Silent Quotes

We can lie in the language of dress or try to tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent.

The Obama representatives like Robert Gibbs attack people viciously, but people like me will not be silent and will answer them back.

There's nothing stupider than bursting into song for seven seconds and then falling silent again.

I sometimes read about authors who say they require a perfectly silent room maintained at precisely 68 degrees, with trash bags taped over the windows and a white-noise machine in the corner to write, and I think, 'Who are these people, and do any of them have kids?'

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.

A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.

The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks.

You see, my brethren, my heart is full; I could almost say it is too big to speak, and yet too big to be silent, without dropping a word to you.

I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them.

Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

I thought 'The Artist' was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is black-and-white and its silent, but I did my best to make the movie accessible and easy to watch. I really don't want to make elitist movies. I really try hard to work for the audience. Audiences are smart. They get everything.

The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent films. But I think that the second part of the film is full of tenderness and emotion.

All round the room my silent servants wait, My friends in every season, bright and dim.

I cannot be silent when facing these evils against women and children.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

We need a reason to speak but none to keep silent.

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

On our watch, the conversation with a would-be suicide bomber will not begin with the words, 'You have the right to remain silent.'

My first ball I ever got from a Big League player I actually got to purchase in Dodger Stadium in a silent auction, was Reggie Jackson.

There are two kinds of artists in this world; those that work because the spirit is in them, and they cannot be silent if they would, and those that speak from a conscientious desire to make apparent to others the beauty that has awakened their own admiration.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.

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.

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined - to strengthen each other - to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

Are these the Americans? People remain silent and placate the Americans. By God, they only deserve scorn. We slaughtered them yesterday and we will continue to slaughter them.

The Silent Service is all together too silent. It's important to begin to highlight the critical importance of the Silent Service to our national security.

When you look at the early-'30s movies, like King Kong, the codes of acting are very similar to those of silent movies. In some of the silent movies - the good ones, the ones done by the best directors - the acting is very, very natural.