Saying Nothing Quotes

55 quotes by 53 authors

The finest command of language is often shown by saying nothing. — Roger Babson
The best things said come last. People will talk for hours saying nothing much and then linger at the door with words that come with… — Alan Alda
Why waste a sentence saying nothing? — Seth Godin
I ain't affraid to let it out, i'm not affraid to take that fall, but i found beyond all doubt, you say more by saying… — Brandon Boyd
I stood checked for a moment - awe, not fear, fell upon me - and whist I stood, a solemn wind began to blow, the… — Thomas de Quincey
The poet wants to â€˜sayâ€™ something. Why, then, doesnâ€™t he say it directly and fortrightly? Why is he willing to say it only through his… — Cleanth Brooks
The spoken word converts individual knowledge into mutual knowledge, and there is no way back once you've gone over that cliff. Saying nothing was more… — Karen Joy Fowler
There is nothing worse than doing nothing and saying nothing when your voice is needed, — Soledad O'Brien
It is a great, a pleasant thing to have a friend with whom to walk, untroubled, through the woods, by the stream, saying nothing, at… — Catherine Drinker Bowen
We stood there, looking at each other, saying nothing. But it was the kind of nothing that meant everything. — Jenny Han
Even with the recent story about the nurse killing herself in King Edward Hospital, there's no blame placed on Kate Middleton, who was in the… — Steven Morrissey
Among friends one has the privilege of saying nothing; the civility consists in the assumption that one's silence will be civilly understood. I can imagine… — Allen Tate
I do know of these That therefore only are reputed wise For saying nothing. — William Shakespeare
There is little much beyond the grave, but the strong are saying nothing until they see. — Robert Frost
And the inner dynamics of Hollywood are like politics. Say you give a script to a group of executives - they all sit around, afraid… — Joe Eszterhas
Which hurts the most, saying something and wishing you had not, or saying nothing and wishing you had? — Javan
You can't improve on saying nothing. — Golda Meir
Saying nothing... sometimes says the most. — Emily Dickinson
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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