Quiet Quotes · Page 31

No more turning a blind eye to Chinese spies in our nuclear labs. No more keeping silent about Chinese slave labor camps.

— Steve Forbes

There is no such things as God's word on earth. Or if there is it is not to be found in books.…

— James Frey

Civilizations grow by agreements and accomodations and accretions, not by repudiations. The rebels and the revolutionaries are only eddies, they keep the…

— Wallace Stegner

The director sets the tone, and if someone's ruling it with an iron fist, people are quiet and the days go long…

— Channing Tatum

I was quiet, and I was artistic. I liked writing poetry, and that was very strange, so I was bullied a lot.

— Nelsan Ellis

Be quiet or I'll be forced to flick you." "Ooh," he mocked. "The ultimate threat. I don't think I've ever been flicked…

— Alexandra Adornetto

Making people laugh was the only thing I ever truly excelled at. But at home, I was so quiet with my family,…

— Ali Wong

“Even without being believed, magic can change things. It moves invisibly through the air, dissolving the usual ways of seeing, allowing new…

— Janet Taylor Lisle

There's so much going on in Andrei [Bolkonsky]. He's wrangling with these big existential conundrums, and he tries out different routes to…

— James Norton

He who cultivates that quiet, unobtrusive ecstasy of inner joyousness can scale any heights and be a leader in his field, no…

— Walter Russell

By day, Venice is a city of museums and churches, packed with great art. Linger over lunch, trying to crack a crustacean…

— Rick Steves

I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place…

— Harlan Coben

The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call…

— Lindsey Graham

Swift as the wind. Quiet as the forest. Conquer like the fire. Steady as the mountain

— Sun Tzu

When I was growing up, I wasn't an extrovert. If anything, I was an introverted kid and a very average pupil at…

— Clint Eastwood

The Law is not in fault, but our evil and wicked nature; even as a heap of lime is still and quiet…

— Saint Augustine

Wisdom can see the red, the rose, the stained and sculptured curve of grey, the charcoal scars of fire, and see around…

— Judith Wright

One of the saddest sights of the slums is to see the thrifty wife of the working man, with her rosy brood…

— Albion Fellows Bacon

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

— Peter Drucker

I'm kind of lame. I prefer quiet evenings at home, hanging out with my family.

— Selena

I get very nervous when it's quiet, because I think it's dead. What I learned in the moment was to hold back…

— Sheila Nevins

“Has there ever been a night where you didn’t feel safe? Maybe you felt you were being watched? Or you couldn’t close…

— Mandi Lynn

Anthologists are lazy fellows who like to spend a quiet evening at home raiding good books.

— Dorothy Parker

My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.

— Peter Zumthor

I know my head isn't screwed on straight. I want to leave, transfer, warp myself to another galaxy. I want to confess…

— Laurie Halse Anderson