Quiet

Quiet may refer to:

• Silence, a relative or total lack of sound

In science

• QUIET (abbreviation for "Q/U Imaging ExperimenT"), an astronomy experiment studying polarization of the cosmic microwave background radiation
• QUIET telescope, an instrument for use in the QUIET astronomy experiment

In literature

• All Quiet on the Orient Express, a 1999 tragi-comedy novel by British author Magnus Mills
• All Quiet on the Western Front, a 1929 novel about World War I by German author Erich Maria Remarque
• And Quiet Flows the Don, a 1934 novel about Cossacks living in Russia's Don River valley in the early 20th century, by Russian author Michail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov
• Not So Quiet: Stepdaughters of War, a 1930 semi-autobiographical memoir about World War I by British author Evadne Price
• Quiet, Please!, a 1945 American animated Tom and Jerry short cartoon
• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, a 2012 non-fiction book about the value of introverted people, by American author Susan Cain
• Quiet Days in Clichy, a 1956 autobiographical novella written by American author Henry Miller
• The Quiet American, a 1955 anti-war novel by British author Graham Greene
• The Quiet Game, a 1999 crime fiction novel by American author Greg Iles
• The Year of the Quiet Sun, a 1970 science fiction novel by American author Wilson Tucker

In film

• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930 film), a film based on the World War I novel of the same name by German author Erich Maria Remarque
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1979 film), a film based on the World War I novel of the same name by German author Erich Maria Remarque
• The Quiet Earth (film), a 1985 New Zealand science fiction post-apocalyptic film
• The Quiet Man, a 1952 Irish-American comedy-drama film starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara

In radio

• Quiet, Please!, a late-1940s radio fantasy and horror program created by Wyllis Cooper

In music

• The Quiett, a South Korean former rapper of Soul Company and now Illionaire Records
• Quiet (album), a 1996 John Scofield album
• "Quiet", a song by Canadian recording artist Lights, from her album The Listening (2009)
• Quiet (EP), a 2007 solo EP released by Jim Ward
• "Quiet" (This Will Destroy You song), a song by American postrock band This Will Destroy You (TWDY). It is the opening track from their EP Young Mountain (2006)
• "Quiet" (Lil' Kim song), a song by Lil' Kim, from her album The Naked Truth (2005)
• "It's Oh So Quiet", a 1951 song by American singer Betty Hutton. It was covered by Björk in 1995
• "Quiet", a song by The Smashing Pumpkins, from their album Siamese Dream (1993)

In religion

• Prayer of Quiet, a term from Christian theology relating to degrees of contemplation or contemplative prayer
• Quietism (Christian philosophy)

Other

• Quiet Birdmen, a secretive club founded in the United States in 1921 for male aviators
• Quiet game, a children's "game" where children must stay quiet and still, on fear of punishment

See also

• Quiet American (disambiguation)
• Silence (disambiguation)