You'll never have a quiet world till you knock the patriotism out of the human race.
George Bernard Shaw
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The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.
Anne Frank
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
Napoleon Bonaparte
I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.
William Shakespeare
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain.
William Shakespeare
Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem, or saying a prayer.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
I love thee to the level of everyday's most quiet need,by sun and candle light...I love thee with the breath,smiles,tears,of all my life.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
Blaise Pascal
The best is the deep quiet in which I live and grow against the world, and harvest what they cannot take from me by fire and sword.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I love the deep quiet in which I live and grow against the world and harvest what they cannot take from me by fire or sword.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He was quiet, he didn't say a whole bunch, but he was well respected.
Joe Hansen
He's one politician I've watched do things the quiet way. I learned from him, don't get upset, just keep working on the issue.
Nancy White
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
Henry David Thoreau
The solar system is not a stable and quiet place.
Jack Lissauer
Look, I really don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive, you got to flap your arms and legs, you got to jump around a lot, you got to make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death. And therefore, as I see it, if you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy, or at least your thoughts should be noisy and colorful and lively.
Mel Brooks
We wanted to have a quiet launch to work out the kinks beforehand.
Craig David
It's a very quiet film, it's all about quietness and relationships.
Bruce Goldstein
I'm a quiet person.
Robert Young
Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and islands up and down the littoral of our life.
David Mccord
She's a real quiet kid, but she ignites us by getting us going. The rest of the kids, as soon as they see her get on they know, done deal, she's going to score, and who's going to be next? It's that kind of feeling we get when she gets on.
Larry Bieber
He would go out every day and cut some wood. Arlie was absolutely an outdoorsman. When I think of Arlie, I think of a quiet, steady guy you can always depend on.
Mike Sletto
The protests must be pursued everywhere. Bush and Rice should keep quiet and we tell them that we will not forgive those who offend our Prophet.
Hassan Nasrallah
It got kinda quiet then I just heard her scream real loud. I just knew something was wrong by the way that she screamed.
Jessy Larson
If you really want something in this life you have to work for it. Now quiet, they're about to announce the lottery numbers.
Dan Castellaneta
People entered into these deals often at the behest of lawyers and accountants peddling flaky tax products, ... We're offering taxpayers a quick, quiet and cost-effective way to put these deals behind them.
Mark Everson
What a special girl she was. She was quiet, but she was powerful in own right.
Carolyn Jackson
Darcey is one of those players you never hear much about. She is a 5-foot-8 post player who always plays against people who are at least four inches taller than she is. Darcey is a quiet person, but she always gets the job done. We wouldn't be where we are without her.
Adam Houdeshell
It's quiet because they're solving, but it's electric in the room. There's a feeling of tension, a good feeling of tension. When the first person says 'Done,' there's a good feeling in the room.
Will Shortz
I thought we were a little nervous. It was a quiet bus ride, but (Queensbury's first goal) was a wake-up call.
Walt Peretti
It's so amazing how quiet the room is when they're building because their concentrating so hard.
Anne Kovacs
Iran doesn't want peace and quiet here. If the Palestinians want a right-wing government, there will be more terrorism, because terrorism always helps the right.
Yossi Alpher
Looking back I remember him being quiet at the wedding and now I know why. I don't know how she can live with herself.
Francis Jones
What drew me to ballooning was just a sense of being out and having the ability to go up in the air and doing it in such a way that is so quiet and easy and uncomplicated.
Karen Martin
Yes they are and that is one of the reasons they [Apple] are trying to be very quiet about what they are doing. Other companies are looking for any information on Apple to understand if they are competitors or partners.
Natalya Yezhkova
From here through Christmas things will get pretty quiet.
Gilberto Zalfa
It helps us out quite a bit. As you know, February is a quiet month for Myrtle Beach. The golfers haven't come down yet and there are a few conventions, but those don't really kick in until March or April, so it gives us a nice start.
