#silence

He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#knew #lie #silence #speech

If I cannot understand my friend's silence, I will never get to understand his words. ↗

— Enoch Powell

#friend #get #his #i #never

The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government. ↗

— William O. Douglas

#constitution #critical #government #places #point

Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence. ↗

— Hazrat Inayat Khan

#everything #life #silence #speaking #spite

I'm out there arguing the Labor case. I will do it anywhere and everywhere that I can. I do it within various communities across Australia where I am able to make a positive contribution. And let me tell you, my voice won't be silenced in the public debate because the issue at stake for Australia are so stark. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#across #am #anywhere #arguing #australia

Silence is so freaking loud ↗

— Sarah Dessen

#loud #owen #sara-dessen #silence #listening

I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and useful without somebody getting angry, some special interest group deciding this is the time to silence a voice of dissent and attack affiliates, attack sponsors. I'm sort of done with that. ↗

— Laura Schlessinger

#affiliates #angry #attack #deciding #dissent

Poetry is an orphan of silence. The words never quite equal the experience behind them. ↗

— Charles Simic

#behind #equal #experience #never #orphan

The correction of silence is what kills; when you know you have transgressed, and your friend says nothing, and avoids your eye. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#correction #eye #friend #kills #know

A painter paints his pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. We provide the music, and you provide the silence. ↗

— Leopold Stokowski

#his #music #musicians #paint #painter