Quotes About Silence

Las lecciones que enseñas deben ser silenciosas, o no serán eficaces.

We are often told that Jesus spoke more on the topic of hell than did any other person in the Bible. This would not be difficult for Him to do, since almost all the biblical authors were silent on the subject.

I'm the undisputed champion of keeping my mouth shut and just sitting there like a piece of furniture.

I'll out-quiet anybody, in any venue for any stakes.

Sometimes silence can be the strongest and most compassionate answer."

Remember, a closed mouth gathers no foot.

The most difficult thing in the world is to know how to do a thing and to watch someone else do it wrong, without comment. -T. H. White

Against a broken heart, even absurdity falters. Because words fall away. A dialogue of silence. That deafens.

He argued that every certainty is an empty throne. That those who knew but one path would come to worship it, even as it led to a cliff's edge. He argued, and in the silence of that ghost's indifference to his words he came to realize that he himself spoke – fierce with heat – from the foot of an empty throne.

Oh yes, I have learned much from Tremorlor, and so assume a like strategy. Silence, a faint mocking smile suggesting I know more than I do, an air of mystery, yes, and fell knowledge. None could guess my confusion, my host of deluded illusions and elusive delusions!

Secrets have power so long as they remain secrets

The closest held secret is the one that never sours with age.

I can't bear the silent ringing in my skull.

He who sleeps in continual noise is wakened by silence.

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.

I don't like the act of talking; it makes me slightly light-headed.

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery - just one!

Books are slow, books are quiet. The Internet is fast and loud.

I learned snails don't have ears. They live in silence. They go slowly. Slowly, slowly in silence.

My favorite movie of all time is 'The Silence of the Lambs.' I think Hannibal Lecter is the scariest movie monster ever because he's smarter than you are.

When I was a young boy, I would wake to an empty, silent house. My parents would return home at lunchtime, bringing with them the mulchy smell of the farmyard.

I don't smile or talk before 10 A.M. unless it's scripted.

I know of a few actors who have Psoriasis but stay mum about it. I don't respond to those who do. I just smile and move on.

Before 'SNL,' I would do stand-up, opening for Jeff Tweedy. It was worse than bombing in that people were dead silent.