Quotes About Silence

It is not so easy to keep silent when the silence is a lie.

When something that honest is said it usually needs a few minutes of silence to dissipate.

Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie... But rather mourn the apathetic throng - The cowed and the meek - Who see the world's great anguish and its wrong And dare not speak!

There are things to confess that enrich the world, and things that need not be said.

When you're gone I can go running though the house screaming and no one will ever hear me.

Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues.

I believe in letting the story speak for itself.

The attempt to silence a man is the greatest honor you can bestow on him. It means that you recognize his superiority to yourself.

Can honor's voice provoke the silent dust, or flattery soothe the dull, cold ear of death?

Cersei Lannister: I shall wear this as a badge of honor. Robert Barathon: Wear it in silence or I'll honor you again.

The quiet that envelops space makes the beauty even more powerful, and I only hope that the quiet can one day spread to my country.

I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.

We do not stray out of all words into the ever silent; We do not raise our hands to the void for things beyond hope.

And death, that sits in marble silence cold, Will furnish hope to those who may behold The meaning in the everlasting change Of all that dies, returning, wondrous strange.

When we share those stories we've been scared to share, voicelessness loses it's wicked grasp.

Wonder ... music heard in the heart is voiceless.

I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak... I hope every woman who can write will not be silent.

I try to be as honest about what I see and to speak rather than be silent, especially if it means I can save lives, or serve humanity.

All that we can't say is all we need to hear.

A cat's got her own opinion of human beings. She don't say much, but you can tell enough to make you anxious not to hear the whole of it.

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.

Last night I played a blank tape at full blast. The mime next door went nuts.

I saw a seagull hanging out by a lake, but I said, "Don't worry, Dude. I won't say anything."

An Irishman needs three things : silence, cunnning, and exile.