Failed Quote by Elie Wiesel Download Open image “Language failed me very often, but then, the substitute for me was silence, but not violence.” — Elie Wiesel ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Failed Language Me Often Silence Substitute Then Very Violence
When language fails, violence becomes a language; I never had that feeling. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I grew up with a very quick temper, and the language of violence is a language that I'm very familiar and comfortable with. — Greg Bryk Copy Share Image
This is how it always is when I finish a poem. A great silence overcomes me and I wonder why I ever thought to… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Silence is no weakness of language. It is, on the contrary, its strength. It is the weakness of words not to know this. — Edmond Jabes Copy Share Image
In a world where language and naming are power, silence is oppression, is violence. — Adrienne Rich Copy Share Image
What upset me the most was not the words from my enemies , but the silence from my friends. — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
So, not for lack of love of language, but because I feel our language is in an enormous state of humiliation, I decided to… — Godfrey Reggio Copy Share Image
The silence often of pure innocence persuades when speaking fails. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
A religious person answers to God, not to the elected or non-elected official. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
One more stab to the heart, one more reason to hate. One less reason to live. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
“What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I feel that books, just like people, have a destiny. Some invite sorrow, others joy, some both. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
[Chinese] are a huge empire now, you'll soon be - in a few years two billion people in the world. So, you should be… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Did I write it so as not to go mad or, on the contrary, to go mad in order to understand the nature of… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Take the story of Cain and Abel. Why were we given that story? Scientifically, you may have an explanation for it, but I'm not… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria... — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
I think this century more than any other really has seen the phenomenon of people being uprooted in such numbers, such a degree. They… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
His cold eyes stared at me. At last, he said wearily: "I have more faith in Hitler than in anyone else. He alone has… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Actually, I failed drama in high school because of nerves. I wasn't able to memorize the words. I had complete stage fright. — Constance Marie Copy Share Image
Alternative services would mean that there would be services available to compete with Google, Facebook, Amazon, Dropbox, Skype, etc., and they would be run… — Mikko Hypponen Copy Share Image
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I don't think anybody should do what they do in hopes of being successful. But I always expect myself to be successful at things.… — Michael Feldman Copy Share Image
All of my lyrics are based on the one thing that's never failed me, and that's the Word of God. — Yolanda Adams Copy Share Image
With others, I feel betrayed that those who had the authority in the Church to stop Brendan Smyth failed to act on the evidence… — Sean Brady Copy Share Image
I became a cartoonist because I'd sort of failed at everything else, really. I mean, it was by default. — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
I just assume that I'll fail at something for several years - that I'll try my hardest and still fail for several years. With… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image