Both speech and silence transgress.

If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are.

—Zen saying

At 18 our convictions are hills from which we look; At 45 they are caves in which we hide.

—F. Scott Fitzgerald

A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.

—Herman Melville

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

—Soren Kierkegaard

The toughest part of being on a diet is shutting up about it.

—Gerland Nachman

There are good reasons why everybody should heed politicans' advice not to believe the media. One of the best is that the media report what politicians say.

—Russell Baker