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“A peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.”
William Shakespeare
“We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.”
Ray Bradbury
“Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.”
Dag Hammarskjold
“The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly.”
Michael Faraday
“When women are supposed to be quiet, a talkative woman is a woman who talks at all”
Dale Spender
“You want to be a writer, don't know how or when? Find a quiet place, use a humble pen.”
Paul Simon
“Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; / In short, my deary! kiss me, and be quiet.”
Mary Worley Montagu
“Waiting times are growing times and learning times. As you quiet your heart, you enter His peace...as you sense your weakness, you receive His strength...as you lay down your will, you hear His calling.”
Roy Lessin
“Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood”
Laurence Sterne
“On Louis Theroux: He's quiet, gangly and teases people into saying very odd things. Whatever he's got, they should bottle it.”
Chris Tarrant