Reticence Quotes

21 quotes by 21 authors

Man's chief moral deficiency appears to be not his indiscretions but his reticence. — Hannah Arendt
There is a probably natural and learned reticence with myself talking about my early life. — Pamela Stephenson
Whatever deficiencies the leaders of the American Revolution may have had, reticence, fortunately, was not one of them. — Bernard Bailyn
Reticence may be an elderly doctrine to preach, yet from the artistic point of view I am sure it is a sound one. Reticence conduces… — M. R. James
A sound marriage is not based on complete frankness; it is based on a sensible reticence. — Morris L. Ernst
Three years after my first trip to Haiti, I realized there was another emotional note that had to be reckoned with: the intense, vibrant color… — Alex Webb
There are people who can write their memoirs with a reasonable amount of honesty, and there are people who simply cannot take themselves seriously enough.… — Raymond Chandler
Still, there is a basic reticence about his approach that feels refreshing in today's culture of maximum exposure. Brandt did not go to great lengths… — Sebastian Smee
In the worship of Bacchus, we have sacrificed too freely.... Why not consecrate ourselves to the queen of the Camelias, and revel in the warm… — Okakura Kakuzo
If a man didn't make sense, the Scotch felt it was misplaced politeness to try to keep him from knowing it. Better that he be… — John Kenneth Galbraith
PLUNDER, v. To take the property of another without observing the decent and customary reticences of theft. To wrest the wealth of A from B… — Ambrose Bierce
A judicious reticence is hard to learn, but it is one of the great lessons of life. — Lord Chesterfield
Racing is a great mania to which one must sacrifice everything, without reticence, without hesitation. — Enzo Ferrari
The name Shatner is Austrian and partly Germanic, and there's Germanic reticence and silence perhaps, but there is passion underneath. — William Shatner
Pardon all runners, All speechless, alien winds, All mad waters. Pardon their impulses, Their wild attitudes, Their young flights, their reticence. When a message has… — Thomas Merton
When it comes to letting the world in on the secrets of his heart, he has about as much shrinking reticence as a steam calliope. — P.G. Wodehouse
She was a dark, unenduring little flower - yet he thought he detected in her some quality of spiritual reticence, of strength drawn from her… — F. Scott Fitzgerald
He never labored so hard to learn a language as he did to hold his tongue, and it affected him for life. The habit of… — Henry Adams
Often confused with shyness, introversion does not imply social reticence or discomfort. Rather than being averse to social engagement, introverts become overwhelmed by too much… — Laurie Helgoe
It is not a life at all. It is a reticence, in three volumes. — William E. Gladstone

Who Wrote These Reticence Quotes

21 authors contributed a total of 21 Reticence Quotes as follows: