quotations about silence
There are times when silence is the best way to yell at the top of your voice.
O. A. BATTISTA
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attributed, Braude's Second Encyclopedia of Stories, Quotations, and Anecdotes
Be silent or say something better than silence.
PYTHAGORAS
attributed, Forty Thousand Quotations, Prose and Poetical
I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
CALVIN COOLIDGE
The Man from Vermont
I love your silences, they are like mine.
ANAIS NIN
Under a Glass Bell
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER
Proverbial Philosophy
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
In positions of power, silence is not an option.
MAGNUS LINKLATER
"In positions of power, silence is not an option", The Times, September 3, 2017
There are grammatical errors even in his silence.
STANISLAW JERZY LEC
Unkempt Thoughts
Silence is true wisdom's reply.
ANONYMOUS
But my words like silent raindrops fell, and echoed in the wells of silence.
PAUL SIMON
The Sound of Silence
Silence is golden, so they say. Except that silence, in a moral dilemma, represents complicity, as it does in a general legal -- or in a criminal -- matter. We are thus, presuming that we are moral beings, faced with a binary choice: remain silent or speak out. Each choice has consequences, and the path followed, its own implications.
ALAIN TSCHUDIN
"When silence is not golden", News 24, August 6, 2017
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"
To women silence is the best ornament.
SOPHOCLES
Ajax
If all the world were music,
Our hearts would often long
For one sweet strain of silence.
To break the endless song.
HENRY VAN DYKE
"If All the Skies"
To be silent oft is to learn.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
Your silence will not protect you.
AUDRE LORDE
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
Be check'd for silence,
But never tax'd for speech.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
All's Well That Ends Well
If silence is golden like they say it be
If silence is golden then how rich I must be
LYNN ANDERSON
"If Silence Is Golden"
My silence will convict me.
REFUSED
"Last Minute Pointer"
Never miss a good chance to shut up.
WILL ROGERS
attributed, Vaudeville Old & New