“As soon as you think of fishing you think of things that don't belong to the modern world. The very idea of sitting all day under a willow tree beside a quiet pool - and being able to find a quiet pool to sit beside- belongs to a time before the war, before radio, before aeroplanes, before Hitler.” ThinkingWorldIdeasWarAbleTreeSeaModernQuietSittingRiversFishesRadioBoatLakesFishingPoolModern WorldAeroplanesWillow Trees Book:Coming Up for Air Source: Coming Up for Air
“The bar... is an exercise in solitude. Above all else, it must be quiet, dark, very comfortable-and, contrary to modern mores, no music of any kind, no matter how faint. In sum, there should be no more than a dozen tables, and a client that doesn't like to talk.” ShouldKindMatterDarkMusicModernExerciseSolitudeQuietComfortableTablesAlcoholContraryBarsDozen Author:Luis Bunuel
“The modern king has become a vermiform appendix: useless when quiet; when obtrusive, in danger of removal.” ModernDangerKingsQuietUselessRemovalAppendix Author:Austin O'Malley
“I needed to slow down and quiet down deeply into a lot of these questions, yet at the same time what I was looking for, and continue to, is a way to have this exist within a regular, normal, modern life.” WayModernNeededQuietNormalDown AndSlow DownModern Life Author:Dani Shapiro
“The maha-mantra was prescribed for modern times because of the fast-paced nature of things today. Even when people do get into a little quiet place, it's very difficult to calm the mind for very long.” PeopleMindLittlesLongTodayDifficultModernQuietCalmFast PacedMantrasModern TimesQuiet Place Author:Mukunda Goswami
“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
“In this modern world where activity is stressed almost to the point of mania, quietness as a childhood need is too often overlooked. Yet a child's need for quietness is the same today as it has always been--it may even be greater--for quietness is an essential part of all awareness. In quiet times and sleepy times a child can dwell in thoughts of his own, and in songs and stories of his own.” WorldNeedsMayChildrenStoriesTodaySongGreaterModernChildhoodAwarenessActivityQuietEssentialsModern WorldStressedOverlookedQuietnessSleepyManiaQuiet TimeChildren's LiteratureChildren Literature Author:Margaret Wise Brown
“No father, no son, no mother, no daughter should get so busy that he or she does not have time to study the scriptures and the words of modern prophets. None of us should get so busy that we crowd out contemplation and praying. None of us should become so busy in our formal Church assignments that there is no room left for quiet Christian service to our neighbors.” ShouldDoeChristianMotherFatherLeftChurchRoomsStudyModernSonPrayingQuietDaughterBusyCrowdsNeighborScriptureContemplationProphetFormalAssignmentsChristian Service Book:Priesthood Source: Priesthood