Noise Quotes

1175 Noise quotes by 871 unique authors

There are various orders of beauty, causing men to make fools of themselves in various styles... but there is one order of beauty which seems… — George Eliot
We in the "developed" world seem to have many auditory strategies that insulate us from the presence of silence, simplicity, and solitude. When I return… — Joan Halifax
When millions of tons of angry elephant come spinning through the sky, and there was no one there to hear it, does it - philosopically… — Terry Pratchett
I think that people are constantly thinking about capturing things that they're not actually present for the moment they're trying to capture. I'm quite sure… — Ian MacKaye
The cold passed reluctantly from the earth, and the retiring fogs revealed an army stretched out on the hills, resting. As the landscape changed from… — Stephen Crane
In horror movies today its lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing… — Alejandro Amenabar
Why, lies are like a sticky juice overspreading the world, a living, growing flypaper to catch and gum the wings of every human soul. .… — John Dos Passos
As with narrow-necked bottles; the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring out. — Alexander Pope
It is quite untrue that British people don't appreciate music. They may not understand it but they absolutely love the noise it makes. — Thomas Beecham
"Is it how she moves, or how she looks?" I say it's loneliness suspended to our own like grappling hooks, And as long as she's… — Dar Williams
All noise is waste. So cultivate quietness in your speech, in your thoughts, in your emotions. Speak habitually low. Wait for attention and then you… — Elbert Hubbard
The world is full of noise. Might we not set ourselves to learn silence, stillness solitude? — Elisabeth Elliot
If the pace and the push, the noise and the crowds are getting to you, it's time to stop the nonsense and find a place… — Charles R. Swindoll
If there is no passionate love for Christ at the center of everything, we will only jingle and jangle our way across the world, merely… — William Wilberforce
I function as a channel from which music emerges from the chaos of noise. — Vangelis
The real liberators of American women were not the feminist noise-makers, they were the automobile, the supermarket, the shopping center, the dishwasher, the washer-dryer, the… — Pat Buchanan
Only in sex the noise sometimes stops. I say "sometimes". If you have become habitual in sex also, as husbands and wives become, then it… — Rajneesh
There was too much noise. Sirens from police cars and ambulances. Shouts from the crowd on the street eighteen floors below. Traffic from other streets… — Unknown Author
Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever's not full makes noise. Whatever… — Gautama Buddha
Pay attention to the voice within. . . . Sometimes the voice of your conscience gets drowned out by crowd noise or by the pep… — Price Pritchett
Silent Summer - a never-ending heat wave, devoid of birdsong, insect hum, and all the weird and wonderful living noises that subconsciously keep us company. — Mark Lynas
Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty. — Tim Ferriss
I'm not concerned with noise because I'm playing the long game. — Jay-Z
Nobody wants to be a bottom feeder and deal with the reality that you have one of the worst records, if not the worst record,… — Jalen Rose
Noise is an easy thing to hide behind. If you make a lot of noise and shout behind that, nobody can tell what you're singing. — Jarvis Cocker

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