Cindy Hull
I'd like to see a quiet album and go back to being sparse again, because this album is such a big album, ... I'd like to go back to being as sparse as we possibly can.
Margo Timmins
Quiet IS the new loud.
Patrick Stump
He became more quiet and more into himself a few months before he took his life. I didn't pursue it.
Dennis Stubblefield
We check the flowers there. There's a good bit of wind here and I make sure the flowers don't blow off, and I spend some quiet time.
William Etterling
She was one of those people who never made waves except in a positive way. She was quiet. But when she saw something that needed to be done, she went about doing it.
Sharon Fearey
It doesn't look like it's ending, even though it's relatively quiet right now. We would not be surprised to see more eruptive activity in the near future.
Stephanie Prejean
He is a very strong competitor. He is a quiet leader who leads by example.
Bob Holloway
Not everyone can play sports. Sports got me through high school, made me feel like there was a reason for living. Music can do that for some kids, but not everybody is into music or is a jock. Chess is an amazingly cheap way to capture a child's imagination and expand their brain ... there's a quiet confidence that comes from a kid learning how to play chess.
Ted Danson
At this point I really don't know. I haven't gotten any indication that they don't (want to sign him) or that they do. It's just been quiet. Sergei has said it and I'll say it: Our door will always be open to discuss things. I won't close that.
Neil Abbott
He was a quiet guy, but not in a weird way. Just quiet.
Cindy Miller
The Arctic Monkeys have connected with the mainstream in one leap. This is an outstanding figure as January is a quiet time of the year for sales.
Gennaro Castaldo
Jason's got a quiet confidence about him. He was actually sick all weekend. I thought Jason stepped up.
Joe Wootten
Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.
Peter F. Drucker
Kelly? She seems to be a very nice person. She seems to be very quiet and nice -- not so Canadian.
Cathrine Lindahl
That's her on the line, ... She was supposed to be quiet. All three of us were crying.
Dolores Johnson
It is a chance to be still, be open, be quiet, to share in the light.
Paul Shaffer
I didn't have any idea what was happening. I just kept quiet and let him do what he needed. He's a good pilot. I trusted him to take care of us and he did.
Liz Youngwirth
In my coaching career, without a doubt, she's the quietest, most laid-back (player). You never know she's there. She'll never lose the quiet game in her entire life.
Rickey Smith
For all of us, getting out on the field is therapy. When we leave the field, when we leave the training environment, when we have quiet moments, that's when we think about Doug and everything that he has meant to us, and that's when it's difficult.
Steve Sampson
It's deceptively easy when they're all quiet. We're still waiting to see what happens when they're awake more.
Amy Villegas
A lot of these guys are real quiet, so you have to go up and introduce yourself to them. They seem like good kids.
Brian Moehler
When you're relieved of realism, there are so many places to go. To allow viewers to free associate in that way, it can be really quiet.
Stephen Hendee
It's been pretty quiet, ... We've only received two phone calls this morning, but I have a feeling it's going to be more active than the special election we had last month.
William Campbell
It's very quiet and lackluster. I was looking for the markets to come up slightly because of a modest rally in the Deutsche mark-dollar. But even that has started to come down again.
Ian Harnett
She's really quiet, but you just watch what she's doing. She's not one to get on the other girls when they're not working, she just works harder and the girls are like, well, Lauren's getting after it, we better get after it and help her.
Laura Hudson
The guy with probably the most skills and a quiet demeanor is Bobby Hopkins. He's matured a lot, he's physically gotten bigger and he just handles himself well on the mound.
Jerry Carel
It's nice because it's much more calm and quiet than our other school.
Anglican Bishop Robert Duncan
And that painting is what she came up with. She didn't really talk about her drawings very much. She was quiet and really wasn't sure how to express herself verbally, but she could do it with her art.
Vincie Walker
It?s a very quiet story. People certainly don?t know the history of racism here.
Jeff Barnes
Here's this quiet kid who got some quick exposure ... very quick exposure.
