Pastoral Resources

Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there.

It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.

He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash of glorious intuition, but by the shoddy, untidy process halfway between the two by which one usually gets to know things.

In a jazz atmosphere, the audience members were so quiet and respectful of the musicians that you felt you were almost part of a meeting at a church or a temple, where everyone was completely in tune with the sermon and what the whole event was about.

Men would live exceedingly quiet if these two words, mine and thine, were taken away.

I have a real problem with stillness. With just stopping and being quiet.

Be quiet, or my wife will take away your first born and make him or her work in one of her sweatshops!

I live a very quiet life, although I'm very urban and a diehard New Yorker.

But generally speaking, I tend to be quiet and introspective.

Thou hast created us for Thyself, and our heart is not quiet until it rests in Thee.

It was so quiet, you could hear a pun drop.

An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.

It is a quiet and peaceful place - and a fitting place for the remains of this greatest of sea tragedies to rest.

It is time for dead languages to be quiet.

There is no corner too quiet, or too far away, for a woman to make sorrow in it.

From quiet homes and first beginning, out to the undiscovered ends, there's nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.

I have never appreciated a quiet moment with a friend as much, a quiet moment with a book and I think part of that is my obsession with being older and time going faster and it's become increasingly sweeter for me.

I've travelled around the UK a lot recently and have discovered that I really like trains. If you're in the quiet carriage, nobody can get hold of you and you can relax.

In fact at home I sometimes like to be quiet and hear the sounds of the world outside.

Remember that in every single case in history the process of adaptation has been one of exceeding slowness. Do not look for the impossible, but do not let your path deviate from the quiet and steadfast insistence on full opportunities for your powers.