Quiet Quotes

2761 Quiet quotes by 1865 unique authors

Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the… — Bill Bradley
At that time a senator who was on the Joint Committee of Atomic Energy said rather quietly, 'You know, we're having a little problem with… — David R. Brower
If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively. — Mel Brooks
Everything is Song. Everything is Silence. Since it all turns out to be illusion, perfectly being what it is, having nothing to do with good… — James Broughton
Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there. — Rita Mae Brown
To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but… — Jean de la Bruyere
Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences. — John Buchan
If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot. — John Bunyan
I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. — John Burroughs
Christ was only crucified once and for a few hours. Think of the hundreds of thousands whom Christ has been crucifying in a quiet way… — Samuel Butler
The place is very well and quiet and the children only scream in a low voice. — Lord Byron
There is no such thing as an empty space or an empty time. There is always something to see, something to hear. In fact, try… — John Cage
I prefer to remake flops. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels was a remake of a flop, and The Quiet American is a remake of a flop. — Michael Caine
I used to get the girl; now I get the part. In 'The Quiet American' you may have noticed I got the part and the… — Michael Caine
The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we… — Albert Camus
Silence is as deep as eternity, speech a shallow as time. — Thomas Carlyle
I think that one's art is a growth inside one. I do not think one can explain growth. It is silent and subtle. One does… — Emily Carr
My suggestion to newspapers everywhere is to give the public a reason to read them again. So here's an idea: get on a big story… — Graydon Carter
When I feel lost and can't make a decision, I just stop and get quiet. I take a time-out. — Kim Cattrall
The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons restlessly moving here and there. — Chanakya
A women knows how to keep quiet when she is in the right, whereas a man, when he is in the right, will keep on… — Malcolm De Chazal
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once… — Agatha Christie
I specialize in murders of quiet, domestic interest. — Agatha Christie
'No comment' is a splendid expression. I am using it again and again. — Winston Churchill

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