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Quotes About Silence

Sometimes, I myself, even though I'm in Washington, I go quiet because there is so much intimidation around me.
~ Jamal Khashoggi
I'm squandering invaluable gray matter by censoring myself.
~ Faith Salie
I don't like to discuss my investments.
~ Offset
I used to not talk much to anyone about my investments.
~ Mohnish Pabrai
I'm not going to speak about any of our investors or board members at all because we don't.
~ Alexander Nix
Word - that invisible dagger.
~ Emil Cioran
I don't talk about politics. Not getting involved in politics at all.
~ Meat Loaf
Japanese people, they're not really one to complain.
~ Mirai Nagasu
Honestly, if I gave my thoughts on the match-making in the UFC, Joe Silva probably wouldn't even talk to me anymore, so I'm going to keep quiet on that.
~ Quinton Jackson
böyle kaçar?m ölümün vuruÅŸlar?ndan; ama h?zl? deÄŸil kaç???m, arzumun benimle gelemeyeceÄŸi kadar, hep geldiÄŸi gibi sessiz yürürüm, yoksa ölü sözler aÄŸlat?r insanlar?, oysa ben yaln?z aks?n isterim gözyaÅŸlar?m.
~ Francesco Petrarca
He that hath knowledge spareth his words.
~ Francis Bacon
Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.
~ Francis Bacon
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
~ Francis Bacon
There are times when silence is better than any other words in the dictionary...
~ Francis Chalifour
There are those who understand everything till one puts it into words
~ Francis Herbert Bradley
True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
~ Francis Herbert Bradley
Give not thy tongue too great a liberty, lest it take thee prisoner. A word unspoken is like thy sword in thy scabbard; if vented, the sword is in another?s hand.* If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.
~ Francis Quarles
Churches are vessels of hush, as well as everything else they are, and when I block out the distractions of vision, the silence is almost shockingly loud.
~ Francis Spufford
Withdrawn into the peace of this desert, along with some books, few but wise, I live in conversation with the deceased, and listen to the dead with my eyes
~ Francisco de Quevedo
callamos los volcanes florecidos!
~ Francisco de Quevedo
To think without saying is to hold an armed grenade without throwing it.
~ Francisco Parra
El que lo piensa todo primero, no escribe nada después.
~ Francisco Umbral
Hans y Grock se conocen tanto que no necesitan hablarse. A este profundo entendimiento entre hombres es a lo que se llama amistad.
~ Francisco Umbral
What a terrible time this is to be a Christian. The churches have failed and betrayed us, and the ministry preaches hate and murder. If there is a sane and reasoning voice in the Christian church today it is sadly silent.
~ Francois Arouet