The true genius shudders at incompleteness - and usually prefers silence to saying something which is not everything it should be.
Edgar Allan Poe
We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten... →
Philip Pullman
For that reason you can't write with music playing, and anyone who says he can is either writing badly, or not listening to the music, or lying.... →
Silence is better than unmeaning words.
Pythagoras
Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.
Myrtle Reed
A rat race is for rats. We're not rats. We're human beings. Reject the insidious pressures in society that would blunt your critical... →
Jimmy Reid
Lying is done with words and also with silence.
Adrienne Rich
If you don't have anything nice to say... dead silence creates a lot awkwardness.
Jeff Rich
I like working in silence.
Eric Ripert
As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.
Paul Robeson