Silence Quotes

69 quotations about Silence
Speech is of time, silence is of eternity.
Thomas Carlyle · Silence
Silence is the unbearable repartee.
Gilbert K. Chesterton · Silence
When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.
Winston Churchill · Silence
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
Marcus T. Cicero · Silence
Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
Charles Caleb Colton · Silence
Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
Confucius · Silence
If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.
Calvin Coolidge · Silence
X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.
R A Dickson · Silence
When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.
Benjamin Disraeli · Silence
Silence is the mother of truth.
Benjamin Disraeli · Silence
Not to ask is not be denied.
John Dryden · Silence
Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
Ralph Waldo Emerson · Silence
It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Silvan Engel · Silence
I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.
Ibn Gabirol · Silence
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Charles De Gaulle · Silence
Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.
Kahlil Gibran · Silence
Silence is argument carried on by other means.
Che Guevara · Silence
That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.
Thomas Hardy · Silence
Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.
Mark Helprin · Silence
And Silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound.
Oliver Wendell Holmes · Silence
The man who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
Elbert Hubbard · Silence
It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.
Kin Hubbard · Silence
Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Silence
Silence is the perfectos herald of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much.
William Shakespeare · Silence
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
George Bernard Shaw · Silence

Authors on Silence

Arabian Proverb Jane Austen Francis Bacon Walter Bagehot Francis Beaumont Samuel Beckett Josh Billings Leroy Brownlow Robert Burns Thomas Carlyle Gilbert K. Chesterton Winston Churchill Marcus T. Cicero Charles Caleb Colton Confucius Calvin Coolidge R A Dickson Benjamin Disraeli John Dryden Ralph Waldo Emerson