Silence Quotes
69 quotations about Silence
Speech is of time, silence is of eternity.
Silence is the unbearable repartee.
When the eagles are silent the parrots begin to jabber.
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.
X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut.
When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth.
Silence is the mother of truth.
Not to ask is not be denied.
Let us be silent that we may hear the whispers of the gods.
It is better to be silent, and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.
Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.
Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.
Silence is argument carried on by other means.
That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.
Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.
And Silence, like a poultice, comes to heal the blows of sound.
The man who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.
It ain't a bad plan to keep still occasionally even when you know what you're talking about.
Absolute silence leads to sadness. It is the image of death.
Silence is the perfectos herald of joy. I were but little happy if I could say how much.
Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
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