Quotes About Quiet

I do not hesitate to say that any man of determined character could keep out of trouble even in the worst days of the camp, provided he had no tempting wealth, attended to his own affairs, and maintained a quiet though resolute demeanour.

It wasn't as busy as yesterday – most of the desks were unpersoned

All in all, the dead are a whole lot less trouble than the living

At four o'clock I had one of those rare moments of happiness that I will remember all my life. I was sitting in front of Grandma's electric coal fire eating dripping toast and reading the News of the World. There was a good play on Radio Four about torturing in concentration camps. Grandma was asleep and the dog was being quiet. All at once I felt this dead good feeling. Perhaps I am turning religious. I think I have got it in me to be a Saint of some kind.

Solitude matters, and for some people it is the air that they breathe.

...I also believe that introversion is my greatest strength. I have such a strong inner life that I'm never bored and only occasionally lonely. No matter what mayhem is happening around me, I know I can always turn inward.

...this pause of rest, This morning hush before the sun.

I usually get up around 6 A.M. It takes me a while to get going. In our household, I am the first one up. I usually make coffee for myself, draw a bath and have a big soak. I read in the bath.

When I went to Seattle, it was quite a quiet town and we made it the biggest soccer following in America. We didn't have the paparazzi, though, and I needed that at the time.

I'm the least sociable person ever.

I'm not a sociable person. I don't like to talk.

I'm not a social butterfly.

I have always liked to live my life in a quiet and peaceful manner. I used to lead my life that way. But the rise in social media has certainly affected me. Now I am always noticed.

You have to turn the noise off a little bit. Fortunately, I'm not really on social media. I've been able to live in a bit of a black hole.

I don't enjoy being on social media or at events.

When an introvert is quiet, don't assume he is depressed, snobbish or socially deficient.

Well, I don't go out much socially. I don't enjoy going out.

I'd go to the library so I could sit in a big, quiet room and listen to pages being turned. There was a boring librarian who everyone in fifth grade hated. But I loved her because when she would read us stories in her soft voice, she'd turn my head into a snow globe.

Silence is the necessary soil for any thought to flourish.

I had become shy of life's bustle in my solitary retreat and was apprehensive at the thought of facing the world.

Receiving far less attention are the working class heroes, who go about their solitary work routines with quiet dignity, come home from another grueling day, yet still find time to interact with their children.

I cherish my time off and the solitude that comes along with it.

Sometimes I just need solitude, which is really rather nice.

Solitude helps you reflect.