I have never been hurt by what I have not said.
—Calvin Coolidge
Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both.
—John Andrew Holmes
Well done is better than well said.
—Benjamin Franklin
Talk low, talk slow, and don't talk too much.
—John Wayne
Lying is done with words, and also with silence.
—Adrienne Rich in Women and Honor
Some people are uncomfortable with silences. Not me. I’ve never cared much for call and response. Sometimes I will think of something to say and then I ask myself: is it worth it? And it just isn’t.
—Miranda July in No One Belongs Here More Than You
The secret of being a bore is to tell everything.
—Voltaire
Where can I find a man who has forgotten words? I would like to have a word with him.
—Chuang Tzu
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
The toughest part of being on a diet is shutting up about it.
—Gerland Nachman
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.
—Soren Kierkegaard
A man thinks that by mouthing hard words he understands hard things.
—Herman Melville
At 18 our convictions are hills from which we look; At 45 they are caves in which we hide.
—F. Scott Fitzgerald
Both speech and silence transgress.
—Zen saying
Most people have to talk so they won't hear.
—May Sarton