Noise Quotes
1175 Noise quotes by 871 unique authors
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Never had the sky been more studded with stars and more charming, the trees more trembling, the odor of the grass more penetrating; never had…
— Victor Hugo
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Dead voices, lost sounds, forgotten noises, vibrations lockstepping into the abyss and now too distant ever to be recaptured!...What sort of arrows would be able…
— Auguste de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
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And I go out of Father's house and I walk down the street, and it is very quiet even thought it is the middle of…
— Mark Haddon
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People who record birdsong generally do it very early-before six o'clock-if they can. Soon after that, the invasion of distant noise in most woodland becomes…
— Richard Adams
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Words are merely utterances: noises that stand for feelings, thoughts, and experience. They are symbols. Signs. Insignias. They are not Truth. They are not the…
— Neale Donald Walsch
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Every time there's a cut in the action, we joke and dance around, there's show tunes and fart noises.
— Darby Stanchfield
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A man to whom you do a favor will not understand if you say nothing, make no noise, just walk away. You may cause more…
— Chinua Achebe
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Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a…
— John Steinbeck
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Since, during storms, flames leap from the humid vapors and dark clouds emit deafening noises, is it surprising the lightning, when it strikes the ground,…
— Plutarch
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Sloths move at the speed of congressional debate but with greater deliberation and less noise.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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A man makes no noise over a good deed, but passes on to another as a vine to bear grapes again in season.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Life is like watching Fast and the Furious 6. Its not easy, most of the time its just dumb and pointless, everything is fake, there…
— Jon Lajoie
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Eventually the consumer will come to appreciate the editorial point of view of every different brand. User-generated content without editorial oversight will simply be background…
— Michael Eisner
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Even as we slog through the trials, persecutions, irritations, temptations, distractions, apathy, and just plain weariness of this world, the gospel points us to heaven…
— Greg Gilbert
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What I don't like to hear in music is something has not been thought through: that a sound is just there randomly. I want to…
— Unknown Author
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You cannot hear music and noise at the same time.
— Henry David Thoreau
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Often I had to imagine the things I needed. I learned very early to read amidst noise. And so I started writing and drawing at…
— Gunter Grass
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Silence is helpful, but you don't need it in order to find stillness. Even when there is noise, you can be aware of the stillness…
— Eckhart Tolle
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In noise can be read the codes of life, the relations among men. Clamour, Melody, Dissonance, Harmony; when it is fashioned by man with specific…
— Jacques Attali
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I love L.A. I always have such a great time in L.A. The way I kind of define me and L.A. is the noise of…
— Alfonso Cuaron
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When people say, 'I don't see you enough,' well just because you don't see me don't mean I don't exist, or just 'cause you haven't…
— Mos Def
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The negative effects of combat were nightmares, and I'd get jumpy around certain noises and stuff, but you'd have that after a car accident or…
— Sebastian Junger
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A man seeking publicity works with the noise of voice; A man working for humanity seeks the silence of rejoice in life.
— Unknown Author
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Not only does political coverage often lose the signal—it frequently accentuates the noise.
— Nate Silver
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Still, despite all our noise, this universe hinges on a melody, that’s the dismal truth of it. Oh, we can propagandize all we wish, it…
— Geoffrey Wood
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