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

To be among people one loves, that's sufficient; to dream, to speak to them, to be silent among them, to think of indifferent things; but among them, everything is equal.
Jean de la Bruyere

Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question.
Constance Baker Motley

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

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.
Winston Churchill

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

Use those talents you have. You will make it. You will give joy to the world. Take this tip from nature: The woods would be a very silent place if no birds sang except those who sang best.
Bernard Meltzer

Use what talents you possess; the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.
Henry Van Dyke

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

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

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.
Joseph Roux

We can hear the silent voice of the spiritual universe within our own hearts.
Ruth St. Denis

We can lie in the language of dress or try to tell the truth; but unless we are naked and bald, it is impossible to be silent.
Alison Lurie

We can't gather the intelligence we need to foil future attacks, if we are blindly granting terrorists the right to remain silent. But for some reason, we've already done that - with the terrorist who tried to bring down Flight 253.
Peter King

We have a set of sensible policies that are appropriate for the 21st century and which strike a chord of appeal with the silent majority. Perhaps that is why we are welcoming new members every week who have never before been involved in politics.
Steve Blake

We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership.
Theodore C. Sorensen

We must distinguish between speaking to deceive and being silent to be reserved.
Voltaire

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

We need to ditch the idea that there is any value in the strong and silent man being in any way attractive. Being silent isn't being strong, it's being a victim.
Jane Powell

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