Noises Proverbs

Sayings about Noises

Empty houses are full of noises.~ Basque Proverb

A noisy cow gives little milk. ~ Polish Proverb

Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.~ English Proverb

An empty barrel makes the most noise. ~ English Proverb

There are more buyers than connoisseurs. ~ French Proverb

Noise and hunting don't go together.~ African Proverb

Where the river is deepest it makes the least noise.~ Spanish Proverb

Clapping with only the right hand will not make a noise.~ Singaporean Proverb

Debts are like children; the smaller they are the more noise they make. ~ Spanish Proverb

When Madame drops her cup of tea it makes no noise. ~ Kurdish Proverb

An empty barrel makes a lot of noise.~ Yiddish Proverb

It's the grinding of his teeth that awakes the blacksmith's dog, not the noise of the hammer. ~ Spanish Proverb

One coin in the money-box makes more noise than when it is full.~ Arabian Proverb

It may be said that noisy barrels are easier to carry. ~ Traditional Proverb

Two coins in a purse make more noise than a hundred. ~ Hebrew Proverb

You can't blame the axe for the noise made by the chicken you are about to slaughter. ~ Malagasy Proverb

The bullet that doesn't hit anything still makes a noise.~ Egyptian Proverb

The noisiest drum has nothing in it but air. ~ English Proverb

Empty barrels and insignificant people always make the most noise.~ Greek Proverb

What grows makes no noise.~ German Proverb

Quotations about Noises

True merit is like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.~ Edward F. Halifax

Trees love to toss and sway; they make such happy noises. ~ Emily Carr

The world is never quiet, even its silence eternally resounds with the same notes, in vibrations which escape our ears. As for those that we perceive, they carry sounds to us, occasionally a chord, never a melody. ~ Albert Camus

The English may not like music, but they absolutely love the noise it makes.~ Sir Thomas Beecham

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. ~ Napoleon Bonaparte

Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.~ Sun Tzu

Quietness is the beginning of virtue. To be silent is to be beautiful. Stars do not make a noise. ~ James Stephens

People who make no noise are dangerous. ~ Jean de La Fontaine

Of all the noises known to man, opera is the most expensive. ~ Moliere

Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid. ~ Mark Twain

Much outcry, little outcome. ~ Aesop

In antiquity there was only silence. In the nineteenth century, with the invention of the machine, Noise was born. Today, Noise triumphs and reigns supreme over the sensibility of men.~ Luigi Russolo

I would take a bomb, but I can't stand the noise.~ Joe E. Lewis

I frequently hear music in the very heart of noise. ~ George Gershwin

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.~ William Dean Howells

He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.~ Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

All this talk and turmoil and noise and movement and desire is outside of the veil; within the veil is silence and calm and rest. ~ Bayazid Al-Bistami

Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence. ~ John Lahr

The world is noisy and messy. You need to deal with the noise and uncertainty. ~ Daphne Koller

Rhythm and Noise: An Aesthetics of Rock. ~ Book preview