Compelled Quote by Hannah More

When one is silent, those around speak even more.

— Melina Marchetta

“For it is probable that when people talk aloud, the selves (of which there may be more than two thousand) are conscious of disseverment,…

— Virginia Woolf

Some persons talk simply because they think sound is more manageable than silence.

— Margaret Halsey

For it is probable that when people talk aloud, the selves (of which there may be more than two thousand) are conscious of disserverment,…

— Virginia Woolf

Perhaps it is possible to discover more in silence than in speech. Or perhaps it is only that those who are silent among us…

— Alice Hoffman

The talker has found a hearer but not a listener; and though he may talk his very best for his own sake, you will…

— Charles Dickens

Sometimes you have to be silent to be heard.

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

There is a silence that matches our best possibilities when we have learned to listen to others. We can master the art of being…

— Eugene Kennedy

There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Keeping silent when you are expected to speak, is powerful

— Florah

Conversations are an essential part of our daily lives. One cannot imagine life without talking or hearing. But somewhere between the hearing and saying…

— Shweta Basu Prasad

I have come to the conclusion that it is better to be silent than to speak.

— Vaslav Nijinsky