Quotes About Silence

I kept quiet for eight years. I did not want to hurt the church.

Don't force me into saying what I don't want to say, and what I won't say.

Everyone has expectations. You just don't want to have them dashed, so you're quiet about them.

Books are my friends, where it's okay to be silent, where you're not a freak if you don't want to get drunk, peel out in the parking lot, tip cows.

You pout like a trout in a drought...can't get out. You want to scream, but fish can't shout.

Hey, I always say: if you want a quiet life, become a monk.

The town is silent. The night boils with eleven stars. Oh starry starry night! This is how I want to die.

I don't talk to anybody about my personal life, and maybe that perpetuates it, too. But it's really important to own what you want to own and keep it to yourself.

I have no clue why, but maybe sometimes when there's someone you don't hear from, it's the person you want to hear from the most.

Oh God, if you want women to never again raise their voices, then create an adult man!

Some people do want to stand on the rooftop and scream out their story. Others are cowering in the corner, or sitting with a blank face in class, and not knowing how to tell their story.

I make a lot of money, but I don't want to talk about that.

Silence is golden! [Malcolm Subban] knows not to talk too much smack cause you don't want to give me that incentive right?

My wife and daughter have accused me of being too silent at breakfast but I don't want to talk when I don't have much to say.

I only want to sleep . . . and never wake.

I think the hardest thing is to know what you want, ask for it, and then to stop talking.

You want me to be all doom and gloom, or just shut up?

Stop being so...optimistic, its getting on my nerves." "No problem. Do you want me to be all gloom and doom or just shut up?" "Just shut up." "Can do." "Really? Doesn't seem like it." -Jacob and seth

Sometimes I intentionally cut it off. I just want to be in silence, especially when I'm traveling. I watch movies without sound.

This kind of knowing you can never tell to anyone. If you want us to survive, you cannot trust a soul'... 'Not for any reason on this earth. You can never tell.

I don't understand why some things are talked about and others are not. I don't know why I think I can make any kind of difference. All I know is that I want to.

If what a person wants is his life, he tends to be quiet about wanting anything else. Once the life begins to seem secure, one feels the freedom to complain.

Silence is not our heritage but our destiny; we live where we want to live.

I do a lot of stuff with Wounded Warriors and the Armed Forces Foundation; if you want to get these guys to stop talking, start complimenting!