Quote by Robert A. Caro

“You don't have to explain something you haven't said.”

— Calvin Coolidge

“After Harding's death, the taciturn vice president, Calvin Coolidge, moved into the White House. In contrast to his predecessor's political cronyism and outgoing style,…

— James A. Henretta

“I was glad he didn’t try to come up with something encouraging to say. Sometimes an understanding silence was better than a bunch of…

— Mia Sheridan

“You know what else is adorable? When I can clearly see you having a furious discussion in your own head.” “That’s visible ?” Oh,…

— Charlotte Stein

“It is never easy to tell someone what they don’t want to hear.”

— Inglath Cooper

“I know what I have said, but not what you have heard.”

— Michael Flynn

“You know, the thing is with people who never talk, the thing is you always suppose they're harbouring some enormous secret. But, just possibly,…

— Richard Greenberg

“The profundity of that remark reduces me to silence.”

— Mary Elgin

“Sometimes an understanding silence was better than a bunch of meaningless words.”

— Mia Sheridan

“Men explain things to me, still. And no man has ever apologized for explaining, wrongly, things that I know and they don’t.”

— Rebecca Solnit

“He didn't say that. He read what was given to him in a speech.”

— Richard Darman

“You prove to people that you don’t pay attention to their words when they see that you don’t remember what they tell you earlier.”

— Israelmore Ayivor