Quotes of Quiescent - somelinesforyou

“ Great abilities are not requisite for an Historian; for in historical composition, all the greatest powers of the human mind are quiescent. ”

- Samuel Johnson

“ The peer review system is satisfactory during quiescent times, but not during a revolution in a discipline such as astrophysics, when the establishment seeks to preserve the status quo. ”

- Hannes Alfven

“ I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Very hot and still the air was, Very smooth the gliding river, Motionless the sleeping shadows. ”

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“ I make it a rule never to smoke while I'm sleeping. ”

- Mark Twain
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