Emily Dickinson Quotes

There is no Silence in the Earth - so silent As that endured Which uttered, would discourage Nature And haunt the World.

Emily Dickinson

• Nature
• Earth
• Silence

• Previous
• Next

Quotes to Explore

• Composers most identified with the chamber music form are Corelli, Vivaldi, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and, of course, Bach. Of course, Bach. If there is any one composer who gives us reason and emotion, it is Bach.

  

  Karen DeCrow
  • Music
  • Reason
  • Emotion

• I've learned about ice water in the morning - when you wake up tired, or you're jet lagged and you've been flying and your skin is dry, or you have puffy eyes - the ice water really helps cool the face down and helps circulation.

  

  Barbara Fialho
  • Up
  • Eyes
  • Water

• It is critical that writers who embrace the light of Christ's redemptive love characterize the darkness arrayed against us in a way that is consistent with its true nature.

  

  Ted Dekker
  • Love
  • True
  • Nature

• But it's not just a game of finding literary references.

  

  Dan Simmons
  • Game
  • Finding
  • Literary

• The aim of my life is the overthrow of monarchy.

  

  Karl Liebknecht
  • Life
  • My Life
  • Aim

• Every woman who chooses - joyfully, thoughtfully, calmly, of their own free will and desire - not to have a child does womankind a massive favour in the long term.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Long
  • Free
  • Desire

• However, when the privilege depends solely on the broad, undifferentiated claim of public interest in the confidentiality of such conversations, a confrontation with other values arises.

  

  Warren E. Burger
  • Interest
  • Values
  • Privilege

• Science fiction fans are awesome - they love you so much that they'll watch anything you do, even if it's complete crap. I never dreamed that I would go to conventions and sit down and have coffee with a Klingon. It's so weird, but it's my life.

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • Life
  • Love
  • Science

• I'm really pragmatic. That's my reality.

  

  Kate Brown
  • Reality
  • Really
  • Pragmatic

• In radio, you have two tools. Sound and silence.

  

  Ira Glass
  • Silence
  • Sound
  • Tools

• The weak shows his strength and hides his weaknesses; the magnificent exhibits his weaknesses like ornaments.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb

• Nostalgia is a form of depression both for a society and an individual.

  

  Abbie Hoffman
  • Society
  • Depression

• Everyone had something unique to offer in life and their responsibility was to develop those gifts - and heroes come from all backgrounds.

  

  Margaret Thatcher
  • Life
  • Responsibility
  • Unique

• Nada termina sin romperse, porque todo es sin fin.

  

  Antonio Porchia

• Combining music, theater and comedy is a new and broader form of expression. In certain combinations you can make people laugh one moment, cry the next, and then be astounded by the beauty of the music.

  

  Aleksey Igudesman
  • People
  • Music
  • Comedy

• I think Mr. Obama is a disaster for business and a disaster for the United States. Not that Mr. Romney would be much better, but the Republicans understand the problem of excessive debt better than Mr. Obama, who basically doesn't care about piling up debt.

  

  Marc Faber
  • Up
  • Business

• I think people are learning to actually aspire to be objectified.

  

  Christina Ricci
  • People
  • Learning

• Growth does not bring any 'automatic' improvement in the health component of wellbeing.

  

  Angus Deaton
  • Health
  • Growth
  • Improvement

• So I cut out all the drinkin' and hangin' out and stuff like that early on.

  

  Luther Allison

• I can speak volumes about the guy sitting next to me. You look at his stat line tonight, he had a lot of foul trouble and didn't really get going, but when he was in there, he was defending. He was playing physical, and he was doing everything he could to help us win.

  

  Stephen Curry
  • Guy
  • Next
  • Volumes

• Don't ever know who you may meet, or just because a person may not be dressed up all fancy, don't mean they're not an important person. You just don't ever know who you're gonna meet in life. So that's why I look at everybody as equal. Can't just judge. I treat everybody with respect. Every man.

  

  Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
  • Life
  • Up
  • Important

• If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited.

  

  Beatrice Webb
  • Time
  • World
  • Nature

• We flatter those we scarcely know, We please the fleeting guest; And deal full many a thoughtless blow, To those who love us best. Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone; For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. There is new strength, repose of mind, and inspiration in fresh apparel.

  

  Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  • World
  • Mind
  • Earth

• There is no Silence in the Earth - so silent As that endured Which uttered, would discourage Nature And haunt the World.

  

  Emily Dickinson
  • Nature
  • Earth
  • Silence