… — Terry Kennedy Copy Share Image
“I," she told him, "can believe anything. You have no idea what I can believe." "Really?" "I can believe things that are… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“I can believe that things are true and I can believe things that aren’t true and I can believe things where nobody… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“The fight unfolded like background noise. White noise. In the foreground, even with his ghastly pale face looking dead in my hands,… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
“How do you know when you're There, I had once wondered. Maybe you're lucky enough to notice the moment it's happening to… — Julie Hockley Copy Share Image
Eventually the consumer will come to appreciate the editorial point of view of every different brand. User-generated content without editorial oversight will… — Michael Eisner Copy Share Image
But maybe those things are like background noise if you’re from here. Maybe you have to experience this as a whole new… — Susane Colasanti Copy Share Image
Kids and adults alike are having their curiosity drained away by boredom in class or the workplace, and by the unremitting background… — Sal Khan Copy Share Image
“There is something so comforting about finding your changed self in a familiar place, as if the background noise vanished leaving you… — Gaia B. Amman Copy Share Image
“You should know,” he says. His whisper is low enough that even angels probably couldn’t hear it beyond the background noise of… — Susan Ee Copy Share Image