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Peace And Quiet Quotes

I walked away at a good pace, thinking it was easier to go than I had supposed it would be, and reflecting that it would never have done to have an old shoe thrown after the coach, in sight of all the High Street. I whistled and made nothing of going. But the village was very peaceful and quiet, and the light mists were solemnly rising, as if to show me the world, and I had been so innocent and little there, and all beyond was so unknown and great, that in a moment with a strong heave and... Charles Dickens
Television's perfect. You turn a few knobs, a few of those mechanical adjustments at which the higher apes are so proficient, and lean back and drain your mind of all thought. And there you are watching the bubbles in the primeval ooze. You don't have to concentrate. You don't have to react. You don't have to remember. You don't miss your brain because you don't need it. Your heart and liver and lungs continue to function normally. Apart from that, all is peace and quiet. You are in the man's... Raymond Chandler
I whistled and made nothing of going. But the village was very peaceful and quiet, and the light mists were solemnly rising, as if to show me the world, and I had been so innocent and little there, and all beyond was so unknown and great, that in that moment with a strong heave and sob I broke into tears. Charles Dickens
Sometimes my day is crammed full of people and talk and yet I have the feeling of living in utter peace and quiet. And the tree outside my window, in the evenings, is a greater experience than all those people put together. Etty Hillesum
It wasn't so long ago that I was a working mom myself. And I know that sometimes, much as we all hate to admit it, it's just easier to park the kids in front of the TV for a few hours, so we can pay the bills or do the laundry or just have some peace and quiet for a change. Michelle Obama
Thomas Kempis quote: "Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should..."
Oh, how great peace and quietness would he possess who should cut off all vain anxiety and place all his confidence in God. Thomas Kempis
Wislawa Szymborska quote: "I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace..."
I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet. Wislawa Szymborska
Bryan Ferry quote: "But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour."
But I do like to have peace and quiet for a good hour. Bryan Ferry
Bill Cosby quote: "Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in..."
Parents are not interested in justice, they're interested in peace and quiet. Bill Cosby
Dag Hammarskjold quote: "Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own..."
Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions. Dag Hammarskjold
Dag Hammarskjold quote: "Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions."
Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions. Dag Hammarskjold
If everyone in the world sat quietly at the same time, closed their eyes and concentrated as hard as they could on peace and goodwill, all the killing and cruelty in the world would continue. And probably increase. George Carlin
They say they seek security and quiet, the condition they call peace. Even as they speak they create the seeds of turmoil and violence. Frank Herbert
How many Sundays – how many hundreds of Sundays like this – lay ahead of me? “Quiet, peaceful and lonely,” I said aloud to myself. On Sundays i didn't wind my spring. Haruki Murakami
William Shakespeare quote: "I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still..."
I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience. William Shakespeare

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