Best 369 quotes in «silent quotes» category

The Martians were there - in the canal - reflected in the water.... The Martians stared back up at them for a long, long silent time from the rippling water.

The pen is the tongue of the hand; a silent utterer of words for the eye.

The more efficient a force is, the more silent and the more subtle it is.

The perversion of the mind is only possible when those who should be heard in its defence are silent.

The next day, she was silent. For breakfast, she murdered an onion and served it raw.

There has never been a great 'silent' defense

The Silent brothers are doing nude cartwheels in the hallways

There is musick, even in the beauty and the silent note which Cupid strikes, far sweeter than the sound of an instrument.

The sound of you, it offends me. Abomination, I command you to be silent.

There are some silent people who are more interesting than the best talkers.

The silent bear no witness against themselves.

The silver swan, who, living had no note, When death approached unlocked her silent throat.

The talkativeness of women has been gauged in comparison not with men but with silence. Women have not been judged on the grounds of whether they talk more than men, but of whether they talk more than silent women.

The words the happy say Are paltry melody But those the silent feel Are beautiful-.

The words "silent majority" are very descriptive of what is happening with me.

They had never been closer in their month of love, nor communicated more profoundly one with another, than when she brushed silent lips against his coat's shoulder or when he touched the end of her fingers, gently, as though she were asleep.

The truth is silent. The truth doesn't come with words. It's something that I just know; it's something that I can feel without words, and it's called silent knowledge.

Though there are times when it may seem like God is silent, he is never absent.

Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity.

Those who are silent, self-effacing and attentive become the recipients of confidences.

Time is the silent, never-resting thing ... rolling, rushing on, swift, silent, like an all-embracing oceantide, on which we and all the universe swim.

Tis best to be silent in a bad cause.

They claim that I'm violent just cuz I refuse to be silent.

To be silent is to be passive.

To live among such excellent helps as our libraries afford, to have so many silent wise companions whenever we please.

To make another person hold his tongue, be you first silent.

Too long have we been silent under unjust and unholy charges; we cannot expect to have them removed until we disprove them through ourselves.

Tonight - to you, the great silent majority of my fellow Americans - I ask for your support.

[To Jean Harlow, who repeatedly mispronounced her first name:] No, no, Jean. The t is silent, as in Harlow.

To remain silent is the most useful service that a mediocre speaker can render to the public good.

To remain silent and indifferent is the greatest sin of all.

True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself, In lowliness of heart.

Trifling trouble find utterance; deeply felt pangs are silent.

Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person

Unity, agreement, is always silent or soft-voiced; it is only discord that loudly proclaims itself.

Washington once advised his adopted grandson that where there is no occasion for expressing an opinion, it is best to be silent. For there is nothing more certain than that it is at all times more easy to make enemies than friends.

We are silent, considering shortfalls. There's not much time left, for us to become what we once intended. Jon had potential, but it's not a word that can be used comfortably any more. Potential has a shelf-life.

Trust is like blood pressure. It's silent, vital to good health, and if abused it can be deadly.

We all wore a 21 patch that one season as a silent tribute to our deceased teammate Roberto.

We do not stray out of all words into the ever silent; We do not raise our hands to the void for things beyond hope.

We live in a silent explosion, Everything is flying away from everything else... flying away... flying away...

Well,” Naomi said cheerfully, “what’s the worst that can happen?” They were silent, considering that, because there were just so many possibilities. But in the end, it was a better idea than Facebook.

We ought to make the moments notes Of happy glad Thanksgiving; The hours and days, a silent praise Of music we are living.

What is really yours? The blessings you bring to yourself, through your spoken or silent word, the things you see with your inner eye.

What the father kept silent the son speaks out.

When inspiration is silent reason tires quickly.

What?" Jace was still staring at her as if she'd told him she'd found one of the Silent Brothers doing nude cartwheels in the hallway.

When I take up my pen to write, I feel the strength of standing up and refusing to be silent. In an oppressive situation, silence is death.

Whenever he saw the sea, or a fire, he fell silent, impressed by their elemental force.

We cannot remain silent when someone of the Pope's stature and credibility confuses religious principles for science