So, one of the things I was doing with the aliens in The Quiet Invasion was creating that advanced society which had ideas about morality and proper use of natural resources that were radically different from ours, as the Europeans were from the American Indians.

First and foremost, The Quiet Invasion is a first contact story. What would we do if we actually found evidence of alien life out there? It's also about politics.

With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.

I'm a pretty quiet guy, but if people want to think of me as a lady killer, I guess that's good.

I got to know Sterling Hayden fairly well. He was a quiet man, who got more complicated as the years went on.

In the laughing times we know that we are lucky, and in the quiet times we know that we are blessed. And we will not be alone.

Receiving far less attention are the working class heroes, who go about their solitary work routines with quiet dignity, come home from another grueling day, yet still find time to interact with their children.

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

But I'll tell you what hermits realize. If you go off into a far, far forest and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything.

I've got to start listening to those quiet, nagging doubts.

I've learned to try to sustain myself by holding on to the integrity of who I am. I'm not talking big diva. I'm quiet. I'm shy. And I became stronger when I stopped trying to be the person they wanted me to be.

When you know something in your heart, you better not be quiet about it. You better speak out about it.

God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling.

The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!

I live sort of in the country and I like that. It's very quiet, it's beautiful.