“My irritation with Niles was growing, though. I had always thought the quiet man was the most overrated form of human life".” — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
I got to know Sterling Hayden fairly well. He was a quiet man, who got more complicated as the years went on. — Marie Windsor Copy Share Image
“He has a gentle voice and a quiet manner, but behind his twinkling blue eyes there lurks a capacity for furious wrath… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
I would say George Mitchell was like Clark Kent sometimes with his horn rimmed glasses and his very quiet manner. People say,… — Barbara Mikulski Copy Share Image
Bob Ford is a great guy. He's a great friend. He's done a great job at Oakmont and Seminole. He's a very… — Jack Nicklaus Copy Share Image
The greatest evil is not done in those sordid dens of evil that Dickens loved to paint ... but is conceived and… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
“Axe was a quiet man, six foot four, with piercing blue eyes and curly hair. He was smart and the best Trivial… — Marcus Luttrell Copy Share Image
She told them simply and directly that the meadow was a place of peace and beauty, where indeed if one came to… — Kathryn Lasky Copy Share Image
“When they are young, they would be old, and old, young.{244} Princes commend a private life; private men itch after honour: a… — Robert Burton Copy Share Image
“Edythe is going to marry his best friend, Garid...Garik-I can't remember, but they will live at Syndlear. He is supposedly a quiet… — Michele Sinclair Copy Share Image
Why?” He tilted his head. “That’s a tricky one. Could it be your serenity, your quiet manner, your flawless fashion sense?” It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Many terribly quiet customers exist but none more terribly quiet than Man his footsteps pass so perilously soft across the sea in… — Sophocles Carson Anne Copy Share Image
“He could never know how beautiful he was in these moments, and Devin couldn't bring himself to say anything. What would he… — Sara Winters Copy Share Image
“Graham of Claverhouse, you know, who persecuted the Covenanters and had a black horse that could ride straight up a precipice. Don’t… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Like all good cult followers, we will gloss over the imperfections of The Quiet Man … Like little blemishes on the faces… — Sean Crosson Copy Share Image
“Hear that quiet, man?' he said. 'That quiet - just listen. There's your moral.” — Tim O'Brien Copy Share Image
“You were a quiet man, yet you took up a vast amount of silent space and that was what I missed.” — Tatiana de Rosnay Copy Share Image
I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention. — Christian Bale Copy Share Image
When a quiet man is moved to passion, it seems the very earth will shake. — Francine Mathews Copy Share Image
I have no wish to talk nonsense." "If you did, it would be in such a grave, quiet manner, I should mistake… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
I dream of a quiet man / who explains nothing and defends nothing, but only knows / where the rarest wildflowers /… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
The Set animal’s jaws were pried open so fast that it yelped and let go of my arm. I stood, now encased… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Link is a quiet man to meet- easy and courteous. His music, though, betrays that deep inside he gets very very mean… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Be deaf unto the suggestions of tale-bearers, calumniators, pick-thank or malevolent detractors, who, while quiet men sleep, sowing the tares of discord… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
Mummy was absolutely the rock in my life. It was not that I didn't love my father; he was such a quiet… — Miriam Margolyes Copy Share Image
“What do I know, father,' said Louisa in her quiet manner, 'of tastes and fancies; of aspirations and affections; of all that… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“Actions born of contemplation are wiser than those made in quiet desperation. If all that's true, and I feel it is, then… — Richard Wagamese Copy Share Image
Theodor Geisel (otherwise known as Dr. Seuss) spent his workdays ensconced in his private studio, the walls lined with sketches and drawings,… — Susan Cain Copy Share Image
I am a quiet man. I tend to think things through and try not to say too much. But here I am,… — Douglas Coupland Copy Share Image
“Earthly rule, therefore, has been appointed by God for the benefit of nations, and not by the devil, who is never at… — The Church Fathers Copy Share Image
