“The cult of individual personalities is always, in my view, unjustified. To be sure, nature distributes her gifts variously among her children. But there are plenty of the well-endowed ones too, thank God, and I am firmly convinced that most of them live quiet, unregarded lives.” WellsChildrenIndividualViewsPersonalityQuietConvincedPlentyThank GodCultUnjustifiedIndividual Personality Book:The World As I See It Source: The World As I See It
“Rome, like Washington, is small enough, quiet enough, for strong personal intimacies; Rome, like Washington, has its democratic court and its entourage of diplomatic circle; Rome, like Washington, gives you plenty of time and plenty of sunlight. In New York we have annihilated both.” GivingEnoughStrongNew YorkQuietCourtDemocraticCirclesPlentyIntimacyRomeSunlightDiplomaticStrong PersonEntourage Author:M. E. W. Sherwood
“I'm actually kinda quiet off stage, a lotta people don't realize that. I was at a dinner party recently, a bunch of people that I don't know, one guy talking plenty for everybody. "Me myself right and then I and then myself and mee, me, I couldn't tell this one about I cause I was talking about myself and Me- Meee- Mee- Me- Me!" Beware the Me monster.” PeopleKnowsGuyCausesRealizingPartyTalkingStageQuietDinnerMonstersBunchPlentyDinner Party Author:Brian Regan
“She knew that when she got old it would be more fun to look back on a life of romance and adventure than a life of quiet habits. But looking back was easy. It was the doing that was painful. There were plenty of things she would like to look back on but wasn't willing to risk.” LooksWould BeRomanceFunEasyRiskWillingAdventureHabitQuietPainfulPlentyLooking Back Book:Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel Source: Sisterhood Everlasting (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants): A Novel