“One of Obama's most impressive attributes is his quiet confidence: Voters sense that he is comfortable in his own skin, a dedicated father and friend who won't waste time with the phony rituals of Washington.” FatherQuietWasteComfortableSkinsVotersRitualAttributesWasting TimeDedicatedImpressivePhonyQuiet Confidence Author:Ron Fournier
“If I tried to shout over my older brother, my mother told me keep quiet. If I tried to shout over my little sister, my father told me to shut up. I found the best way to be heard was to lower my voice and actually speak when I had something to say.” IfsWayLittlesMotherFoundFatherSpeakVoiceHeardBrotherQuietBest WayShut UpOlder BrotherLittle Sister Author:Peter Welch
“I kept quiet, but the knowledge gathered like a storm. I could see the future: My father wasn't coming back. And this one fact seemed to point to other facts and others still: Love frays and humans fail, time passes, eras end.” HumansStillsEndsFactsFatherFailingQuietStormErasComing BackTime PassesFray Book:The Age of Miracles: A Novel Source: The Age of Miracles: A Novel
“At home I used to spend calm, pleasant nights with my family. My mother knit scarves for the neighborhood kids. My father helped Caleb with his homework. There was a fire in the fireplace and peace in my heart, as I was doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing, and everything was quiet. I have never been carried around by a large boy, or laughed until my stomach hurt at the dinner table, or listened to the clamor of a hundred people all talking at once. Peace is restrained; this is free.” PeopleHeartHomeKidsUsedMotherNightFatherHurtTalkingBoysFireMy HeartQuietHundredMy FamilyTablesCalmDinnerSupposed To BePleasantNeighborhoodStomachLaughedHomeworkDinner TableClamorScarvesFireplacesCaleb Author:Veronica Roth
“I'm so opposite of my profession. No one - particularly my mother and father - ever thought I was going to be a boxer because I always felt that football and baseball were too dangerous. I was just such a quiet kid.” KidsMotherFatherFeltDangerousFootballQuietOppositesBaseballProfessionBoxersMother And Father Author:Sugar Ray Leonard