John Sherman
Microsoft has no comment on Intel, and is in the quiet period leading up to its first-quarter earnings. The company has issued no guidance on its financial results since it announced its fiscal fourth quarter earnings.
Caroline Boren
The kids were really quiet before the game, and I didn't know how to take that. I hoped it meant they were focused and ready, and that's how they were. They came out really focused.
Paul Hatcher
I think I went through everything anyone who had a long career needed. I needed quiet. I needed to raise my children.
Ron Darling
We haven't come across Ecstasy in this county for a few years now, ... Obviously it's been here, but it's been quiet.
Steve Kline
In all reality, it's been a quiet day and there's not a lot of participation. We're going into an FOMC meeting next week so everybody is sitting on the sidelines a little.
Don Kowalchik
Even though you try to take a position of quiet leadership, there are those times when you need to come out and help that along a little bit. So I think we can probably be a little bit more upfront.
John Mendel
Generally we're looking pretty quiet - one of our traders just told me it's one of the quietest days he's ever seen.
Mark Cliffe
In her quiet way, Mary English mattered a lot.
John Ellsworth
The floor is a nice place to be when you're trying to be quiet and have intimacy. You can't hit your head on anything, and you have more space to spread out.
Stephen Braveman
The next period [after Israel's withdrawal] will be difficult. We have to be strong and wait... There may be quiet days. We need more and more training.
Ahmed Qurei
I think David is at peace with his own game now. He was too worried about himself and worried about others. He's a very quiet kid who doesn't say much. Maybe early on, he wasn't comfortable being a leader. But I think he feels good about who he is right now.
Bob Hurley
When the kids were down, he was the one always getting everybody hyped up. He's never sitting on the sidelines being quiet. When it loses it kills him and when he wins he's just so happy.
Thomas Britt
On the bus ride down here they were so quiet. It had me concerned because there are so many different personalities I didn't know what that meant. Once the meet started, they showed me it was a quiet intensity.
Scott Sweeten
A quiet worker but a very productive one and a great one for the state of Georgia.
Roy Barnes
It's a nice, quiet place.
Justin Mitchell
You wouldn't know how well she did by her actions. She is a polite, quiet girl and a very hard worker.
Kirk Nauman
When it comes to health, when the body feels safe and is at ease, the nervous system is able to quiet and be more normal. Then the immune system is able to function better. When the body is safe and feels safe, all of its other functions can help combat disease.
Patricia Megregian
He is still the same quiet, humble man I have known for all these years.
Andile Bentele
Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
Dag Hammarskjold
Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for - sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive or quiet and calm.
Andre Kostelanetz
He was a very quiet guy, but he had the heart of a lion. My kids loved him because he would do anything for them. They respected him not because he was a police officer but because of his personality.
Michael Burgess
Everyone is on edge, the dressing room is very quiet and it is a 'this can't be happening to us' sort of scenario.
Ashley Giles
Ed was quiet, yet he made a powerful and positive impact on everyone he touched. One of the greatest tributes to Ed is to get back and do our job.
Tony Correia
The thing is, she so deserves it. She's quiet. Puts her nose down. But as a teammate of hers, she's the person you can always sort of look to and count on being there. She's the (underdog you) cheer for.
Julie Parisien
It's interesting because our athletic directors, presidents and commissioners are quieter than they've ever been. There were so many different opinions leading up to the decision on the format that I think people are just enjoying the relative calm and quiet now that it's in place.
John Junker
If it's not going right, we just stayed quiet. We wormed our way into their heads and sort of messed with their minds.
Nina Alimpic
He's a very shy kid, very quiet. He's a kid who needs that right motivation. When that thing hits him, he becomes a different person, he becomes more aggressive. That's what you need.
Jose Fajardo
It is very, very quiet. They're really focusing on doing the work at the bargaining table.
Connie Kelliher
(I read) in quiet spots so I can concentrate.
