"...I could set the building on fire..."
— Milton Waddams, Office Space
Do not underestimate me, boy
Look closer and you'll find
That if you peel back the polite
There might be something fierce inside
Look closer and you'll find
That if you peel back the polite
There might be something fierce inside
— Marian Call, "Dear Mister Darcy"
"Shit's gonna go down when Fluttershy's voice goes above three decibels."
People who make no noise are dangerous.
"Watch out for the quiet ones."
— Knock Out, after witnessing Soundwave deliver a Curb-Stomp Battle to Airachnid, Transformers: Prime
"She's shy, cabbage head, not stupid."
— Aniki on Beka Cooper
"Moment to Watch Out For: Scully losing it completely at Boggs when she discovers that he has a connection with Henry. Anderson is like a firecracker that gets more and more explosive and until she is literally screaming blue bloody murder at him. For the usually reserved Scully this a real watershed moment. 'Well, I came here to tell you that if he dies because of what you've done... four days from now nobody will stop me from being the [one] that'll throw the switch and gas you out of this life for good, you son of a bitch!'"
"Don't ever mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness."
— Popular internet saying
"If there's a shy, quiet kid in your class that everyone picks on, treat him with respect and kindness. Your life will be spared when his psychic powers become manifest. "
The Death Guard have no rallying cry as such. As Plague Marines, they are the incarnation of silent death, the virulent epidemic, the wasting disease, and the remorselessness of decay. They are pestilence and pox, famine and blight, contagion and cancer, and like all of these things, are most terrifying when they come without word or warning.
Aswadim tend to be quiet, subtle folk. Although the occasional dark miracle might manifest nearby, the Fallen One himself prefers to appear unassuming and keep his power in reserve. Second-guessing such corrupters is damn near impossible, because aswadim rarely tip their hands with vulgar magick. They let the world speak for them: winds rise, plants wither and shadows lengthen when an aswad is near. Such sorcerers deny that there's anything Nephandic about them. Their purpose is to open the way to the Dark Reflections Path, not to indulge in petty fighting or displays.
— Mage: The Ascension - Storyteller's Handbook
Twilight: Well, that was a noodle incident. Who's got a Plan B?
Fluttershy: [pulls out a gun] I do!
Rarity: Fluttershy! Get rid of that thing! It's only a matter of time before you kill someone with it!
Fluttershy: [quietly] It was always a matter of time, Rarity.
Fluttershy: [pulls out a gun] I do!
Rarity: Fluttershy! Get rid of that thing! It's only a matter of time before you kill someone with it!
Fluttershy: [quietly] It was always a matter of time, Rarity.
— My Little Pony: Totally Legit Recap, "Rainbow Rocks (Part 2)"
"Delicately, delicately," the Skroderider responded when Pham complained about the pace. The Rider never insisted on passage through clots of critters. If they did not respond to the gentle waving of his fronds, he detoured all around them. And he kept Pham directly behind him so the intimidation factor of the razored armor was of no use. "These people may look very peaceable to you, Sir Pham, easy to push around. But note, this is among themselves. These races have had thousands of years to accommodate to one another, to achieve local commensality. To outsiders they will necessarily be less tolerant, else they would have been overrun long ago."
Alicia: What do you know of that man?
Unnamed village leader: The stranger? Aye, he came in a few weeks ago. Said he was traveling the land, looking for work. He's... terrifying but he hasn't given us any trouble. He leaves us alone and we do the same. Cordial, but real quiet.
Kendra: I hear he's good at killing orcs. I wonder if it's all fanciful stories.
Unnamed village leader: No, milady. Albert Finnegan, one of our farmers, had been chased back here by a marauding band. The stranger went out to find poor Albert; The orcs... he-he killed them all in the span of a single night!
[Beat]
Unnamed village leader: The guild's also seen what he brings to the bounty board, he's done in some war chiefs as well. Big names too like the Arsonist, the Defiler...
Unnamed village leader: The stranger? Aye, he came in a few weeks ago. Said he was traveling the land, looking for work. He's... terrifying but he hasn't given us any trouble. He leaves us alone and we do the same. Cordial, but real quiet.
Kendra: I hear he's good at killing orcs. I wonder if it's all fanciful stories.
Unnamed village leader: No, milady. Albert Finnegan, one of our farmers, had been chased back here by a marauding band. The stranger went out to find poor Albert; The orcs... he-he killed them all in the span of a single night!
[Beat]
Unnamed village leader: The guild's also seen what he brings to the bounty board, he's done in some war chiefs as well. Big names too like the Arsonist, the Defiler...
— The Night Unfurls: Re-Imagined, on Kyril Sutherland
"It's the quiet ones you have to watch out for."
— Garfield, Garfield
"I have to say, Raven, when I found out the truth, I was very impressed. All this time, I had no idea. The power lurking inside you. The glorious destiny that awaits. It's always the quiet ones, isn't it?"
— Slade, Teen Titans (2003), "Birthmark"
"The quiet ones are the ones that change the universe. The loud ones only take the credit."
— Londo Mollari, Babylon 5
