Way over half the murders committed in this country are by close friends or relatives of the deceased. A gun makes a… — John D. MacDonald Copy Share Image
We are shallow because our media are so horribly shallow. Every morning, I peruse the papers, and there is so little to… — F. Sionil Jose Copy Share Image
Sadly, piped music in so many public spaces is often just more noise. Rarely is it carefully designed to enhance our experience;… — Julian Treasure Copy Share Image
The first time Calypso came to check on [Leo], it was to complain about the noise. “Smoke and fire,” she said. “Clanging… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
I started trying to do my own music at home, and I was like, 'You know what, I can play the guitar,… — Steve Burns Copy Share Image
I felt like I could take the responsibility and make the Nas movement bigger and not keep it confined to the Tri-State… — Steve Stoute Copy Share Image
Even if the criticism is not always perfectly informed and in some cases I would deem unfair, just the noise, attention, fuss… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
While it's wonderful that investors have access to all the data now available to them, it has become a full-time job to… — Maria Bartiromo Copy Share Image
You know how Bed Bath & Beyond sells those white noise machines that help you sleep? And they usually make ocean noises?… — Jessi Klein Copy Share Image
If you play basketball, you get into the zone. You can't miss. That's the expansive mindset we're all seeking. But that only… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
I spend several days at a time without enough sleep. At first, normal activities become annoying. When you are too tired to… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
One can suffer a convulsion of one's entire nature, and, unless it makes some noise, no one notices. It's not just that… — Elizabeth Bowen Copy Share Image
Pride creates a noise within us which makes the quiet voice of the Spirit hard to hear. And soon, in our vanity,… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
It's about being consistent with the players, it's about not ripping up everything you believe in, not listening to the noise around… — Eddie Howe Copy Share Image
[There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
It’s like trying to herd a flock of geese,” said Orik. “They’re always trying to go off on their own, they make… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
I don't think I believe in ghosts, per se. But, my nearest experience was when I went on a weekend away and… — Theo James Copy Share Image
You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen… — Francis Pharcellus Church Copy Share Image
Matching sounds in your head is made a lot easier with all the technology. It is the nonelectronic noises that are challenging,… — Scott Walker Copy Share Image
Everyone's like sheep on social media; like, one person starts making noise, and everyone's like, 'Hey, yeah!' and then you got a… — Earl Sweatshirt Copy Share Image
I felt like the blonde in every horror movie who hears a noise in the basement and goes to investigate alone. Sometimes… — Ann Aguirre 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
How can you expect God to speak in that gentle and inward voice which melts the soul, when you are making so… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Literature is the expression of a feeling of deprivation, a recourse against a sense of something missing. But the contrary is also… — Octavio Paz Copy Share Image
The real Brahms is nothing more than a sentimental voluptuary. rather tiresomely addicted to dressing himself up as Handel or Beethoven and… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The Bring the Noise buzz was so strong, so we put it out on a release called 'Attack of the Killer B's'… — Charlie Benante Copy Share Image
Green little vaulter, in the sunny grass, Catching your heart up at the feel of June, Sole noise that's heard amidst the… — Leigh Hunt Copy Share Image
When I was 4 years old my mother put me into an early music education school. That's where they taught you perfect… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
Our audience seems to be able to handle whatever kind of weird opening acts we turn them on to. I mean, sometimes… — Lee Ranaldo Copy Share Image
I use to think that the friction was a bad thing. Everything is to ease pain in our society; pain is very… — Jon Foreman Copy Share Image
While doing centering prayer, the practice is to let go of any thought or perception. The priority is to be as silent… — Thomas Keating Copy Share Image
The guitar is a funny instrument because you have bendable strings and distortion - there's a potential for noise. It is more… — John Petrucci Copy Share Image
There are so many noises and pulls and competing demands in our lives that many of us never find out who we… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
it is the modern nature of goodness to exert itself quietly, while a few characters of the opposite cast seem, by the… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
And that was as far as he got before i heard it. The thumping of footsteps, running up the lawn toward me:… — Sarah Dessen Copy Share Image
I remember the noise of the bells ringing at school as the effigy of Guy Fawkes we'd prepared earlier was carried out… — Pippa Middleton Copy Share Image
Rosa Parks showed us all that one little person can make a whole bunch of noise without so much as a whisper.… — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
You cannot see the Milky Way in New York City any more ... We risk the loss of our sensual perception. And… — Rene Dubos Copy Share Image
My investigative technique mostly consisted of going through the list of interested parties and making as much noise as possible, until the… — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself. Just as the word “water”… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
![“The first time Calypso came to check on [Leo], it was to complain about the noise. “Smoke and fire,” she said. “Clanging on metal all day long. You’re scaring away the birds!” “Oh, no, not the birds!” quote by Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9c6/rick-riordan-27_bird_the-first-time-calypso-came-to-check-on_1659208.jpg)
![“[There's a] point where you have to leave the dough alone. It's silly to anthropomorphize bread, but I love the fact that it needs to sit quietly, to retreat from touch and noise and drama, in order to evolve. I have to admit, I often feel that way myself.” quote by Jodi Picoult](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b74/jodi-picoult-45_bread_there-s-a-point-where-you-have-to-leave_247062.jpg)
