“for what could a silent man of five-and-thirty hope, when opposed to a very lively one of five-and-twenty?” — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
A woman likes a strong, silent man because she thinks he is listening. — Croft M. Pentz Copy Share Image
The most dangerous food a man can eat is wedding cake. Woman like silent men, they think they are listening. — Marcel Achard Copy Share Image
“A silent man is a thinking man. A silent woman is an angry one …” — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I never thought of my father when I was growing up. Truly. He was a strong, silent man who worked hard to… — Robert Lepage Copy Share Image
“There is a master way with words which is not learned but is instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“I've heard two ways of looking at it. One says the silent man is the wise man & the other that a… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
I fear a Man of frugal speech - I fear a Silent Man - Haranguer - I can overtake - Or Babbler… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
There is a master way with words that cannot be learned but instead developed: a deaf man develops exceptional vision, a blind… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
We need to ditch the idea that there is any value in the strong and silent man being in any way attractive.… — Jane Powell Copy Share Image
Since God is silent, man is his own master; he must live in a disenchanted world, submit everything to criticism, and make… — Peter Gay Copy Share Image
A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of… — Frederick William Robertson Copy Share Image
The great silent man! Looking round on the noisy inanity of the world,--words with little meaning, actions with little worth,--one loves to… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“He had been for many years, a quiet silent man, associating but little with other men, and used to companionship with his… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
“In an Anglo-Saxon thriller, the villain is generally punished, and the strong silent man generally wins the weak babbling girl, but there… — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
“Tyrion Lannister had claimed that most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it, but Jon was done with denials.… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
“In another house, a man sits alone at his table, laid out for two. Ten years ago, he sat here across from… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“Damn you," said Bond. "You…" She put her hand over his mouth. “‘Allumeuse’ is the nice word for it,” she said. “It… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
“When he thought of the old man he could see him suddenly in a field in the spring, trying to move a… — Michael Shaara Copy Share Image
The traditional gender ideals of the strong-silent man who plays his cards close to his chest and the mysterious woman who disguises… — Sam Keen Copy Share Image
“FRIDAY MORNING, CADE met with Cameron and Nick McCall, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Chicago office, to get him… — Julie James Copy Share Image
“Then the man smiled, and his smile was a shock, for it was all on one side, going up in the right… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“A few minutes later Elizabeth watched Lucinda emerge from the cottage with Ian, but there was no way to guess from their… — Judith McNaught Copy Share Image
LADY STUTFIELD I adore silent men. MRS ALLONBY Oh, Ernest isn't silent. He talks the whole time. But he has got no… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Silence is the Mother of Truth, for the silent man was ever to be trusted, while the man ever ready with speech… — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
“Upon which, every man looked at his neighbour, and then all cast down their eyes and sat silent. Except one man, who… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t have known that Archer Hale existed somewhere in this crazy world, and that he had been made just for me.… — Mia Sheridan Copy Share Image
