Approved Quote by Lillian Gish

I always loved silent movies. I was not a specialist, but I loved them. And when I started directing, I became really fascinated by…

— Michel Hazanavicius

I think television will do the same thing to radio that talkies did to silent movies.

— Van Heflin

Life is war. That's not all it is. But it is always that. Our weakness in prayer is owing largely to our neglect of…

— John Piper

I hate normal studios, because you have to say "hi" to the person at the front desk. And then you go into the studio,…

— Marilyn Manson

My aunt gave me a walkie-talkie for my birthday. She says if I'm good, she'll give me the other one next year.

— Steven Wright

I connected very much with all the work of Joan Crawford because she started as a flapper. She used to dance and sing and…

— Berenice Bejo

My father had been an avid fan of Chaplin during the silent film days, but when the talkies came along, my father lost all…

— Claude Picasso

Pictures of my life stretch back into what must have been my very earliest childhood. ... They are not movies, then, nor are they…

— Sheila Kaye-Smith

“No one ever knew they were old-fashioned; everyone always thought they were up-to-the-minute: Rickety Model T cars weren't rickety when they were invented, scratchy…

— Arthur Phillips

It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around.

— Mary Pickford

Now at my age I understand how sad it must have been for some directors or actors at the time the talkies began. Because,…

— Jean-Luc Godard

“Television wasn't getting rid of animals, but they were no longer cast as creatures that were omniscient and heroic. They were talking horses like…

— Susan Orlean

In this man’s smile was all the unfairness of the world in its thuggish seduction. “Just come with me. We’ll take care of you.”…

— Libba Bray

When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me-I still watch silent films. I don't think…

— Alain Resnais

God has given us prayer as a wartime walkie-talkie so that we can call headquarters for everything we need as the kingdom of Christ…

— John Piper