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Silent Quotes

What quiet says when words don't.

This set gathers people drawn naturally toward quiet: a filmmaker who blocks scenes as if sound never existed, and a writer who gravitates toward characters much Like themselves, saying very little at all.

There was a time when the music fell silent. Both within me and around me.

Quotes by Agnetha Faltskog

We should naturally expect that the baptism of infants, if enjoined at all, would have been enjoined in the law which instituted the ordinance of Christian baptism. But this law is silent on the subject of infants.

Quotes by Adoniram Judson

I am naturally taciturn, and became a silent and attentive listener.

Quotes by William Hamilton Maxwell

Designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors on national taste.

Quotes by William Butler Yeats

Always Quotes

The deepest rivers make least din, The silent soule doth most abound in care.

Quotes by William Alexander

When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble it as a silent movie. Even if it's a dialog scene, I lip read what people are saying.

Quotes by Walter Murch

I gravitate towards silent characters who don't talk much.

Quotes by Vikramaditya Motwane

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

Quotes by Thornton Wilder

And soon, too soon, we part with pain, To sail o'er silent seas again.

Quotes by Thomas Moore

Been Quotes

The silent thing onstage allows for a kind of intimacy that no conversation can have. If I just shut up, we're forced to look at each other and really confront that moment.

Quotes by Teller

This love is silent.

Quotes by T. S. Eliot

There is so much strife and tension in the world that I find the silent world of paintings from the past both hopeful and healing.

Quotes by Susan Vreeland

Melvilasam' broke a short, silent phase in my career.

Quotes by Suresh Gopi

No more turning a blind eye to Chinese spies in our nuclear labs. No more keeping silent about Chinese slave labor camps.

Quotes by Steve Forbes

Like Quotes

I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.

Quotes by Sammy Hagar

I actually don't think there is machismo in America, unless it's the cowboy type - the silent, smoking brooder.

Quotes by Rosecrans Baldwin

The silent majority really is a liberal majority, even though the word liberal has taken a real beating over the last 20 years by radical conservatives.

Quotes by Robert Reich

Children are often the silent victims of drug abuse.

Quotes by Rick Larsen

There's nothing stupider than bursting into song for seven seconds and then falling silent again.

Quotes by Richard Morris

Love Quotes

Many Christians have so busied themselves with programs and activities that they no longer know how to be silent and meditate on God's word or recognize the mysteries that are in the Person of Christ.

Quotes by Ravi Zacharias

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the Silent quotes collection explore?
It gathers people drawn naturally toward quiet, from filmmakers who block scenes without sound to writers who prefer characters who barely speak.
Is there a quote about being a natural listener?
Yes, one voice describes growing into a naturally taciturn, attentive listener rather than someone who talks to fill silence.
Does this page connect silence to design or objects?
One entry finds a quiet, ambassadorial kind of messaging even in something as small as a postage stamp's design.
Is there a quote about filmmaking and silence?
Yes, one filmmaker describes assembling scenes as if they were silent films, reading lips even during dialogue-heavy moments.
What other pages pair with Silent quotes?
Continue with Love quotes for a warmer contrast, or Always quotes for related reflective lines.

One reflective voice describes growing into a naturally taciturn, attentive listener rather than a talker. Another finds silent messaging even in something as small as a postage stamp's design. Continue with Always and Love quotes.