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Quotes About Noise

Happy Birthday!' I yelled, 'Now, shut up!
~ Rick Riordan
We heard the army before we saw it. The noise was like a cannon barrage combined with a football stadium crowd- like every Patriots fan in New England was charging us with bazookas.
~ Rick Riordan
A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury," she
~ Kate Atkinson
Archie was talking. Nothing will stop Archie talking, not even death probably, he will rumble on from the inside of his large coffin until the worms get fed up with the noise and eat his tongue –
~ Kate Atkinson
A good rule of thumb was that the more noise someone was making the less likely they were to die.
~ Kate Atkinson
She wanted to destroy something. The crash and clatter were what she wanted to hear.
~ Kate Chopin
They were sisters, the pretty one and the one who lived in her shadow, a pale, chip-toothed, uncertain girl who made too much noise while eating celery.
~ Kathy Hepinstall
They came to a bumpy stretch in the country road. The jeep jounced up and down, and the tools and equipment bounced and clattered until it was impossible to talk over the noise. To Cloud the din was a symphony. That was the way a jeep was supposed sound. It wasn't a limousine for softies but a car for tough outdoorsmen who carried tow chains, crowbars, and camp stoves. The Year of the Jeep by Keith Robertson (also called The Jeep
~ Keith Robertson
As they neared the spot from which the noise had come, Moria saw a hand lying on the pathway. It appeared to be attached to a body, which was a relief. Again, these days, one could not guarantee such a thing.
~ Kelley Armstrong
Alertés par le bruit des chevaux, les ouvriers relevèrent les yeux. Apercevant les hommes en armes, ils demeurèrent au fond de la carrière. Les ouvriers n'étaient jamais pressés d'entrer en contact avec les forces armées du seigneur.
~ Ken Follett
Silence dies, clamor takes the power everywhere
~ Alain Finkielkraut
Too much time is wasted listening to the noise of the mind - and too little is spent living from the love and power of the heart.
~ Rasheed Ogunlaru
God never ceases to speak to us, but the noise of the world without and the tumult of our passions within bewilder us and prevent us from listening to him
~ Francois Fenelon
As a practical guide, music you can carry on a conversation over is safe. If you have to shout over the noise, it's too loud.
~ William Sears
I'd try to wash away the noise of the weeping woman and the vision of dust, but it echoed in my head all day.
~ Xiaolu Guo
There's a poem by Borges that begins, Ya no es mágico el mundo. Te han dejado . The world's not magical anymore. You've been left. He says left , an everyday word, a word that makes no noise.
~ Yasmina Reza
tinnitus of mirth
~ David Nicholls
When I hear that rain makes a sound, I will ask: does the sunshine make a noise?
~ David W. Mack
CRACK CRACK CRACK CRACK CRACK CRACK CRACK CRACK CRACK CRACK.
~ David Walliams
GGGRRRUUURRR! The noise of Woolly's bottom burping sounded just like a bear growling.
~ David Walliams
grunt!" The grunt was so loud the whole house rumbled.
~ David Walliams
There was a sound like a garbage bag of pudding dropped off a tall building onto a sidewalk.
~ David Wong
Future strong is being focused enough and mindful enough and courageous enough to search for patterns and order when all others see chaos and noise.
~ Bill Jensen, Future Strong
I have long held the opinion that the amount of noise that anyone can bear undisturbed stands in inverse proportion to his mental capacity and therefore be regarded as a pretty fair measure of it.
~ Arthur Schopenhauer