Every immigrant family, it seems, has someone who does not belong in the new country they have come to. It feels like… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
Harvey Weinstein bought our film, and he's an animal. He's got us out there campaigning and everything because honestly it's a silent… — Penelope Ann Miller Copy Share Image
I accepted that a new kind of hate had emerged, silent and disciplined, a racism tempered by loyalty cards and PIN numbers.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Twice Flush had done his utmost to kill his enemy; twice he had failed. And why had he failed, he asked himself?… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
The man whose silent daysIn harmless joys are spent,Whom hopes cannot delude,Nor sorrow discontent:That man needs neither towersNor armour for defence,Nor secret… — Thomas Campion Copy Share Image
Oppression costs the oppressor too much if the oppressed stands up and protests. The protest need not be merely physical-the throwing of… — W. E. B. Du Bois Copy Share Image
Being silent for a while is good. Words can't really express a person's emotions. — Andrei Tarkovsky Copy Share Image
What three things can never be done? / Forget. Keep silent. Stand alone — Muriel Rukeyser Copy Share Image
“If you think everybody hates you, then your ignorance is beyond the limit, because there's a loving heart somewhere longing to see… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I watched a lot of silent movies. It's a very specific way of writing, which is more of a challenge than the… — Michel Hazanavicius Copy Share Image
It takes courage to speak up against complacency and injustice while others remain silent. But that's what leadership is. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter Copy Share Image
You have with you the book you were reading in the cafe, which you are eager to continue, so that you can… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Coldly, sadly descends The autumn evening. The Field Strewn with its dank yellow drifts Of wither'd leaves, and the elms, Fade into… — Matthew Arnold Copy Share Image
Love demands expression. It will not stay still, stay silent, be good, be modest, be seen and not heard, no. It will… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
If he was silent I could be silent too. Indeed, I could very well do with a little rest in this subdued,… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
Tintinnabulation is like this. Here I am alone with silence. I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is… — Arvo Part Copy Share Image
The power of the silent filibuster to distort Senate politics is now accepted on Capitol Hill and by the press as normal… — Juan Williams Copy Share Image
Silent Summer - a never-ending heat wave, devoid of birdsong, insect hum, and all the weird and wonderful living noises that subconsciously… — Mark Lynas Copy Share Image
The silent treasuring up of knowledge; learning without satiety; and instructing others without being wearied: which one of these things belongs to… — Confucius Copy Share Image
Note that there was no claim for these attacks [on 9/11]. There were no demands. There were no statements. It was a… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
I like better for one to say some foolish thing upon important matters than to be silent. That becomes the subject of… — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
