Quotes about silence
silence sound corny
In the beginning, there was silence. And out of the silence came the sound. The sound is not here. Daniel Barenboim
silence ends notes
There are many types of silence. There is a silence before the note, there is a silence at the end and there is a silence in the middle.
silence stillness
We all have within us a center of stillness surrounded by silence. Dag Hammarskjold
silence would-be appreciated
A period of silence on your part would be appreciated. Clement Attlee
silence deeds should
A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence. Dante Alighieri
silence noise silence-love
...it was necessary to love silence, but before you could love silence you had to have noise. Colum McCann
silence yes-and-no answers
When a question has no correct answer, there is only one honest response. The gray area between yes and no. Silence. Dan Brown
silence needs embarrassment
I know you are going to be embarrassed. We're all embarrassed by it, but to hide the embarrassment... silence has never protected women or helped them. We need to talk about it more with our, you know - whoever - our friends, our family. Cybill Shepherd
silence sheer perversity
Out of sheer perversity, I followed beauty where it lead, into the silence. Dave Hickey
silence feelings situation
I'm familiar with that feeling of silence that comes with a very imminent catastrophe, when you know you have absolutely no control over a situation. Dave Matthews
silence trying ends
When one writer tries to silence another, he silences every writer-and in the end he also silences himself. David Leavitt
silence peaceful darkness
The world is quieter now. It is never quiet, but it can get quieter. What strange creatures we are, to find silence peaceful, when permanent silence is the thing we most dread. Nighttime is not that. Nighttime still rustles, still creaks and whispers and trembles in its throat. It is not darkness we fear, but our own helplessness within it. How merciful to have been granted the other senses. David Levithan
silence together noise
They don’t have silences together; they have noise. Mostly his.
silence soul ruins
To be silent when we are impelled to utter words injurious to God or to our neighbour, is an act of virtue; but, to be silent in confessing our sins, is the ruin of the soul. Alphonsus Liguori
silence democratic treason
In a democratic society, the only treason is silence. Anna Quindlen
silence remember silent
Silence ought also to be the core of each concert. Remember the anagram: listen = silent. Alfred Brendel
silence stick
What she doesn't say is just as important as what she does say -- but there's so much more of it. I think from now on I'm going to stick to what she actually does say because I don't have that kind of time. Jonathan Katz
silence listening sound
Listen to the sound of silence. Paul Simon
silence doorways
External silence can be the doorway to inner silence. Ram Dass
silence grace gone
What, gone without a word? Ay, so true love should do; it cannot speak, For truth hath better deeds than words to grace it. William Shakespeare
silence desert gleam
I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the silence something throbs, and gleams... Antoine de Saint-Exupery
silence rare-occasion gym
On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence. Bebe Neuwirth
silence ends
In the end, the only thing between us was silence. Becca Fitzpatrick
silence said okay
I called Vee. "How are you doing?" I asked. "Good. How are you?" "Good." Silence. "Okay," Vee said in a rush, "I am still totally freaked out. You?" "Totally.
silence speech
I have often repented of speech but hardly ever of silence. C. S. Lewis
silence important conversation
Sighs and silences and avoided conversations are just as important as the things you do talk about. Cecelia Ahern
silence betrayed
Silence never yet betrayed any one! Antoine Rivarol
silence vices avoiding
The cunning tempter, by avoiding the grossness of vice, often silences objections.
silence doe being-a-lady
Being a lady does not require silence. Betty Ford
silence
The rest, is silence.
silence soul humanity
That soul-destroying, meaningless, mechanical, moronic work is an insult to human nature which must necessarily and inevitably produce either escapism or aggression, and that no amount of 'bread and circuses' can compensate for the damage done-these are facts which are neither denied nor acknowledged but are met with an unbreakable conspiracy of silence-because to deny them would be too obviously absurd and to acknowledge them would condemn the central preoccupation of modern society as a crime against humanity. E. F. Schumacher
silence sound pregnant
Not one sound fears the silence that extinguishes it. And no silence exists that is not pregnant with sound. John Cage
silence sound happenings
There's no such thing as silence. Something is always happening that makes a sound.