Silent Quotes

I see no reason to keep silent about my enjoyment of the sound of my own voice as I work.

A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.

The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks.

This is a universal, unique movie, it has potential to cross barriers. But we never thought about that on set, when we were doing the film. We knew that in making a silent movie, we were doing something a little bit under the wire, a bit interdit. It's a pastiche, but for the French taste, you would have thought.

I like some of the early silent films because I love to watch how actors had to play then. What would interest me today is to do a silent film.

Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods.

Of every noble work the silent part is best, of all expression that which can not be expressed.

I thought 'The Artist' was a perfect way to find a good balance. The artistic challenge is obvious because the film is black-and-white and its silent, but I did my best to make the movie accessible and easy to watch. I really don't want to make elitist movies. I really try hard to work for the audience. Audiences are smart. They get everything.

The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent films. But I think that the second part of the film is full of tenderness and emotion.

All round the room my silent servants wait, My friends in every season, bright and dim.

I cannot be silent when facing these evils against women and children.

Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

We need a reason to speak but none to keep silent.

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.

On our watch, the conversation with a would-be suicide bomber will not begin with the words, 'You have the right to remain silent.'

You see, my brethren, my heart is full; I could almost say it is too big to speak, and yet too big to be silent, without dropping a word to you.

I think in Vice and American Me I played very silent, rigid characters and people remember them.

Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.

Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.

I try to be as honest about what I see and to speak rather than be silent, especially if it means I can save lives, or serve humanity.

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.

What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined - to strengthen each other - to be at one with each other in silent unspeakable memories.

Are these the Americans? People remain silent and placate the Americans. By God, they only deserve scorn. We slaughtered them yesterday and we will continue to slaughter them.

The Silent Service is all together too silent. It's important to begin to highlight the critical importance of the Silent Service to our national security.

When you look at the early-'30s movies, like King Kong, the codes of acting are very similar to those of silent movies. In some of the silent movies - the good ones, the ones done by the best directors - the acting is very, very natural.

It would have been more logical if silent pictures had grown out of the talkies instead of the other way around.

Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.

Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission.

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.