Quotes about silence
silence trying succeed
We try to abolish intervals by our manic insistence on keeping busy, on doing something. And as a result, all we succeed in doing is destroying all hope of tranquility. ... . You have to learn to immerse yourself in the silences between. Lyall Watson
silence emotion speak
Never rush an emotion; everything in life has a rhythm, it is the pauses and silences that speak the truth. Michael Jackson
silence quality modesty
Silence and modesty are very valuable qualities in conversation. Michel de Montaigne
silence speech corporations
The solution when you don't like someone's speech is not to silence that person, or that corporation. It's more and louder speech of your own. Michael Kinsley
silence temptation
The silence was always the greates temptation. Markus Zusak
silence progressive achieve
The pause - that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, howsoever felicitous, could accomplish it. Mark Twain
silence scare violence
It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many Martin Luther King, Jr.
silence honest violent
I was not afraid of the words of the violent, but of the silence of the honest.
silence growing reason
A prolonged silence ensues. The reason for the silence is our growing interest one for the other. No one is aware of it, no one yet; no one? am I quite sure? Marguerite Duras
silence invisible truth-is
Intelligence is silence, truth is being invisible. But what a racket I make in declaring this. Ned Rorem
silence tongue fool
Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage. Publilius Syrus
silence victim silence-is
But silence is where victims dwell. Nelly Sachs
silence together powerlessness
Powerlessness and silence go together. Margaret Atwood
silence cry silent
When they remain silent, they cry out. Marcus Tullius Cicero
silence three dawn
Dawn was coming. The Waystone Inn lay in silence, and it was a silence of three parts. Patrick Rothfuss
silence important notes
The silence between the notes is the good part for me. I find that to be a very important part of music that is often lacking. Leon Redbone
silence unspoken-words doe
The unspoken word never does harm. Lajos Kossuth
silence moments psychological
He knew the precise psychological moment when to say nothing. Oscar Wilde
silence doe tales
Who tells a finer tale than any of us. Silence does. Isak Dinesen
silence spirit divine
For most of us, for almost all of us, truth can be attained, if at all, only in silence. It is in silence that the human spirit touches the divine. Iris Murdoch
silence shame fame
Silence, which will save from shame, will also deprive me of fame. Igor Stravinsky
silence foolish possibility
Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.
silence listening males
Male silence is not the same as listening Gloria Steinem
silence answers indifference
Answer them critics with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . . Gioachino Rossini
silence listening faces
He lay face down, listening to the silence. He was perfectly alone. Nobody was watching. Nobody else was there. He was not perfectly sure that he was there himself. J. K. Rowling
silence sun
Sun, silence, and happiness. Nancy Mitford
silence musician canvas
To a musician or songwriter, your canvas is silence. Keith Richards
silence paper musician
A painter's got a canvas. The writer's got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
silence secret
He'd kept this silence because his own secrets were darker, more hidden, and because he believed that his secrets had created hers. Kim Edwards
silence solitude too-much
The cure for too much to do is solitude and silence. Ken Blanchard
silence quiet
In my quiet, I was working something out. Keanu Reeves
silence down-and speak
To everything there is a season. Yes. A time to break down, and a time to build up. Yes. A time to keep silence and a time to speak. Yes. Ray Bradbury
silence said perfume
Kerosene," he said, because the silence had lengthened, "is nothing but perfume to me.