What we tell students in formal schooling: “Sit down, stay quiet, and absorb. Do this for 12 to 16 years and all… — Alex Tabarrok Copy Share Image
Were this world an endless pain, and by sailing eastward we could forever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Home sweet home. No place like home. Take me home, country roads. Home is where the heart is. But my heart is… — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
Stupid speaks loudly; he makes noise like pigs! Wise man speaks calmly; he makes sound like quiet lakes! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
I was always thinking the funny things but was always quiet and scared to be made fun of. — Nikki Glaser Copy Share Image
I'm not shy. I'm quiet. With my close friends. I talk a lot. But if I'm at a big dinner, I'm not… — Riley Keough Copy Share Image
My dream of happiness: a quiet spot by the Jamaican seashore . . . hearing the wind sob with the beauty and… — Errol Flynn Copy Share Image
The moment comes when the great nurse, death, takes a human, the child, by the hand and quietly says, "It is time… — Joshua L. Liebman Copy Share Image
The more uniform a man's voice, step, manner of conversation, handwriting--the more quiet, uniform, settled, his actions, his character. — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
Sadness is a very interesting idea, this idea of sadness being some kind of default setting that artists will go into. And… — Glen Hansard Copy Share Image
The saints are like the stars. In his providence Christ conceals them in a hidden place that they may not shine before… — Anthony of Padua Copy Share Image
Censorship is saying: 'I'm the one who says the last sentence. Whatever you say, the conclusion is mine.' But the internet is… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
It's not really a conscious decision to do a quiet album or a noisier album. It's just something that happens, I guess. — Sune Rose Wagner Copy Share Image
Bless yourself with holy water, have Masses said, and so on; by a simple and natural process this will make you believe,… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
Short story writers simply do what human beings have always done. They write stories because they have to; because they cannot rest… — Andre Dubus Copy Share Image
I usually like to make really dramatic songs that are dynamic from part to part - a lot of jumping from really… — Mike Shinoda Copy Share Image
I think a lot of great male comic actors are introspective, quiet personalities, which I really admire. But they are really able… — Peter Dinklage Copy Share Image
I like the quiet life sometimes. I also love a bustling press conference sometimes as well. I love a 600 metre red carpet. — Martin Freeman Copy Share Image
The Brazilian national identity is not one of João Gilberto Noll primary concerns. This does not mean social critique is absent: race,… — Adam Morris Copy Share Image
I like working on the house, small carpentry stuff. I also like working on the van. That's about as quiet as my… — Chad Urmston Copy Share Image
“It was quiet, deeply so, but it was the kind of quiet that lived and moved and changed, filled to the brim… — Amy Zhang Copy Share Image
I find that people can’t find you. It’s kind of quiet. When I go to a city, I can almost always get… — Philip Glass Copy Share Image
If we could just get everyone to close their eyes and visualize world peace for an hour, imagine how serene and quiet… — Jack Handey Copy Share Image
