Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as disfiguring as rickets. The space and quiet that idleness provides is a nec...
GETTING KILLED BY TARTARUS didn’t seem like much of an honor. As Annabeth stared up at his dark whirlpool face, she decided she’d rather die in some less memorable way—maybe falling down the stairs, or going peacefully in her sleep at age eight...
I know people who are embarrassed to be American. They don't like showing their passports. It's becoming a scary place. It takes someone very brave not to be quiet, someone who doesn't mind death threats, their life being turned upside down, news cam...
Meditation calms, and soothes the soul. Using meditation techniques to quiet our minds helps us get a handle on what happens to us in our lives. Since our view of our external life is basically a reflection of our inner state of being, slowing down o...
The world is quiet here.
There is a time to be quiet and a time to talk.
I don't like money actually, but it quiets the nerves.
Slevin: [from an alternate scene on the DVD] God! This - this smarts. Remember when people used to say that - smarts? Why don't people use that word anymore? I mean, people use the word "pain" way too loosely. There are so many types of pain. I mean,...
What happened was that sometimes I was, from a young age, put in the theater to watch movies because they kept me quiet and they kept me entertained, and they got me out from under the feet of my parents. So from a very early age, I went to the movie...
I'm the quiet bass player.
I've always been quiet, more of an observer.
I'm very quiet off stage.
It is time for dead languages to be quiet.
I was one of those dark, quiet kids that wrote poetry.
Love triangles very rarely stay quiet for very long.
In quiet places, reason abounds.
As you begin Brain Wave Vibration, it is important to do so with specific, positive intent. Without this, the action is only shaking, which might provide some temporary relaxation and escape, but it will not be permanent. Instead, as you shake, let g...
The best physicians are Dr. Diet, Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
The greatest courage is always quiet.
The First Amendment was designed to allow for disruption of business as usual. It is not a quiet and subdued amendment or right.
Quiet is better than loud.
