Quotes About Reticence

I was an observer. I liked to listen rather than openly express myself. This trait is something that I've retained over the years.

His entire body waited on the brink of its own self-knowledge, fiercely and without reticence. As her trust had made him gentle with her, her worship had made him strong.

I don't give interviews.

I don't like to discuss my investments.

I'm too old for talks. I gave that up when I turned sixty. I'd done enough talking in my life by then. Nowadays I neither speak nor listen to what anybody else has to say.

He is American through and through, and Americans, despite their talkiness, are fundamentally silent creatures. They talk in order to conceal their innate reticence. It is only in moments of deep intimacy that they break loose.

When Demaratus was asked whether he held his tongue because he was a fool or for want of words, he replied, "A fool cannot hold his tongue.

What are you working on?" "I'm trying to set up a store to sell baskets of none-of-your-fucking-business at wholesale prices.

I think now there's much more of a confessional culture. That's not my bag. I come from a slightly older school of thought: 'give 'em nothin.' You don't plead guilty.

Snowden has been very sparing about discussing his early life or his personal life.

A utopia of judicial reticence: take away life, but prevent the patient from feeling it; deprive the prisoner of all rights, but do not inflict pain; impose penalties free of all pain. Recourse to psycho-pharmacology and to various physiological 'disconnectors', even if it is temporary, is a logical consequence of this 'non-corporal' penality. The

In many cases where one is content to lead a secluded life it is not necessary to say much of one's past, but as a rule something must be said. People have the habit of inquiring—if they are no more than butchers and bakers. By degrees one must account for this and that fact, and it was so here. .

I shall be loved as quiet things Are loved--white pigeons in the sun, Curled yellow leaves that whisper down One after one; The silver reticence of smoke That tells no secret of its birth Among the fiery agonies That turn the earth.

Introverts shun social situations because, Greta Garbo—style,

I make a lot of money, but I don't want to talk about that.

When I'm on stage I don't say anything. The last thing I want to do is share my thoughts. I don't know if that's mysterious - maybe it's just old fashioned.

Shem noticed a reserve in Daniel's tone, a stony reticence that had not been there before.

Owen was pleasant enough company, although he sensed the boy's reticence and reserve. They only spoke of secrets to be uncovered.

I'm shy. I'm not sociable. I'm very insecure.

Bigfoot didn't answer but there were times Doc could hear his silences, and this one was saying Too Much You Can't Know About So Fuck Off.

The only way to keep something pure is to keep it to yourself.

You can certainly keep a low public profile if you want to.

Lo más agradable de él era que nunca hablaba, a menos que se le preguntara algo. Nunca le pregunté nada.

And I like to keep whatever is mine remaining that way. It's a funny little game to play and it's a slippery slope. I always say to myself I'm never going to give anything away because there's never any point or benefit for me.