Top 1023 Quietly Quotes & Sayings - Page 5
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Last updated on December 22, 2024.
If a person sings quietly to himself on the street people smile with approval; but if he talks it's not alright; they think he's crazy. The singer is presumed to be happy and the talker unhappy.
One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible consequences of their acts.
Preach not calmly and quietly as though you were asleep, but preach with fire and pathos and passion.
I used to be so good at that kind of thing," Skulduggery said quietly. "Well, my morale is certainly boosted," Valkyrie informed him. "Really?" "god no. That was terrible
Feelings are more dangerous than ideas, because they aren't susceptible to rational evaluation. They grow quietly, spreading underground, and erupt suddenly, all over the place.
Comedy, unlike drama, demands surprise. You can't quietly and thoughtfully enjoy a comedy.
The players never think they project enough. In a hall that seats 3,300 people, it's a very scary thing to play so quietly that you can barely hear yourself.
Who can wait quietly until the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action?
When Will truly wants something,” said Jem, quietly, “when he feels something — he can break your heart.
I have never seen a player as driven and determined as me, quietly determined; that's why I always want to do the best.
Accept the long night patiently, quietly, humbly, and resignedly as intended for your true good. It is not a punishment for sin committed but an instrument of annihilating egoism.
You dinna need to understand me, Sassenach," he said quietly. "So long as you love me.
We are impatient, anxious to see the whole picture, but God lets us see things slowly, quietly.
Everybody should live quietly whether his experiences are happy or sad, whether they are successes or failures.
That is contentment.
I've always found that the most beautiful people, truly beautiful inside and out, are the ones who are quietly unaware of their effect.
You asked why I couldn't forgive you," Nick said, very quietly, and I jumped a little. "It was because you were the love of my life, Harper. And you didn't want to be. That's hard to let go.
It's always important, when we experience injustice in this nation, that people in power understand that we will not take that injustice quietly.
Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives
Is it better to out-monster the monster or to be quietly devoured?
I hid myself within myself ... and quietly wrote down all my joys, sorrows and contempt in my diary.
I've been a vegan and a vegetarian for 15 years and I've always just quietly kept and values and my beliefs to myself. I didn't want to preach or be outspoken about all these things.
Miracles happen quietly every day - in an operating room, on a stormy sea, in the sudden appearance of a road side stranger. They are rarely tallied. No one keeps score.
Goodness," Myrnin said quietly. "I don't think I should be watching this. I don't think I'm old enough.
We will not win our rights by staying quietly in our closets.
If something is to be quietly powerful, it requires more balance than a film that allows for more freneticism.
An eye for an eye." "And the whole world goes blind," Coral puts in quietly.
Do not resist a new idea. Be quietly receptive. Go along with it, even unwillingly at first. Sooner or later, it will reveal itself as your ally.
Shut up, Axl!" he whispered fiercly. "If you want to break your neck, do it quietly or I'll break it for you.
Her heart ached as though a knife had quietly slipped between her ribs.
Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she quietly yields to the power of the art.
Steampunk is not a group of children in a classroom, sitting quietly while the teacher reads a story; it's the kids at recess, playing a wild, endless game of pretend.
I like the idea of quietly putting music out there and seeing what it does for itself, to let it take it's own life and see if people respond to it, simply because of what it is.
Truly, God works in mysterious ways. The wheels of His mercy and justice move quietly, but they do move.
It's kind of cool that we've quietly been selling a million albums. We knew the album wasn't going to debut at No. 1. I'm stoked to see us being successful again.
Nurses quietly go about their work in a noble profession, uncelebrated soldiers toiling through the days and nights in service to the sick, the injured and the dying.
When people talk to me about picture hunters, I very quietly laugh. I'm not a hunter of pictures, I'm a fisher of pictures.
The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.
Children who have proven themselves to be incorrigible by the age of twelve should be quickly and quietly beheaded, lest they grow to maturity, marry, and perpetuate the likeness of their being.
I can nap with hustle and bustle around me; I can nap quietly all by myself. It's something I've always been good at.
I hate listening to things quietly. If I'm going to listen to something and fully enjoy it, I want the volume all the way up. That, for me, is a good immersive experience.
Announcing your death should be like announcing that you are a lunar moth: It must be done quietly or it will not be believed.
The welfare state is the oldest con game in the world. First you take people's money away quietly, and then you give some of it back to them flamboyantly.
Your dead sleep quietly, at least, Captain, out of reach of sharks" "Yes, sir, of sharks and men.
There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone.
Wealthy people in Australia tend to give, and give very quietly.
Miss can I get a second to speak and quietly mention,
That I am so into who you are, can I get your attention?
Because,” he said quietly as she stood up, “until you walked into it, this was an ordinary garden.” Puzzled, Elizabeth tipped her head. “What is it now?” “Heaven.
Lennie said quietly, "It ain't no lie. We're gonna do it. Gonna get a little place an' live on the fatta the lan'.
I sleep. I dream. I make up things that I would never say. I say them very quietly.
Remember He is the artist and you are the picture. You can’t see it, you can't see your true self. So quietly submit to be painted.
Texas is OK if you want to settle down and do your own thing quietly, but it's not for outrageous people, and I was always outrageous.
The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
Donald Trump may be the loudest voice in the Republican presidential field, but on his heels is the candidate quietly surging to the front of the pack: Ben Carson.
A brook can be a friend in a special way. It talks to you with splashy gurgles. It cools your toes and lets you sit quietly beside it when you don't feel like speaking.
The fastest way to succeed is to look as if you're playing by somebody else's rules, while quietly playing by your own.
Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.
Whenever I'm on my computer, I don't type 'lol'. I type 'lqtm' - laugh quietly to myself. It's more honest.
Novels can change attitudes. Maybe we should speak quietly otherwise politicians will use novels as propaganda.
If a child shows himself incorrigible, he should be decently and quietly beheaded at the age of twelve, lest he grow to maturity, marry, and perpetuate his kind.
Happiness is like a butterfly - the more you chase, the more subtle, but if you stop moving and quietly wait for it to land on you.
