Noisy Quotes - Page 9

• Silence 'is so lacking in this world which is often too noisy, which is not favorable to recollection and listening to the voice of God. In this time of preparation for Christmas, let us cultivate interior recollection so as to receive and keep Jesus in our lives.'

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Jesus, Voice, Silence

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• And whatever your labors and aspirations,
  in the noisy confusion of life,
  keep peace in your soul.
  With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.

  Max Ehrmann

  Beautiful, Dream, Broken

  Max Ehrmann (2003). “Desiderata: A Survival Guide for Life”, p.10, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• If you keep shouting, you are not making communication any better. You are only removing the talking and whispering from the system. I find our society a bit noisy. I would like to contribute a little silence.

  Bruno Monguzzi

  Communication, Talking, Silence

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• I thought I would have a quiet pint ... and about 17 noisy ones.

  Gareth Chilcott

  Rugby, Quiet, Pints

  1993 On playing his last game of rugby for Bath.

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• The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you deliverance will not come from the rushing noisy centers of civilization. It will come from the lonely places.

  Fridtjof Nansen

  Lonely, Civilization, Rushing

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• When I gaze into the stars, they look down upon me with pity from their serene and silent spaces, like eyes glistening with tears over the little lot of man. Thousands of generations, all as noisy as our own, have been swallowed up by time, and there remains no record of them any more. Yet Arcturus and Orion, Sirius and Pleiades, are still shining in their courses, clear and young, as when the shepherd first noted them in the plain of Shinar!

  Thomas Carlyle

  Stars, Eye, Men

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• Sweet was the sound, when oft, at evening's close,
  Up yonder hill the village murmur rose;
  There as I passed, with careless steps and slow,
  The mingling notes came soften'd from below;
  The swain responsive as the milkmaid sung,
  The sober herd that low'd to meet their young;
  The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool,
  The playful children just let loose from school;
  The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind,
  And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind;
  These all in sweet confusion sought the shade,
  And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Dog, Sweet, Children

  Oliver Goldsmith, “The Deserted VILLage”

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• I've been described as a tough and noisy woman, a prize fighter, a man-hater, you name it. They call me Battling Bella, Mother Courage, and a Jewish mother with more complaints than Portnoy. There are those who say I'm impatient, impetuous, uppity, rude, profane, brash, and overbearing. Whether I'm any of those things, or all of them, you can decide for yourself. But whatever I am -- and this ought to be made very clear -- I am a very serious woman.

  Bella Abzug

  Mother, Men, Names

  Bella S. Abzug (1972). “Bella!: Ms. Abzug Goes to Washington”, Saturday Review Press

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

  Sarah Orne Jewett

  Grief, Silence, World

  Sarah Orne Jewett (2016). “The Country of the Pointed Firs”, p.43, Sarah Orne Jewett

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• How does silence find its way out of that noisy, chattering mind? That endless maze of thought, concept, opinion, belief? How does perfect silence and pure consciousness find its way out of that maze? Very simply: Bring yourself present with something that's HERE, in the moment. Then you'll be HERE again.

  Leonard Jacobson

  Perfect, Silence, Live In The Moment

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• A certain degree of solitude seems necessary to the full growth and spread of the highest mind; and therefore must a very extensive intercourse with men stifle many a holy germ, and scare away the gods, who shun the restless tumult of noisy companies and the discussion of petty interests.

  Novalis

  Men, Solitude, Mind

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• Here again, I saw life in all its noisy excitement passing me by.

  Arthur Golden

  Saws, Excitement, Passing

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• A noisy man is always in the right.

  William Cowper

  War, Men

  William Cowper (1826). “Poems. With an introductory essay by J. Montgomery”, p.169

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• Grandad has a long and earnest conversation with his grandchild. He says, you are noisy and wiggly and will be sent back if you don't pull herself together....The baby smiles complacently. She has him exactly where she wants him.

  Pam Brown

  Baby, Grandchildren, Long

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• Don't climb on that, don't break anything, don't be so aggressive, don't be so noisy, don't be so messy, don't make such crazy risks. But God's design - which He placed in boys as the picture of Himself - is a resounding yes. Be fierce, be wild, be passionate.

  John Eldredge

  Crazy, Boys, Design

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• Exultation that does not flow from education, affections that do not flow from knowing, savoring that does not flow from seeing, feeling that does not flow from thinking - are hollow and rootless - noisy gongs and clanging cymbals. And God is not glorified by artificial and empty passions. True delight is rooted in true doctrine. God-centered exultation is rooted in God-centered education.

  John Piper

  Passion, Thinking, Knowing

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• Happy the person who has learned the cause of things and has put under his or her feet all fear, inexorable fate, and the noisy strife of the hell of greed.

  Virgil

  Happiness, Fate, Feet

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• Hell is probably quite similar to most Paris bistros ... a bit overheated, somewhat too crowded, and a little too noisy for my tastes. The waiters will surely treat you rudely and the cashiers will always add a few extra francs to your bill but ... and this is the important part ... the food will be marvelous.

  Henry Miller

  Food, Paris, Cooking

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• It's the shock of the world if you allow yourself to disconnect from the world and forget it's out there, how noisy it is, how busy it is, how invasive it is.

  Terry Gilliam

  World, Busy, Forget

  Source: collider.com

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• Time is short, my strength is limited, the office is a horror, the apartment is noisy, and if a pleasant, straightforward life is not possible, then one must try to wriggle through by subtle manoeuvres.

  Franz Kafka

  Office, Trying, Horror

  Franz Kafka (2013). “Letters to Felice”, p.21, Schocken

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• Now, looking back on my life in Africa, I feel that it might altogether be described as the existence of a person who had come from a rushed and noisy world, into a still country.

  Isak Dinesen

  Country, World, Might

  Isak Dinesen (1963). “Out of Africa”

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• Immortality is a by-product of good work. Masterpieces are not for artists, they're for critics. Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together. My message to the world is 'Let's swing, sing, shout, make noise! Let's not mimic death before our time comes! Let's be wet and noisy!'

  Mel Brooks

  Artist, Swings, Together

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Dogs are quick to show their affection. They never pout, they never bear a grudge. They never run away from home when mistreated. They never complain about their food. They never gripe about the way the house is kept. They are chivalrous and courageous, ready to protect their mistress at the risk of their lives. They love children, and no matter how noisy and boisterous they are, the dog loves every minute of it. In fact, a dog is still competition for a husband. Perhaps if we husbands imitated a few of our dog's virtues, life with our family might be more amiable.

  Billy Graham

  Running, Dog, Children

  Billy Graham (1966). “The Quotable Billy Graham”

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• The play of conflicting interests in a framework of shared purposes is the drama of a free society. It is a robust exercise, and often a noisy one. It is not for the faint-hearted, or the tidy-minded.

  John W. Gardner

  Drama, Exercise, Play

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• God will never adjust His agenda to fit ours. He will not speed up His pace to catch up with ours; we need to slow our pace in order to recover our walk with Him. God will not scream and shout over the noisy clamor; He expects us to seek quietness, where His still small voice can be heard again.

  Charles R. Swindoll

  Order, Voice, Needs

  Charles R. Swindoll (2011). “The Owner's Manual for Christians: The Essential Guide for a God-Honoring Life”, p.76, Thomas Nelson

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