Long Quote by August Strindberg

There is a time to speak and a time to listen, and sometimes people need to shut up.

— David Hope, Baron Hope of Thornes

We are told not to speak with our mouths full, and so many peoples' mouths are full of crap and yet, they continue to…

— Guardian

We, as a people, we gotta know when it's time to speak up and when it's time to shut up.

— Booker T

Some people don't know when to stop talking.

— Monica Johnson

A lot of people talk too much. They speak... except they don't.

— Travis Fimmel

when one never speaks, one has nothing to say because one has too much to say.

— Ingrid Bergman

If we don't speak up and speak out, our voices will never be heard.

— Nancy Mace

After a lifetime of silence, it is difficult then to speak.

— Marya Hornbacher

People speak because they are afraid of silence. They speak mechanically whether aloud or to themselves. They are intoxicated by this vocal gruel that…

— Andreï Makine

When certain things reach a tipping point, and you know people's lives are in danger, you have to decide that it's time to speak…

— Wangechi Mutu

Most people have to talk so they won't hear.

— May Sarton

It's strange how so much life can be lived without speaking

— Adele Griffin