Cody Wright
Everyone has heard of a diamond in the rough. It's rare to encounter those diamonds and know you are in the presence of goodness. He's a quiet individual ... but when things were hard and hectic and we had hurricane overload, he did his best to assist us.
Mary Wormington
He was thorough and quiet. When he was thinking things over, he would sit there and look at you and chew on that pipe.
Jim Jenkins
Put duties aside at least an hour before bed and perform soothing, quiet activities that will help you relax.
Dianne Hales
She was a frail, beautiful, unassuming woman ... She always had a quiet insistence on the rightness of what she was doing.
Roger Baldwin
He was a quiet and good-natured kid who came to school and did what we asked him to do.
Mike O'mara
I've been yelled at plenty of times so I know how to handle it. I mainly keep quiet. You can't argue back. With him, when he says something, you can't say, 'Well I was doing this.' You just have to take it.
Malik Rose
He's kind of quiet. When you first get to meet him, you've got to approach him, he won't approach you. I'm actually almost the opposite.
Jonathan Casillas
Stone walls do not a prison make/ Nor iron bars a cage;/ Minds innocent and quiet take/ That for an hermitage.
Richard Lovelace
We were surprised it was running from Egmont Road, which is a very nice, quiet, residential area with families living there.
Tony Rogers
What we're doing is dispelling that stereotype as libraries being this place where it's very quiet and you have to tip-toe around.
Peg Burington
What was a quiet Sunday turned into a terrible tragedy very quickly.
Thomas Von Essen
I hear he's a prankster. He's that quiet guy that you have to look out for.
Butch Wynegar
We just don't know. It's very quiet.
Robert Betts
When he's not managing, he's open and forthcoming, I had to be far more quiet [about being around] and pick my spots with Tony. And never after a loss.
Buzz Bissinger
She was a quiet revolutionary on behalf of all women.
Arthur Schlesinger
Corey Belser is the quiet assassin. He's strong with the ball and he never forces anything. He's not just one of the best defensive player in the West Coast Conference, he's one of the best defensive players in the West.
Rodney Tention
Greg is a quiet individual. You really don't know what he's done until after the game is over with. During the course of the game, we expect more out of him and the stats speak for themselves. He's our key guy and we've just got to keep it rolling.
Mike Gainey
The strange things happened when the old boat landing was here. It's been quiet today.
Robert Schultz
People come here for peace and quiet, ... They come to be refreshed or to take stock of their lives.
John Cullen
They did what they had to do. It was a quiet ride home.
Tom Hobbins
It's the wee, quiet families that are suffering, they're the targets, they're the easy targets - the Home Office knows where they are, they are the least likely to abscond and the least likely to put up resistance.
Kathleen Marshall
Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.
Marian Wright Edelman
It was a quiet bus ride all the way (to Reno). It wasn't like these girls that I've come to know. It worried me. They seemed to be...lifeless. With this group, we need to play with energy.
Ric Garcia
I want to be kind of the quiet guy who does his job. The blue-collar guy who does his work and lets other people notice it and talk about it and go about my business the next week.
Joe Jurevicius
He's incredibly quiet and modest. He doesn't need the extra attention. He knows how good he is. He doesn't need to shout about it or post a record-breaking score to prove it.
Joe Hession
It's quiet, yet close to the Toll Road, close to the bypass. We can get south of town or to Grape Road in about 20 minutes.
Denise Sanders
The (U.K.) market's been very strong (but) there's been a bit of a wobble with some weird things going on in Japan. I think that's why it's down a bit...(but) it's a fairly quiet day.
Stuart Fowler
Those two are quiet competitors. They both go out and there and give you their best.
Tony Campanale
Joy is like restless day; but peace divine like quiet night; Lead me, O Lord, till perfect Day shall shine through Peace to Light.
Adelaide Anne Procter
Months may go by when we don't have much contact, and it seems we aren't as intensely involved with the district. Just because it's quiet doesn't mean we're not doing anything.
David M. Maroney
I like what I've seen. He's a very quiet, respectful kid but when he plays, he plays hard.
