I have to date been reticent to speak out on issues surrounding President Trump’s leadership, but we are at an inflection point, and the events of the past few weeks have made it impossible to remain silent. – Mike Mullen
Yes, sir. I am attempting to fill a silent moment with non-relevant conversation. – Lt. Cmdr. Data Star Trek: The Next Generation, ‘Starship Mine’.
Two of the cruelest, most primitive punishments our town deals out to those who fall from favor are the empty mailbox and the silent telephone. – Hedda Hopper
All of the silent films had live music accompaniment, so it’s actually a very rich period in music. – Howard Shore
I find infidelity interesting because it’s so revelatory about people. It’s this really silent thing. Everyone acknowledges it as a general practice, but nobody likes to go beyond that, to get down to the nitty-gritty. – Junot Diaz
The rhythm of my career has always been very static, staccato and then silent, and then a lot of work, and then none. – Holly Hunter
What’s interesting is that both men and women are struggling with this issue in remarkably similar percentages, but the big difference is that women tend to talk about this when men keep it silent. – James Levine
When we tell little white lies, we become progressively color-blind. It is better to remain silent than to mislead. – James E. Faust
What can’t be said can be written. Because writing is a silent act, a labor from the head to the hand. – Herta Muller
Modelling, it’s being an artist as well. It’s just being a silent artist. It takes a lot of self-control and a lot of discipline. – Jessica White
All tyranny, bigotry, aggression, and cruelty are wrong, and whenever we see it, we must never be silent. – Ingrid Newkirk
We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. – Jean de la Bruyere
The worst thing one can do is not to try, to be aware of what one wants and not give in to it, to spend years in silent hurt wondering if something could have materialized – never knowing. – Jim Rohn
Some say that sudden knowledge of mystical matters is accomplished only in complete quietude, or that Creator, in one of God’s many forms, appears only in orderly ways that are beauteous and picturesque, or that the mystical appears only in completely silent ways. All are true. Except for the ‘only’ part. – Clarissa Pinkola Estes
Being silent and doing nothing is never the right answer. What happens in one state can happen in another. – Alan Wilson
When you improvise, you work off the laughs from the audience, but when you step on stage to do standup, it’s silent. – Aubrey Plaza
Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent. – Azar Nafisi
I’m of the opinion that it’s okay to be silent, to not speak if you don’t have anything to say. – Cate Blanchett
The Washington Times wrote a story questioning the authenticity of some of the suggestions made about me in Silent Coup. But as a believer in the First Amendment, I believe they have more than a right to air their views. – Bob Woodward
How do you make the timelessness of inert, silent objects count for something? How to use the, in a way, dumbness of sculpture in a way that acts on us as living things? – Antony Gormley
Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by a word; in others, it cannot. There are also noisy animals and silent animals, musical and unmusical kinds, but they are mostly noisy about the breeding season. – Aristotle
I understood that synergistic dance between photographer and object – ‘muse,’ if you will, ‘model,’ whatever you call us. It’s that silent language of communication, like being psychic with each other. – Carmen Dell’Orefice
