quotations about silence
You have the right to remain silent and refuse to answer questions. Anything you say may be used against you in a court of law.
U. S. POLICE OFFICERS
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Miranda Warning
If all the world were music,
Our hearts would often long
For one sweet strain of silence.
To break the endless song.
HENRY VAN DYKE
"If All the Skies"
To be silent oft is to learn.
EDWARD COUNSEL
Maxims
Just suffer in silence, speak no bitter words.
The world offers no sympathy.
Though trouble surrounds you, an' you long to be heard,
Just suffer in silence, like me.
I'll give you a lesson in living,
And I hope it stays with you a while.
You're the reason for all of your sorrows,
So just suffer in silence, and smile.
WILLIE NELSON
"Suffering in Silence"
When Silence speaks for Love, she has much to say.
RICHARD GARNETT
De Flagello Myrtes
About what one can not speak, one must remain silent.
LUDWIG WITTGENSTEIN
Tractacus Logico-Philosophicus
Many a fine sermon doth Nature preach on the ever-new, forever-transgressed text of silence. It is not the roaring thunder that smites, but the silent lightning; and gravity, which bindeth worlds together and keepeth them from falling asunder, is ever silent. Prettily, too, doth the silent snow cover the ground, and make it like unto a table spread for a feast: unlike the noisy rain, which, after making a goodly number of puddles, quickly runneth off.
IVAN PANIN
Thoughts
Silence when in pain
Silence when my thoughts may cause a slight unease
Silence when in pain
Silence cause the fear it begins with a sound
Silence in the chair where they give me the answers
Silence when I'm asking a difficult question
Silence cause I already know all the facts yeah
Silence cause I don't want to hear it today
FICTION PLANE
"Silence"
Silence is true wisdom's reply.
ANONYMOUS
Never miss a good chance to shut up.
WILL ROGERS
attributed, Vaudeville Old & New
Oh Mary of silence
You pick my heart with a smile
Oh sweet Mary
Come inside for a while
Help me get a hold on you
MAZZY STAR
"Mary of Silence"
What scientists have discovered is that silence allows an area of the brain, called the hippocampus, to do what it does best. And since the hippocampus is where our memories are stored and where we process our emotions ... it is critical to learning. Silence gives this really important part of the brain the opportunity to process, consolidate and strengthen itself.
JUSTIN COULSON
The Advertiser, August 29, 2017
I love your silences, they are like mine.
ANAIS NIN
Under a Glass Bell
There is a silence where no sound may be,
In the cold grave--under the deep, deep sea,
Or in wide desert where no life is found,
Which hath been mute, and still must sleep profound.
THOMAS HOOD
"Silence"
Silence has many beauties.
SOPHOCLES
fragment, The Sons of Aleus
Silence must be heard.
ENIGMA
"Silence Must Be Heard"
Silence is so freaking loud.
SARAH DESSEN
Just Listen
I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
CALVIN COOLIDGE
The Man from Vermont
But still her silent looks loudly reproached me.
OVID
Amorum
Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.
WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS
The Job: Interviews with William S. Burroughs