Forget Quote by Lance Morrow

Sometimes an opponent stops breathing, and you realise something drastic has happened and they are trying not to let on. Or they go quiet,…

— Viswanathan Anand

“Keeping your mouth shut is a devastating weapon. Your silence will make your opponent want to babble.”

— Lee Child

The pause - that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words,…

— Mark Twain

Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.

— Mark Helprin

Silence is the best tactic for him who disturbs himself

— Ritu Ghatourey

When you take a pause before delivering your punch line, you will be using silence as a creative entity in itself.

— Franklyn Ajaye

“It is one thing to talk about "the power of silence" and another to be able to pause long enough to enjoy it.”

— Horatio Dresser

Silence is often advantageous.

— Menander

Silence propagates itself, and the longer talk has been suspended, the more difficult it is to find anything to say.

— Samuel Johnson

As with most great communicators, God knows that the point of silence and the pause between sentences is not to give the audience the…

— Renita J. Weems

Silence is the residue of fear.

— Clint Smith

In a sacred moment, when attention is pulled inward, rather than continuing in its usual outward direction, silence is realized.

— Gangaji