Quotes Tagged "noise"

silence is a foxhole

OH, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE STOCKING THAT MAKES A NOISE, said Death. OTHERWISE, WHAT IS 4:30 A.M. FOR?

Neighbours complaining about someone’s dog making an awful racket. You could hardly blame the poor beast, its owner had died in her bed at least a fortnight before and there hadn’t been much left of the old girl worth eating.

Divide the constant tide and random noisiness of energetic flow, with conscious recurring moments of empty mind, solitude, gratitude and deep...slow...breathing. Of this, the natural law of self-preservation demands.

Living as we do in an age of noise and bluster, success is now measured accordingly. We must all be seen, and heard, and on the air.

Irony; these days, images have so much noise; and people, silent.

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

At tea time, all the noise, greed and aggressiveness of the '80s can be drowned out. For 45 minutes, anyway.

To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal.

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid.

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man.

I have a little bit of PTSD when I hear a big bang or a loud noise or keys - I jump out of my skin.

Noise is a buffer, more effective than cubicles or booth walls.

The bigger the crowd the better really! The noise calms your nerves.

Calumny is only the noise of madmen.

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.

The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord.

Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge.

We're a bit flashy, but the music's not one big noise.