“The greatest influence for good comes from those quiet folks who make morals, not moralizing, their vocation.” MoralInfluenceQuietFolksVocationMoralizing Author:Lawrence Reed
“There have always been people making music. On their porches, playing folk songs. Playing piano in quiet salons. You don't have to listen to every MySpace page, so what's the difference? It's just noise that you filter out.” PeopleSongDifferencesQuietPagesFolksNoisePianoFiltersPorchSalonsFolk SongsPlaying Piano Author:Tim Hecker
“Most artists I know are private, and quiet folks who often spend most of their days alone in a studio.” KnowsArtistQuietFolksStudios Author:Dan Santat
“I think the right way to do this is just to step up and do it, so I actually think we'll see more of that over the next coming weeks, because I think they'll say, "We'd like to be good for business and quiet on politics, but this is too urgent, it is too much of a key crisis in who we are going to become as Americans. We can risk too much, and so we have to step forward." And I think you will see more and more people stepping forward, like Howard Schultz, Steve Case and other folks, in order to try to make a difference in this [Donald Trump] election.” PeopleThinkingWayTryingOrderNextDifferencesStepsCasesToo MuchRiskWeekKeysTrumpQuietElectionCrisisFolksBe GoodWho We AreMaking A DifferenceRight WayUrgentStep UpSteps Forward Author:Reid Hoffman
“a fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he's already got. He'll cling to trouble he's used to before he'll risk a change. Yes. A man will talk about how he'd like to escape from living folks. But it's the dead folks that do him the damage. It's the dead ones that lay quiet in one place and dont try to hold him, that he cant escape from.” MenTryingMightUsedRiskTroubleQuietFellowsLaysFolksDamageCant Book:Light in August Source: Light in August
“I am looking for someone to share in an adventure that I am arranging, and it's very difficult to find anyone.' I should think so — in these parts! We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!” ThinkingShouldUseDifficultShareAdventureQuietLateFolksDinnerUncomfortableNastyDisturbingArrangingGreat Hobbit Book:The Hobbit Source: The Hobbit
“Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.” Life IsModernCivilizationQuietComfortableSilentFolksConspiracyModern LifeModernismCompactPretence Book:The Power-House Source: The Power-House
“Matthew, much to his own surprise, was enjoying himself. Like most quiet folks he liked talkative people when they were willing to do the talking themselves and did not expect him to keep up his end of it.” PeopleEndsEnjoyTalkingWillingQuietSurpriseFolksIntrovertMatthewTalkativeGreen Gables Book:Anne of Green Gables Source: Anne of Green Gables
“We are plain quiet folk, and I have no use for adventures. Nasty, disturbing, and uncomfortable things.” UseAdventureQuietFolksUncomfortableNastyDisturbing Author:J. R. R. Tolkien