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If "quiet" doesn't mean "quiet", then it was a silly phrase to use.
by TillE 16y ago
If "quiet" doesn't mean "quiet", then it was a silly phrase to use.
- hammock 16y agoI always interpreted "quiet" to mean "calm," not silent. You could also say it means "low noise," implying high signal/noise ratio. It's funny to see all the debate on here, which is mostly semantic. A quiet professional is the man that does the best work but you never noticed he was there. He's never in the news except maybe a Forbes 100 list where you go "I've never heard of that guy." Contrast a quiet professional with someone like Kanye West or Donald Trump.