Quotes About Silence

I beg women to wait. Wait on God. Keep your mouth shut. Don't expect anything until the declaration is clear and forthright. And to the men I say be careful with us, please. Be circumspect.

To say nothing is saying something. You must denounce things you are against or one might believe that you support things you really do not.

Don't try to silence other people's genius because you're too deaf to hear your own.

I've been ignored by prettier women than you, but none who carried the heavy pitchers of silenceso far, without spilling a drop.

The power of the harasser, the abuser, the rapist depends above all on the silence of women.

I mind-melded the details trapped inside my head since it felt easier than talking, which surprised me." -- Jennifer Mills from Soul Reader by: Dianne Bright

Seeds do not make a sound when growing, but can even reach the sky. Learn from them.

The quieter the mind the louder the soul.

I had tried to express myself, but couldn't do that because I was afraid that it will hurt someone. I never knew that not expressing myself hurt myself.

The most profound statements are often said in silence.

I don't comment directly on actions or statements of candidates.

I never made any public statements. At least, I tried never to make any public statements.

From 1969 to 1973, I was never played on radio stations.

Being quiet is comfortable. Keeping things the way they've been is comfortable. And all comfort has done is maintain the status quo.

People are scared to speak out against the status quo: their jobs and livelihoods, they believe, are at risk.

I really couldn't come out until after I got my citizenship, because it was a disclaim - back then, it could have been a disqualifier. I could have been denied my U.S. citizenship because I was gay. So I didn't - I stayed quiet.

For 20 years, my mother, my sister and I had seldom spoken of my father. If he happened to come up in conversation, pain and embarrassment entered the room and stayed until he disappeared back into the silence with which we all felt more at ease.

I stayed because it was normal. After the first hit, you don't think they're going to do it again. And it does escalate, but I stayed because it became normal. I didn't call the police because I didn't want them to go to jail and it just was normal.

I am a committed observer. I like staying in the background and seeing what's going on.

We've been conditioned to be incredibly avoidant. 'I'm afraid I'll be called a racist if I say something wrong,' is the familiar retort. Well, okay, that's scary and difficult, but staying silent, avoiding the issue, doesn't mean that racism goes away.

Certainly there are many Congress members who have been arrested in the past on immigration issues and will continue to because we all understand that staying silent is not an option.

They say that in space, nobody can hear you scream. The first time I stepped out of the airlock, I was ready to scream - not because I was scared but because I was so excited to see the Earth below me.

The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent.

Sometimes the best way to communicate something is to explain what happens in the absence of it.