Luke Richardson
The most enjoyable thing for me is having the feeling of being in pure nature where you're there and usually alone. It's like you're the first one to ever be there. Everything is perfectly pristine and very quiet - snow dampens all the sound.
Alvin Anderson
Boys are interested in real stuff. It's got to be engaging for boys. It can't be quiet.
Cheryl Cook
Cheney has been in descent for some time. There is kind of a drip, drip, drip of negative things going on. Cheney himself has said absolutely nothing, I am sure he will try not to. But how long can he remain quiet?
Bill Ballenger
This year for me has been quiet. After a huge break at the end of the year this is the best I've felt since Athens.
Sara Carrigan
Strange thing is, it was a pretty quiet week.
Shannon Jackson
I know exactly how they feel. It was pretty quiet here last night. Before everyone punched out, it was really quiet.
John Dilling
The universe was quiet, vacuous. Very slowly, a weak attraction brought them together, creating a collision that made particles and energy.
Paul Steinhardt
Thirst of wealth no quiet knows,But near the death-bed fierce grows.
Anne Finch
Dr. Seaver would have sent four or five e-mails asking his neighbors to be quiet because his kids were studying or it was too late. ... Growing Pains.
Alan Thicke
Bondi has never been this quiet. It's sad to see such an icon of Australia not being used because it's here for everyone.
Dave Byron
Be quiet, or my wife will take away your first born and make him or her work in one of her sweatshops!
Marc Anthony
There's a culture of, 'Don't speak out, because I didn't speak out'. There's a sense that women have to keep quiet; that speaking out can be a betrayal to the person accused, to the nation, to the political party.
Carrie Shelver
It went from being one of the loudest buildings to being very quiet.
Daniel Briere
I'm not really excited about it because of all the traffic and congestion it's going to bring around here. Right now, we live in a little, quiet neighborhood, and with all that coming down at the corner, I don't know what that's going to be like.
Mary Jackson
He plays the game the right way. When you play the game the right way, the game comes to you. He's really quiet, but he talks with his bat and glove.
Magglio Ordonez
It was probably a bit quiet, a bit subdued and then we took that outside on the field, and as soon as we made a couple of errors, dropped our bundle a little bit.
Craig Fitzgibbon
Quiet example demonstrated to millions new ways to confront the evil of segregation.
Julian Bond
Kyle was a nice, quiet guy who seemed to be more mature than a lot of the other kids. You just got the feeling that he was going to do something positive with his life, and that's exactly what was happening when this awful thing happened.
Joe Rapczynski
(Miranda) can't sit quiet for very long, so she'd be talking to somebody.
Michelle Duffey
Sometimes people read him wrong because he's so quiet. But he's very clutch. He comes through for us in key situations. To me he's solid.
Brandon Inge
People will be eyeing $450 as the target. It may not be today. It will be very quiet in the States.
Darren Heathcote
In terms of next week I expect it to be a pretty quiet week.
Mary Burnes
It is a mark of respect for his ability as an artist and the longevity of his career. He is an impressive painter, and in a quiet, undemonstrative way he has given a lot to Scottish art.
National Gallery
To us he was 'Papa,' a quiet and kind man who took all of his grandchildren out to learn to play golf. He was also a diligent problem solver.
Michael Casey
There's more demand for it, for the quiet. (People) are looking for the quiet areas.
Chuck James
People will come relax and enjoy the peace and quiet.
Fred Phillips
There was a dead-end street when I got married. It was quiet, peaceful and there were no factories.
Betty Rogers
All we heard was rumbling, ... Then it was peace and quiet.
Ralph Moore
In the old days, you might never find out. In current times, you will because somebody will talk. You can't keep these mob guys quiet anymore.
Ronald Goldstock
In reading, a lonely quiet concert is given to our minds; all our mental faculties will be present in this symphonic exaltation.
Stephane Mallarme
The silence is important. It puts you in a quiet, relaxed mood. You're able then to talk and resolve things in a way you can't in your kitchen at home.
