Common Quote by James Redford

In antiquity there was only silence. In the nineteenth century, with the invention of the machine, Noise was born. Today, Noise triumphs and reigns…

— Luigi Russolo

My father was quiet and more artistic.

— Maurizio Gucci

Silent strength is the quality of all good men and most mummies.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Strong men have sound ideas and the force to make these ideas effective.

— Andrew Mellon

Motors make noise and that tells you about the feelings and attitudes that went into it. Something was more important than sensory pleasure -…

— Philip Slater

Fosse would say that it's important to trust silence. He very much liked the use of the tacit, or silent, count, where nothing is…

— Ann Reinking

Father’s silence is not merely the absence of sound. It’s a creature with a life of its own. It chokes you. It pinches you…

— Franny Billingsley

I think that quiet lends itself to that kind of in-your-own-head introspection.

— Fab Moretti

Dad's influence naturally came into me, rather than trying to emulate every detail. His way of teaching me was to be sparse, and to…

— Jason Bonham

Who ever coined quiet as a mouse has never stepped on one

— Sweetangelunknown

One very early influence was reading about John Cage's experience in an anechoic room where the only sound you are left with is the…

— Johann Johannsson

Dad was a machinist who had to work hard - harder than any man I have ever known.

— Jacques Plante