Quotes about silence
silence foolish possibility
Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right. Igor Stravinsky
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
Some things we must pass over in silence. Greg Iles
silence speech
More have repented speech then silence. [More have repented speech than silence.] George Herbert
silence tactics distrust
Silence is the best tactic for he who distrusts himself. Francois de La Rochefoucauld
silence risk policy
Silence is the safest policy if you are unsure of yourself.
silence jubilation
Restrain yourself... and gloat in silence. I'll have no jubilation here. It is an impious thing to exult over the slain. Homer
silence mind facts
In the silence of their studios, busied for days at a time with works which leave the mind relatively free, painters become like women; their thoughts can revolve around the minor facts of life and penetrate their hidden meaning. Honore de Balzac
silence feelings wells
Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling.
silence domestic-violence violence
Our silence is deafening and deadly. James Brown
silence stories just-listen
Even the silence has a story to tell you. Just listen. Listen. Jacqueline Woodson
silence spirit ineffable
Music, not being made up of objects nor referring to objects, is intangible and ineffable; it can only be as it were inhaled by the spirit: the rest is silence. Jacques Barzun
silence sticks speak
Why must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better. J. R. R. Tolkien
silence dumb soul
There is the dumb silence of slumber or apathy... the fertile silence of awareness, pasturing the soul... the silence of peaceful accord with other persons or communion with the cosmos. Paul Goodman
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 would-be obedience
If we knew how often the obedience of others is affected by our own, and how often our stepping forth soon brings forth a whole platton of helpers, and how often our speaking forth soon creates a chorus - we would be even more ashamed of our slackess and our silence. Neal A. Maxwell
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 female woven
Silence is deeply woven into the fabric of female experience, Rachel Simmons
silence criticism world
They criticize the silent ones. They criticize the talkative ones. They criticize the moderate ones. There is no one in the world who escapes criticism. Nhat Hanh
silence my-favorite conditions
I came to love silence, because it's so rare, and it's now my favorite aural condition. Mike Nichols
silence heavy beads
There is nothing worse than silence, strung like heavy beads on too delicate a conversation. Jodi Picoult
silence sitting sound
Seeing her sitting there unresponsive makes me realize that silence has a sound.
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 together powerlessness
Powerlessness and silence go together. Margaret Atwood