Quotes About Silence

As important as shared memories is the silent agreement that certain things never happened.

A man sometimes wins an argument, but a woman always wins a silence.

As a gardener, I wonder if flowers really can't speak or just exercise unfailing good judgment in the matter.

Oh, the things that go through my mind that I never say. Oh, the things I say that never go through my mind.

There is part of us that stands in quiet witness to what we do, taking notes, waiting for a solitary moment to bring up the subject.

If God had wanted to be a big secret, He would not have created babbling brooks and whispering pines.

In cinema, words are a virus.

Le cinéma sonore a inventé le silence.

Bâtis ton film sur du blanc, sur le silence et l'immobilité.

The eye solicited alone makes the ear impatient, the ear solicited alone makes the eye impatient. Use these impatiences. Power of the cinematographer who appeals to the two senses in a governable way. Against the tactics of speed, of noise, set tactics of slowness, of silence.

I gave commands;Then all smiles stopped together.

Learn taciturnity and let that be your motto!

To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people who have been demanding all their lives to be heard so often fall speechless when confronted with one who gravely agrees to lend an ear. Man clamors for the freedom to express himself and for knowing that he counts. But once offered these conditions, he becomes frigthened.

Oysters open completely when the moon is full; and when the crab sees one it throws a piece of stone or seaweed into it and the oyster cannot close again so that it serves the crab for meat. Such is the fate of him who opens his mouth too much and thereby puts himself at the mercy of the listener. Leonardo

Play the psychoanalyst: make cutting comments concerning their unconscious motives (you are only being truthful), then sit back and listen. Your silence will goad them into embarrassing admissions. Leaven your judgments with occasional praise and they will strive to please you, like dogs.

The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.

Plus vous vous laissez aller à parler, plus vous avez l'air banal et peu maître de vous-même. Même anodines, vos paroles sembleront originales si elles restent vagues et énigmatiques. Les personnages puissants impressionnent et intimident parce qu'ils sont peu loquaces. Plus vous en dites et plus vous risquez de dire des bêtises.

Powerful people impress and intimidate by saying less. The more you say, the more likely you are to say something foolish.

La verdad suele verse, rara vez oírse".

Daily Law: The process of following your Life's Task all the way to mastery can essentially begin at any point in life. The hidden force within you is always there and ready to be engaged, but only if you can silence the noise from others. Mastery, I: Discover Your Calling—The Life's Task

It's a pain that we don't discuss or even understand.

A]ny lawyer worth his salt will tell the suspect in no uncertain terms to make no statement to the police under any circumstances.

A nothing that said everything.

These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale -