Abuse Quote by Florence Nightingale

Calling noise a nuisance is like calling smog an inconvenience. Noise must be considered a hazard to the health of people everywhere.

— William H. Stewart

Noise is an imposition on sanity, and we live in very noisy times.

— Joan Baez

It is not often given in a noisy world to come to the places of great grief and silence.

— Sarah Orne Jewett

Noise is a parasite. Anything noisy is poorly designed.

— Raymond Loewy

Some are reputed sick and some are not. It often happens that the sicker man is the nurse to the sounder.

— Henry David Thoreau

Hearing something that kills you inside is horrible, but acting like you don't care is even worse..

— Anonymous

People often mistake our mission at The Sound Agency for a crusade for silence, but actually, silence is in many ways just as bad…

— Julian Treasure

People who make no noise are dangerous.

— Jean de La Fontaine

Everybody has their taste in noises as well as in other matters; and sounds are quite innoxious, or most distressing, by their sort rather…

— Jane Austen

“Excessively noisy and very quiet environments should be avoided, as they can produce biological problems.”

— Steven Magee

The silence of the envious is too noisy.

— Khalil Gibran

In the right context, you can make ugly sounds, different sounds feel right at home.

— Flume