I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat.
We have been through this is biennial convulsion four or five different times over the past 10 or 12 years, and now it appears that we are going through this quiet agony all over again.
I really couldn't come out until after I got my citizenship, because it was a disclaim - back then, it could have been a disqualifier. I could have been denied my U.S. citizenship because I was gay. So I didn't - I stayed quiet.
The quiet rhythmic monotone of the wall of logs fills one with the rustic peace of a secluded nook in the woods.
I don't know whether it's a Nordic thing, but men in Iceland are very locked-up, very quiet. They hardly ever express emotion.
That quiet intensity really brings a lot of confidence to your team and I think intimidates a lot of other teams.