„You've been quiet lately… but it's not so much the quiet as something inside the quiet.“

„I’m real excited. I’m so blessed to have so much peace and joy inside. I just can’t keep quiet about it.“

—  Ralph Smart

„Cultivate quietness in word, quietness in deed, likewise in speech and gait; and avoid impetuous eagerness, for then the mind will remain steady, and will not be agitated by your eagerness. … For the mind, seated on high on a quiet throne looking intently towards God, must control the passions, … so that your quietness may be adorned by good proportion and your bearing may appear something divine.“

—  Clement of Alexandria Christian theologian 150 - 215

„If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.“

—  Mel Brooks American director, writer, actor, and producer 1926

„Summer quiet thoughts on summer quiet noons.“

—  Ray Bradbury American writer 1920 - 2012

„Get me a drink of water, please, and something to quiet my belly. It’s rumbling so much I can’t hear myself think.“

—  John Brunner, book The Tides of Time

„It was so quiet, a reservation kind of quiet, where you can hear somebody drinking whiskey on the rocks three miles away.“

—  Sherman Alexie, book The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven

„Everything was so quiet, as if the silence was listening.“

—  Anna Kavan British artist 1901 - 1968

„Sometimes my feet are tired and my hands are quiet, but there is no quiet in my heart.“

—  W.B. Yeats Irish poet and playwright 1865 - 1939

„Now listen, we need to be quiet as mice. No, quieter than that. As quiet as… as…”
“Dead mice?” Reynie suggested.
“Perfect,” said Kate with an approving nod. “As quiet as dead mice.“

—  Trenton Lee Stewart, book The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma

„You're so calm and quiet, you never say. But there are things inside you. I see them sometimes, hiding in your eyes.“

—  Tracy Chevalier, book Girl with a Pearl Earring

„Quiet Spaces
We had gone far enough together to listen easily in the quiet spaces.“

—  Brian Andreas American artist 1956

„Otherwise it was quiet—that eerie, not-quite-comforting quiet one finds in small towns before dawn.“

—  N. K. Jemisin, book The Broken Kingdoms

„There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.“

—  Lin Yutang, book The Importance of Living

„As quiet as a library.“

—  Ian Darke British association football and boxing commentator 1950

„I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.“

—  Bear Grylls Chief Scout, adventurer, author 1974

„Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.“

—  Peter F. Drucker American business consultant 1909 - 2005

„BE QUIET!!… What do you want…? I was in the middle of saying something nice…“

—  Tite Kubo Japanese manga artist 1977

„Anything I tell you is an alibi for something else."

Then let's be quiet together.“

—  Leonard Cohen Canadian poet and singer-songwriter 1934 - 2016

„A happy life must be to a great extent a quiet life, for it is only in an atmosphere of quiet that true joy can live.“

—  Bertrand Russell, book The Conquest of Happiness