A woman's place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on straight. — Bess Truman Copy Share Image
We were that generation called silent, but we were silent neither, as some thought, because we shared the period's official optimism nor,… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
The worm hissed. "You said it couldn't see!" shouted Oates, forgetting Umber's instruction to be silent. He shook a fist. "We all… — P.W. Catanese Copy Share Image
The past year's natural disasters have highlighted the invaluable contributions of volunteers in our communities. They have volunteered their time, energy and… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Some people mistake weakness for tact. If they are silent when they ought to speak and so feign an agreement they do… — Frank Medlicott Copy Share Image
“Though people are laughing at the dirt surrounding you, they are missing to see the seeds also planted, growing silently within.” — Anthony Liccione Copy Share Image
“i will forever be colliding with a billion unnamed undiscovered stars, each of us on our own orbital paths.” — Sanober Khan Copy Share Image
No power on earth, however, can abolish the merciless class distinction between those who are physically desirable and the lonely, pallid, spotted,… — John Mortimer Copy Share Image
That great mystery of TIME, were there no other; the illimitable, silent, never-resting thing called Time, rolling, rushing on, swift, silent, like… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
As a model, I didn't have an identity; I was a chameleon, a silent actress. I was an amorphous thing. I wasn't… — Carmen Dell'Orefice Copy Share Image
To an incompetent judge I must not lie, but I may be silent; to a competent I must answer. — John Donne Copy Share Image
To remain silent for only one minute is a serious punishment for a gabby! — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Know yourselves- be infertile and let the earth be silent after ye. — Peter Wessel Zapffe Copy Share Image
Why is it we want so badly to memorialize ourselves? Even while we're still alive. We wish to assert our existence, like… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
When the wisdom speaks, be silent. Do not waste your candle when the sun is there. — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
Deprived of the opportunity to judge one another by the cars we drive, New Yorkers, thrown together daily on mass transit, form… — David Rakoff Copy Share Image
I listen to everything. As I told you, sometimes I just want to shut off from music and be silent. Then I… — A. R. Rahman Copy Share Image
Turn off your cell phone. Honestly, if you want to get work done, you’ve got to learn to unplug. No texting, no… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
All the wonders you seek are within yourself. We should seek to discover our own special light. Know how to live within… — Fyodor Tyutchev Copy Share Image
We cannot withdraw our cards from the game. Were we as silent and mute as stones, our very passivity would be an… — Jean-Paul Sartre Copy Share Image
Slaves were expected to sing as well as to work. A silent slave was not liked, either by masters or overseers. — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Someday, when my children are old enough to understand the logic that motivates a mother, I'll tell them: I loved you enough… — Erma Bombeck Copy Share Image
What if you were a teacher but had no voice to speak your knowledge? What if you had no language at all… — Robin Wall Kimmerer Copy Share Image
