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Quotes About Silence

When someone is going through a storm, your silent presence is more powerful than a million, empty words.
~ Unknown
Haven't heard from God lately? Think about this, the Teacher doesn't talk during a test!
~ Unknown
Sometimes we're silent, not because we don't care but because we wanna know if you care enough to reach out.
~ Unknown
It's ironic that the people who complain about drama are the ones who fuel the fire with it; Simple solution to drama - keep your mouth shut!
~ Unknown
Some of the press who speak loudly about the freedom of the press are themselves the enemies of freedom. Countless people dare not say a thing because they know it will be picked up and made a song of by the press. That limits freedom.
~ Geoffrey Fisher
Freedom of speech is of no use to a man who has nothing to say and freedom of worship is of no use to a man who has lost his God.
~ Unknown
I always wish my pets could talk, but then I remember all the things I have said and done in front of them.
~ Unknown
A quiet man, is a thinking man. A quiet woman, is usually mad.
~ Ritu Ghatourey
If you think the things I say out loud are bad, you should hear the things that I keep to myself!!
~ Unknown
One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.
~ Clifton Fadiman
If only you would be altogether silent! For you, that would be wisdom.
~ Unknown
It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
~ Unknown
It's often just enough to be with someone. I don't need to touch them. Not even talk. A feeling passes between you both. You're not alone.
~ Marilyn Monroe
I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.
~ Marilyn Monroe
The chief drawback with men is that they are too talkative.
~ Marilyn Monroe
It all means more than I can tell you. So you must not judge what I know by what I find words for.
~ Marilynne Robinson
Uite, daca-mi strang sufletul, nu se prinde nimic in el. Oricum, am ajuns departe, foarte departe. O mai fi ceva? Arborii cresc, le dau mugurii, le pica frunzele si se intreaba: o mai fi ceva? Oamenii iubesc, stau de vorba si mor. O mai fi ceva? Mortii tac. Scruteaza vesnicia si tac. Lasa iarba sa-i faca optimisti pana in toamna. Atunci mor din nou peste moartea lor veche, gramada. Si tac, si tac, si tac.
~ Unknown
Mai avem înc? multe S? ne spunem, De aceea c?dem Pe unde apuc?m ?i-ncepem lacomi S? vorbim în somn. Cu lucrurile din camer?, Ivarele, caloriferul, C?rora înc? nu le-am spus Nici pe jum?tate din ce-ar trebui.
~ Unknown
We never rehearse the full time. Yesterday we rehearsed only ten minutes. I don't want him to rehearse 30 minutes [of silence]. Why? Because from my performance experience, I realize that you absolutely have to rely on the energy of the public. If you just sit [in] the empty space for the 30-minute rehearsal, this is pure torture.
~ Marina Abramovic
Why doesn't anyone ask me anything about the last two years?" I asked her. "The answer is very simple. We're afraid to ask because we're afraid of knowing... Maybe if we don't talk about it, and maybe if we pretend it never happened, it will be forgotten.
~ Unknown
Each tombstone was like the cover of a book that had been sealed forever.
~ Unknown
Como en casi todos los temas que me apasionan, no tengo nada particular que decir.
~ Unknown
Hay pocas cosas tan ensordecedoras como el silencio
~ Mario Benedetti
Más que sus ojos, su mirada. Miraba como queriendo decir algo y no diciéndolo.
~ Mario Benedetti