Quotes about silence
silence able
I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did. Solomon Ibn Gabirol
silence significant conversation
The most significant conversations of our lives occur in silence. Simon Van Booy
silence born given
Only the inner silence is yours. No-one gave it to you. You were born with it and you will die with it. Thoughts have been given to you. You have been conditioned to them. Rajneesh
silence doe silent
If he who does not know kept silent, discord would cease. Socrates
silence answers fool
Silence is the best answer to a fool. Nnedi Okorafor
silence refuge silence-is
Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge. Mitch Albom
silence noise comfort
Why are we embarassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise?
silence language apocalypse
I have heard the languages of apocalypse, and now I shall embrace the silence. Neil Gaiman
silence seeing
The price of seeing is silence. Marge Piercy
silence speech cold
Silence is a figure of speech, unanswerable, short, cold, but terribly severe. Theodore Parker
silence may accuracy
May my silences become more accurate. Theodore Roethke
silence noise world
The loudest noise in the world is silence. Thelonious Monk
silence ems answers
Albert grunted. "Do you know what happens to lads who ask too many questions?" Mort thought for a moment. "No," he said eventually, "what?" There was silence. Then Albert straightened up and said, "Damned if I know. Probably they get answers, and serve 'em right. Terry Pratchett
silence language inertia
Silence is the language of inertia. Margaret Heffernan
silence mind criticism
The world little knows how many of the thoughts and theories which have passed through the mind of a scientific investigator, have been crushed in silence and secrecy by his own severe criticism and adverse examination! Michael Faraday
silence lines ifs
Read between the lines.Then meet me in the silence if you can. May Sarton
silence attention sound
The sounds of silence are a dim recollection now, like mystery, privacy and paying attention to one thing — or one person — at a time. Maureen Dowd
silence telling-the-truth leading-me
The truth will lead me to all. Maya Angelou
silence stories loud
By not speaking you don't get rid of the story, you just open up a silence, which can be just as loud. Matt Smith
silence woven tissues
We should be sensitive to the thread of silence from which the tissue of speech is woven. Maurice Merleau-Ponty
silence trying rooms
If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible. Matthew Perry
silence music-is
Music is that which takes silence and brings it to life. Plato
silence entertainment industry
The entertainment industry is terrified of silence. Laura Linney
silence cones crave
I crave a cone of silence every once in while.
silence answers bullets
...it was better to answer, no matter how ineptly, thank to withhold a reply. Because sometimes silence could wound someone nearly as badly as a bullet. Lisa Kleypas
silence say-anything
Never say anything unless you have to. John Travolta
silence may opinion
if any opinion is compelled to silence, that opinion may, for aught we can certainly know, be true. To deny this is to assume our own infallibility. John Stuart Mill
silence assumption absolute-certainty
All silencing of discussion is an assumption of infallibility.
silence shadow sun
When we walk in the sun our shadows are like barges of silence. Mark Strand
silence solitude chatter
Silence and solitude are more distracting to me than chatter and commotion. Marilu Henner
silence matter idle-chatter
The things that really matter don't mix with idle chatter. Mose Allison
silence slides silent
Shallow brooks murmur most, deep and silent slide away. Philip Sidney
silence mind literature
Literature takes a habit of mind that has disappeared. It requires silence, some form of isolation, and sustained concentration in the presence of an enigmatic thing. Philip Roth