Marcia Ferrante
Reading helps me be more creative, it helps my imagination and I like the fact that it gives me some quiet time.
Rey Mysterio
We're probably in a quiet period, maybe even a bit of a pullback. But I think if you're a long-term investor, the environment remains good and I would definitely remain in equities.
Patricia Chadwick
Josh needs to get dried out. Josh isn't arrogant -- he's much more quiet, but he drinks all the time. With Josh it's the drinking. For Robert, it's the 'you can't touch me' attitude.
Tammy Phillips
(The market is) very quiet, choppy, very, very volatile. There are a number of players that have already exited ahead of Christmas. In consequence, very little is going on so it doesn't take much to move the stock either way, up or down.
Irwin Michael
Brian can cover so much of the field, ... He's very calm out there. He plays hard, but he doesn't have that anger to him. That's who he is. He's a quiet person off the field, but when it comes game time, he wants to win more than anybody else.
Nick Rimando
Jason is one of those guys you have to see every night to really appreciate. You might see a couple of his great passes on the highlights, and you might see a triple double in the stats, but you won't see all the quiet, little plays he makes that help a team win.
Jim Jackson
It felt pretty in the moment because ... he's kind of quiet and he looks like that and dresses like that.
Gus Van Sant
It should be a pretty quiet day. We may see a little follow- through due to the strength of the dollar.
Bruce Alston
It is a tragedy for this neighborhood that is so quiet and it, you wouldn't it's the last thing you would think of, you know? He was just sitting in his car, minding his own business and a car came flying into the driveway.
Gerald Harris
I try to be organized, detailed and I feel it's important to get as much done in one day as possible. I learned a lot of that from my basketball coach in high school, Billy Mitchell. I'm pretty quiet, but you have to lay down the law when you have to. I try to treat the athletes with respect and I expect to get respect in return.
Keith Brunson
It's nice. I like it. It's a quiet neighborhood.
Bob Hammond
I just feel it. I'm tired of losing. We're tired of losing. Being quiet isn't doing it. So, maybe I'll start talking and see what that does.
Alexander Johnson
I always used to go for blondes and quiet girls, but Victoria is the total opposite - dark and loud.
David Beckham
Away from that part of town, we could drive on any side of the street that we wanted, ... It was quiet, too quiet.
John Scales
He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash of glorious intuition, but by the shoddy, untidy process halfway between the two by which one usually gets to know things.
Margery Allingham
He's nervous. He can't stop talking, ... Normally, he's very quiet.
Ricky Romero
Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; / In short, my deary! kiss me, and be quiet.
Mary Worley Montagu
John may seem like a quiet kid, but once you get him on the mat, he really gets going.
Hal Dillashaw
We don't want any more of this. We just want to live a quiet life.
Pamela Lefforge
We ask them to think outside the box when they are nominating. It may be the quiet, shy girl no one notices.
Chéri Pierre
China's new exchange rate regime has kept the China critics quiet for a while, but I think the honeymoon period's coming to an end pretty soon.
Rob Subbaraman
Everything is going in a quiet way and we hope we will finish in three days.
Ammar Dwaik
To get this thing to quiet down we all just decided he has to not practice, not play, ... Otherwise it's one of those nagging things that could get worse if you don't do it.
Mike Holmgren
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
We're just chopping around. There's not a whole lot to get excited about. It's quiet as a mouse. There's absolutely no bias at all.
Todd Clark
He's a great player and an interesting guy. He's not like a lot of guys, out there screaming and yelling. He's passive and quiet, one of the most humble guys you'll meet. He never loses his cool and always gives us a fighting chance.
Billy Pate
They had to find a quiet place in the school for a voice-over, like a closet or an empty classroom.
Lisa Stamper
Until the Palestinians can show that they can act against the terrorist groups, there is going to be a consensus not to give more. If things are quiet for six months then we could begin to see action.
Gerald Steinberg
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