quotations about silence
Still-born Silence! thou that art
Floodgate of the deeper heart.
RICHARD FLECKNOE
Poems
Shutting the f*** up is seldom a bad move.
LAURELL K. HAMILTON
Cerulean Sins
Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer.
MUHAMMAD ALI
attributed, The Gospel According to ESPN
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER
Proverbial Philosophy
Silence should be cultivated as a great virtue; it keeps secrets and avoids disputes.
WALTER MATTHEWS
Human Life from Many Angles
Nothing was more conducive to the development of observation than compulsory silence.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
Tender Is the Night
I have known the silence of the stars and of the sea,
And the silence of the city when it pauses,
And the silence of a man and a maid,
And the silence for which music alone finds the word.
EDGAR LEE MASTERS
Silence
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact--from calling on us to look through a heap of millet-seed in order to be sure that there is no pearl in it.
GEORGE ELIOT
Theophrastus Such
Silence is like nightfall. Objects are lost in it insensibly.
MADAME SWETCHINE
"Airelles", The Writings of Madame Swetchine
In silence you can't hide anything ... as you can in words.
AUGUST STRINDBERG
The Ghost Sonata
Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us?
LAWRENCE DURRELL
Justine
Silence is a figure of speech, unanswerable, short, cold, but terribly severe.
THEODORE PARKER
"Justice and the Conscience", The Collected Works of Theodore Parker: Sermons & Prayers
There are times when silence is the best way to yell at the top of your voice.
O. A. BATTISTA
attributed, Braude's Second Encyclopedia of Stories, Quotations, and Anecdotes
Do not too hastily conclude that silence is indifference. Indifference is not to care, not to act, not even to think or breathe. Indifference is inhuman and inhumane. Silence, on the other hand, is almost always premeditated, a willful act. Without silence there would be no sound.
JUSTIN BRYAN SNIDER
posted on daily quotation board at Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong, October 17, 2006
It's not a bad idea for a politician to remember that no newspaper can misquote silence.
E. C. MCKENZIE
14,000 Quips & Quotes
If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.
AUSTIN O'MALLEY
Keystones of Thought
Silence when in pain
Silence when my thoughts may cause a slight unease
Silence when in pain
Silence cause the fear it begins with a sound
Silence in the chair where they give me the answers
Silence when I'm asking a difficult question
Silence cause I already know all the facts yeah
Silence cause I don't want to hear it today
FICTION PLANE
"Silence"
Your silence will not protect you.
AUDRE LORDE
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
You have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions. Anything you say may be used against you in a court of law.
U. S. POLICE OFFICERS
Miranda Warning
So scream your heart out
You are the chosen
You got to show them
Silence is the enemy
Scream it out loud
We are the broken
We got to show them
Silence is the enemy
PAPA ROACH
"Silence Is the Enemy"