Silence Is Quotes - Page 9

• It does not do to rely too much on silent majorities, Evey, for silence is a fragile thing, one loud noise, and its gone. But the people are so cowed and disorganised. A few might take the opportunity to protest, but it'll just be a voice crying in the wilderness. Noise is relative to the silence preceding it. The more absolute the hush, the more shocking the thunderclap. Our masters have not heard the people's voice for generations, Evey and it is much, much louder than they care to remember.

  Alan Moore

  Opportunity, Voice, People

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• You can do beautiful things with your friends; you can do beautiful things when you are all alone! In togetherness, listen to the music of the crowds; in solitude, listen to the music of the silence! Be neither afraid of the crowds, nor of the loneliness, because both are blessings!

  Mehmet Murat Ildan

  Music, Beautiful, Loneliness

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• Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge.

  Mitch Albom

  Silence, Refuge

  Mitch Albom (2009). “The Five People You Meet In Heaven”, p.85, Hachette UK

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• Silence is only commendable
  In a neat's tongue dried, and a maid not vendible.

  William Shakespeare

  Silence, Maids, Tongue

  'The Merchant of Venice' (1596-8) act 1, sc. 1, l. 111

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• Silence is also conversation.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Silence, Chaos, Conversation

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• Silence, beautiful voice.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Beautiful, Voice, Silence

  Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron, Alfred Lord Tennyson (2014). “Fifty Poems”, p.202, Cambridge University Press

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• Silence is the best security to the man who distrusts himself.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Men, Silence, He Man

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• Silence is of different kinds, and breathes different meanings.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Silence, Different, Kind

  Charlotte Bronte (2009). “Villette: Easyread Large Edition”, p.175, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• silence is not weakness and decency is not pride

  Arthur Machen

  Pride, Silence, Weakness

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• Silence is difficult and arduous, it is not to be played with.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Silence, Difficult, Snobbishness

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1992). “The Collected Works of J. Krishnamurti, (1962-1963): A Psychological Revolution”, p.211, Krishnamurti Foundation of America

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• Really? Screaming?” He shrugged. “It wasn’t that bad. But there were definitely some freak-outs on both sides. Though, to be honest, the silence was worse.” “Worse than screaming?” I said. “Much,” he said, nodding. “I mean, at least with an argument, you know what’s happening. Or have some idea. Silence is… it could be anything. It’s just –” “So freaking loud,” I finished for him. He pointed at me. “Exactly.

  Sarah Dessen

  Mean, Ideas, Silence

  Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.161, Penguin

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• Silence is hereby outlawed. Silence breeds independent thought, which in turn breeds dissent.

  Frank Beddor

  Independent, Silence, Dissent

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• When it comes, you’ll be dreaming that you don’t need to breathe; that breathless silence is the music of the dark and it’s part of the rhythm to vanish like a spark.

  Wislawa Szymborska

  Dream, Dark, Silence

  Wislawa Szymborska, Stanisław Barańczak, Clare Cavanagh (2000). “Poems, New and Collected, 1957-1997”, p.4, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I think silence is the condition you accept as the judgment on your crimes.

  Don DeLillo

  Thinking, Silence, Judgment

  Don DeLillo (2015). “Underworld: Picador Classic”, p.342, Pan Macmillan

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• Awareness There is a dark place. A place where I have no eyes, no mouth. No words. I can't cry out because I have no breath. The silence is so deep I want to die. But I can't. The darkness and silence go on forever. It is not a dream. I don't dream.

  Mary E. Pearson

  Dream, Eye, Dark

  Mary E. Pearson (2012). “The Adoration of Jenna Fox: Chapters 1-5”, p.6, Macmillan

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• Silence is the only language god speaks.

  Charles Simic

  Silence, Language, Speak

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• Silence is the Mother of Truth, for the silent man was ever to be trusted, while the man ever ready with speech was never taken seriously.

  Luther Standing Bear

  Inspirational, Mother, Taken

  Luther Standing Bear (2006). “Land of the Spotted Eagle”, p.150, U of Nebraska Press

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• I work out of silence, because silence makes up for my actual lack of working space. Silence substitutes for actual space, for psychological distance, for a sense of privacy and intactness. In this sense silence is absolutely necessary.

  Radka Donnell

  Distance, Space, Work Out

  Radka Donnell (1990). “Quilts as women's art: a quilt poetics”, Gallerie Pubns

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• People ask me if I have some kind of death wish, to keep saying the things I do. The answer is no: I would like to keep living. However, some things must be said, and there are times when silence becomes an accomplice to injustice.

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali

  People, Silence, Wish

  Ayaan Hirsi Ali (2008). “Infidel”, p.15, Simon and Schuster

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• Emptiness is only a disguise for an intimacy of God's, that God's silence, the eerie stillness, is filled by the Word without words, by Him who is above all names, by Him who is all in all. And his silence is telling us that He is here.

  Karl Rahner

  Eerie, Names, Silence

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• Go to where the silence is and say something.

  Amy Goodman

  Inspiring, Imagination, Silence

  Quoted in Columbia Journalism Review, Mar./Apr. 1994

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• Decide where and when you want to write. I like space, and silence is an inspiration to me.

  Cecelia Ahern

  Inspiration, Writing, Space

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• Good as is discourse, silence is better and shames it.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Silence, Shame, Discourse

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.1387, Delphi Classics

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• Some actors like encouragement. Some actors prefer to have pressure. And sometimes, for some actors, its better to give your comment by silence, because they are so skillful, so gifted, that they understand without talking too much.

  Wong Kar-wai

  Encouragement, Talking, Giving

  "Wong Kar-wai, Master of Hong Kong Cinema, on His Journey to 'The Grandmaster'". Interview with Scott Feinberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 24, 2013.

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• Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Silence, Silent, Poisonous

  Friedrich Nietzsche (1977). “The Portable Nietzsche”, p.143, Penguin

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