#quietly

There is no end to the violations committed by children on children, quietly talking alone. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#children #committed #end #quietly #talking

Nature generally struggles against this treatment for a while, until her powers seem in a great measure exhausted, when she quietly yields to the power of the art. ↗

— Robert Fortune

#art #exhausted #generally #great #her

I went to Cambridge and thought I would stay there. I thought I would quietly grow tweed in a corner somewhere and become a Don or something. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#cambridge #corner #grow #i #quietly

Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away. ↗

— Doug Larson

#knocks #most #opportunity #opportunity knocks #quietly

My gayness became quietly accepted and, shock of all shocks, life went on. ↗

— Lance Loud

#became #life #quietly #shock #shocks

I'm not a media darling. I'm not on the cover of all these magazines. I just quietly do my thing. ↗

— Sarah McLachlan

#darling #i #just #magazines #media

The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds. ↗

— Marshall McLuhan

#advertiser #background #business #go #magic

Boy, I'm just quietly doing my thing, and I hope they'll look around and get my record out. ↗

— Marian McPartland

#boy #doing #get #hope #i

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how. ↗

— Thomas Merton

#being #courage #god #him #just

Are you going to come quietly, or do I have to use earplugs? ↗

— Spike Milligan

#going #i #quietly #use #you