Clamor Quotes

73 quotes by 64 authors

The voice of protest, of warning, of appeal is never more needed than when the clamor of fife and drum, echoed by the press and… — Charles Eliot Norton
Man goes into the noisy crowd to drown his own clamor of silence. — Rabindranath Tagore
Articulate words are a harsh clamor and dissonance. When man arrives at his highest perfection, he will again be dumb. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
Those who lack the capacity to achieve much in an atmosphere of freedom will clamor for power. — Eric Hoffer
Turn in upon yourselves, get into your closets, and now resolve to dwell there. You have been strangers to this work too long; you have… — John Flavel
To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people who… — Robert C. Murphy
History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
We are the species that clamors to be lied to. — Joyce Carol Oates
As the amount of inputs go up, as the number of people and ideas that clamor for attention continue to increase, we do what people… — Seth Godin
But the mild voice of reason, pleading the cause of an enlarged and permanent interest, is but too often drowned, before public bodies as well… — James Madison
Just as with the man in the fairy tale who turned whatever he touched into gold, with me everything is turned into newspaper clamor. — Albert Einstein
I happen to believe the world will change only when we change ourselves. And that starts with finding ourselves: learning to quiet the clamor in… — Kelly Cutrone
The world so clamors for action that men and women devote little time to thinking. Many believe in secondhand thinking. They find it easier to… — James F. Byrnes
It is a [disputed] question, whether the circulation of paper, rather than of specie [gold and silver coin], is a good or an evil I… — Thomas Jefferson
Deaf folk hear the fairies However soft their song; 'Tis we who lose the honey sound Amid the clamor all around That beats the whole… — Rose Fyleman
The easiest way to gain control of the population is to carry out acts of terror. The public will clamor for such laws if their… — Joseph Stalin
True solitude is a din of birdsong, seething leaves, whirling colors, or a clamor of tracks in the snow. — Edward Hoagland
Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader. — Hermann Hesse
To be listened to is... a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating... Man clamors for the freedom to express himself and… — Robert C. Murphy
In a free country there is much clamor, with little suffering; in a despotic state there is little complaint, with much grievance. — Lazare Carnot

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