Quotes About Silence

Alone in a world with millions of souls Walking in circles Trapped in our dreams unhealthy, unclean Walking in circles, now Do not disturb, scream in silence Everyone's sleeping

They only babble who practise not reflection.

Nature can refuse to speak but she cannot give a wrong answer.

I refuse to answer on the ground that this might be incriminating.

Anyone who refuses to speak out off campus does not deserve to be listened to on campus.

I never get into the details regarding my own personal situation.

People of my generation did not like very much to tell what we lived through during the Khmer Rouge regime.

He had to deal all at once with the packed regrets and stifled memories of an inarticulate lifetime.

I would never cheapen my relationships by talking about them.

I just don't like talking about my relationships or anything like that, in any reference.

Historically speaking, my actions speak louder than any words.

So, Hitchcock wouldn't say anything about my work in the movie but, on the other hand, he wouldn't complain, either.

I always defined myself in terms of my talkativeness, and being without a voice hits me in a number of ways.

Writing is a discipline: it's almost all about holding back.

A lot of guitar players, in every genre, are afraid to leave space. They're afraid to leave a hole, afraid they'll fall down it or something.

The idea that somebody who has done something horrible in a war is not willing to talk about it for 32 years is hardly a shocking idea. Quite the contrary.

I was forbidden to talk to my fellow hostages.

My household, as I was growing up, was a house of hidden shame.

We're in this business to make money, but then nobody wants to talk about how much money we're making. That's serious, but nobody will talk about it.

Hunger and homelessness aren't things we always want to talk about.

Better than a thousand meaningless statements Is one meaningful word, Which, having been heard, Brings peace.

Ancient is this [saying], O Atula, It is not just of today: They find fault in one sitting silently, They find fault in one speaking much, They find fault in one speaking moderately. No one in this world is not found at fault.

The word fell between them like an ax.

What a relief to have nothing to say, the right to say nothing, because only then is there a chance of framing the rare, or ever rarer, the thing that might be worth saying.