Silent Quotes

Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous. (Friedrich Nietzsche)
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. View quote
Pythagoras
Sometimes you have to be silent to be heard. View quote
Stanisław Jerzy Lec
The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. View quote
G. K. Chesterton
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. View quote
George Washington
Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent. View quote
Victor Hugo
What is the answer?" [ I was silent ] "In that case, what is the question? View quote
Gertrude Stein
To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny. View quote
George Washington
Fools talk, cowards are silent, wise men listen. View quote
Carlos Ruiz Zafón
The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to tell the truth that is in us, and from motives of policy are silent when we should speak, the divine floods of light and life no longer flow into our souls. View quote
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber. (Winston Churchill)
Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best. View quote
Henry van Dyke
In times of war, the law falls silent. View quote
Cicero
I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments by those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. View quote
James Madison
There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. View quote
George Carlin
Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences. View quote
Thornton Wilder
The conscience of an artist worthy of the name is like an incurable disease which causes him endless torment but occasionally fills him with silent joy... View quote
Georges Rouault
An event... upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent. View quote
Edmund Burke
Blue, green, grey, white, or black; smooth, ruffled, or mountainous; that ocean is not silent. View quote
H. P. Lovecraft
To hear, one must be silent. View quote
Ursula K. Le Guin
The fog comeson little cat feet. It sits looking overharbor and cityon silent haunchesand then moves on. (Carl Sandburg)
There is no sign of leaf or bud, A hush is over everything - Silent as women wait for love, The world is waiting for the spring. View quote
Sara Teasdale
Prior to any questioning, the person must be warned that he has a right to remain silent, that any statement he does make may be used as evidence against him and that he has a right to the presence of an attorney, either retained or appointed. View quote
Earl Warren
We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. View quote
Jean de La Bruyère
Thine eyes are springs in whose serene And silent waters heaven is seen. Their lashes are the herbs that look On their young figures in the brook. View quote
William Cullen Bryant