Quotes About Silence

Acting is like sex: you either do it and don't talk about it, or you talk about it and don't do it.

too weary and dazed by unfinished sleep even to swear. There comes a degree of numbness in fatigue and exasperation which can be expressed only by a sullen silence.

God too, has sinned, that's what I used to think. He looked down on this blazing hell, and he remained silent. (2007: 142)

Men of the cloth live in this monologue, it is their due: nobody talks back to a pulpit.

If she had only known, things might have been different between us, but I could never talk to her about it" [Jimmy about Molly]

I never told anybody what was going on. Not a soul.

You may regret your silence once, but you will regret your words often.

The prices are vertiginous. Carlinhos and Wagner take a booth and they talk and dip their wafers of exquisite beef into the sauces but most of the time they keep companionable silence together, as close men do, and find they have communicated everything. Run

but most of the time they keep companionable silence together, as close men do, and find they have communicated everything.

And?" "Ah." She was not certain whether it was the room's heartbeat she was hearing, or her own. "Would you like to sit down?" Her voice sounded as if coming from kilometers away as she said, "No. Thank you.

muted 'thanks' as the person moved away. 'It

one was very

muttered. Then:

It was decided to leave her where she lay. She lies there

The wall is silence, the grass is sleep, Tall trees of peace their vigil keep, And the Fairy of Dreams with moth-wings furled Plays soft on her flute to the drowsy world.

The proverb says that 'The answer to a fool is silence'. Observation, however, indicates that almost any other answer will have the same effect in the long run.

No surgeon can treat the wounds of the tongue.

Show me a person who really knows what 'good' is, and I will show you that he almost never uses the word.

The answer to a fool is silence. (Proverb)

The hearts of the noble are the graves of confidences.

LA RESPUESTA A UN TONTO El proverbio dice que "la respuesta a un tonto es el silencio": La observación, sin embargo, indica que prácticamente cualquier otra respuesta tendrá el mismo efecto a largo plazo.

Sufi secrets are perceived, not understood by words.

The answer to the existence of a fool is silence.

Muéstrame a una persona que realmente sabe lo que es "bueno" y te mostraré que casi nunca usa la palabra.