Quotes About Silence

Aucun n'est d'un métal si pur qu'il laisse l'autre sans voix.

Cosa rara, su voz que conocía tan bien, de la que se dice que es el grano mismo del recuerdo (" la querida inflexión..."), no la oigo. Como una sordera localizada...

I love you is in my head; but I imprison it behind my lips. I do not divulge. I say silently to who is no longer or is not yet the other: *I keep myself from loving you*

Both as a matter of temperament and policy, Washington was taciturn, once advising his adopted grandson, "It is best to be silent, for there is nothing more certain than that it is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.

having warned the children not to mention the nose

because we don't have to talk. Often we sit fifteen minutes in silence before one of us breaks it!

So why did Rockefeller stick to his self-defeating silence?

But the main reason for Rockefeller's silence was that he couldn't dispute just a few of Tarbell's assertions without admitting the truth of many others

As his parents broke silence and confided their concerns, Junior's heart sagged:

I do not wish to have it known now or at any time.

I bore it in silence. It does no good to dispute with such a man.

Washington was taciturn, once advising his adopted grandson, "It is best to be silent, for there is nothing more certain than that it is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.

The quieter he was, the more forceful his presence seemed

He stared into his eyes

As a philanthropist, Rockefeller chose to cultivate a wise detachment from his creations and told Harper that he saw himself as a silent partner in the operation

What I fear is that he may perhaps talk too much which would be very undesirable

George Washington was always the maestro of eloquent silences.

A fidgety silence was always Rockefeller's harshest expression of scorn.

Maybe it was Roumiya's beauty that drove me away, her silent beauty, her eyes that seemed to be looking through everythig and draining it of all meaning.

You spend way too much time confusing silence with strength.

He thought of asking her, but for no reason he could name, the silence between them seemed too hard to break.

Keeping your mouth shut is a devastating weapon. Your silence will make your opponent want to babble.

No one talked, but they all said plenty.

If in doubt, say nothing.