“The main thing was finding this... voice that I had interest in, which I'll call the quiet-yet-stoic voice: the very quiet yet very strong voice that I developed, that people would want to hear and that was worth paying attention to.” PeopleWantStrongVoiceInterestAttentionQuietFindingsPay AttentionVery StrongStoic Author:Gillian Welch
“It is enough to have been created, to have embodied for a moment the infinite and tumultuously creative spirit. It is infinitely more than enough to have been used, to have been the rough sketch for some perfected creation. Looking into the future, I saw without sorrow, rather with quiet interest, my own decline and fall.” Has BeensEnoughMomentsUsedSpiritFallInterestMy OwnCreativeSawsCreationSorrowQuietInfiniteRoughDeclineLooking To The FutureCreative Spirit Book:Last and First Men, & Star Maker: Two Science-fiction Novels Source: Last and First Men, & Star Maker: Two Science-fiction Novels
“I questioned the faithful of all communions; I particularly sought the society of clergymen, who are the depositories of the various creeds and have a personal interest in their survival ... all thought the main reason for the quiet sway of religion over their country was the complete separation of church and state. I have no hesitation in stating that throughout my stay in America I met nobody, lay or cleric, who did not agree about that.” CountryStatesReasonAmericaInterestChurchAtheismMetsQuietSurvivalAgreeLaysVariousPositive AtheismSeparationFaithfulCreedsCommunionChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateHesitationClergymenPersonal Interest Author:Alexis de Tocqueville
“Sympathy is the first great lesson which man should learn. It will be ill for him if he proceeds no farther; if his emotions are but excited to roll back on his heart, and to be fostered in luxurious quiet. But unless he learns to feel for things in which he has no personal interest, he can achieve nothing generous or noble.” IfsMenFeelsShouldFirstsHeartInterestEmotionAchieveLessonsQuietIllExcitedNobleGenerousSympathyLuxuriousPersonal Interest Book:Critical and Miscellaneous Writings Source: Critical and Miscellaneous Writings
“As a moral and social institution, a weekly rest is invaluable. It is a quiet domestic reunion for the bustling sons of toil. It ensures the necessary vacation in those earthly and turbulent anxieties and affections, which would otherwise become inordinate and morbid. It brings around a season of periodical neatness and decency, when the soil of weekly labour is laid aside, and men meet each other amidst the decencies of the sanctuary, and renew their social affections. But above all, a Sabbath (one day of rest in seven) is necessary for man's moral and religious interests.” MenWarSocialInterestReligiousMoralSonOne DayQuietAnxietySeasonsInstitutionsSevenAffectionSoilLabourVacationToilDecencySanctuarySabbathReunionMorbidInvaluableSocial InstitutionsNeatnessDay Of Rest Author:Robert Dabney
“It's great to win a few prizes early on. It helps a writer to get noticed and to get some sales. It can also be a pain in the arse because it gets in the way of the quiet, contemplative time every writer needs, but which is particularly important when you are a new writer finding your own voice, and pursuing the things that interest you.” WayNeedsImportantHelpingPainWinningVoiceInterestQuietFindingsPrizeContemplativeArses Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Your interests will guide you. Give no concern to what they say you cannot do. Be willing to accept the challenge. Take time to retreat to that quiet place within the pit of your soul and unleash your right to decide what is best for you.” GivingSoulInterestChallengesAcceptingWillingQuietConcernGuidesYour SoulTake TimeRetreatPitsQuiet Place Author:Iyanla Vanzant
“In a reality, what we should be doing is having quiet diplomacy with the Russians to convince them that it's in their self-interest to have a more stable Middle East because trade enriches us all.” ShouldSelfRealityInterestMiddleQuietTradeEastConvinceMiddle EastStableDiplomacySelf Interest Author:Rand Paul
“In the 1960s, various parts of the population became energized and began to enter the public arena to call for the rights of women, students, young people, old people, farmers and workers. What are called "special interests" - meaning the whole population - they began to press to enter the public arena. And they said that puts too much pressure on the state and therefore we have to have more moderation in democracy and they should go back and be quiet and obedient.” PeopleShouldSaidStatesWholeYoungInterestDemocracyToo MuchRightsSpecialStudentsQuietPressurePressesWorkersPopulationVariousFarmersThey SaidModerationOld PeopleArena1960sObedientSpecial Interests Author:Noam Chomsky
“Daily absorption in the physical actualities of nature is life as I need it to be: it means I am connected to such large things - sky, sea, hill, the vagaries of weather, the undeniable needs of animals - that I can disappear as a subject of interest, I can exist without self-consciousness. The city is a challenge for me, however thrilling a few days prove, for its insatiable overstimulation and the rarity of quiet. The city makes people bigger than they need to be.” PeopleMeanInterestChallengesAnimalQuietProveDisappearHillsInsatiableRarity Author:Tilda Swinton
“I am aware that I've generally been more attracted to introspective roles, but it's sort of bizarre, because it's the opposite of who I am in many ways. I think I'm quite an extroverted, loud person. So it interests me that that's sort of the place that I go all quiet, is when I'm onscreen. It's a bit strange.” ThinkingInterestStrangeQuietBizarreIntrospective Author:Sarah Polley