Noise Quotes

1175 Noise quotes by 871 unique authors

Dark house, by which once more I stand Here in the long unlovely street, Doors, where my heart was used to beat So quickly, waiting… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
Unexplained noises are best left unexplained. — John Bellairs
Why should we tolerate a diet of weak poisons, a home in insipid surroundings, a circle of acquaintances who are not quite our enemies, the… — Rachel Carson
Men are the weak ones, luv. Didn't you know? Oh, you make a lot of noise, but its the women who are strong. Where it… — Jennifer Donnelly
I'm serious, Harry, don't go." But Harry only had one thought in his head, which was to get back in front of the mirror, and… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
You tell yourself that noise is what defines silence. Without noise, silence would not be golden. Noise is the exception. — Chuck Palahniuk
why something and not nothing? why music and not noise? — Don DeLillo
A loud booming noise interrupted us, and we saw a flash of light off to my right. People near the other garages screamed. "There, you… — Richelle Mead
I like it where it gets dark at night, and if you want noise, you have to make it yourself. — H. Beam Piper
The very air had screams smeared on it. He flinched from the noise in this silent room. — Thomas Harris
There’s something about hospital walls; though only made of bricks and plaster, when you’re inside them the noise, the reality of the teeming city beyond,… — Kate Morton
In those days it was either live with music or die with noise, and we chose rather desperately to live. — Ralph Ellison
Pierce made a calculating noise, accidentally brushing my knee as he shifted. "As Jenks would say, you snore nice." I smiled back unconvincingly. I snore… — Kim Harrison
Indeed, organizing atheists has been compared to herding cats, because they tend to think independently and will not conform to authority. But a good first… — Richard Dawkins
The universal pervasion of ugliness, hideous landscapes, vile noises, foul language...everything. Unnatural, broken, blasted; the distortion of the dead, whose unburiable bodies sit outside the… — Wilfred Owen
Self-assertion may deceive the ignorant for a time; but when the noise dies away, we cut open the drum, and find it was emptiness that… — Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Theology is-- or should be-- a species of poetry,which read quickly or encountered in a hubbub of noise makes no sense. You have to open… — Karen Armstrong
Other memories stick, no matter how much you wish they wouldn’t. They’re like a song you hate but can’t ever get completely out of your… — Sara Zarr
I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and… — Arthur Schopenhauer
Where are you heading, if you’ve got the choice?” James lifted an invisible sword. “‘Gryffindor, where dwell the brave at heart!’ Like my dad.” Snape… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don't realize this because almost everyone is suffering from it, so it… — Eckhart Tolle
...If there's a noise in the woods, and there's nobody around to hear it, is it really a noise?" "Of course it is," she replied… — David Eddings
There was a terribly ghastly silence. There was a terribly ghastly noise. There was a terribly ghastly silence. — Douglas Adams
Peace. it does not mean to be in a place where there is no trouble, noise, or hard work. it means to be in the… — Lady Gaga
Tides are like politics. They come and go with a great deal of fuss and noise, but inevitably they leave the beach just as they… — Jack McDevitt

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