Silence Quotes
  
  
  
	
		
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		When Silence of the Lambs did well commercially it was more than anything. My partner Ed Saxon and I were just so relieved that finally we had made a movie that had made some money!
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jonathan Demme
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Anybody else think that was weird?” Shane asked as they got into the car. Eve sent him an exasperated glance; the three of them were, of course, in the backseat. Amelie had the front, with Michael. “Ya think? In general, or in particular?” “Weird that we got through the entire thing, and I didn’t have to hit anybody.” There was a moment of silence. Michael said, as he started the car, “You’re right, Shane. That is strange.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Rachel Caine
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		When friends and lovers die and your world gets quieter; that's when the silence comes closer; that's when next isn't the least bit theoretical or abstract.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Bruce Jackson
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Deep vengeance is the daughter of deep silence.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Vittorio Alfieri
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		People feel really uncomfortable when there's silence.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Jason Jones
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		If you have attained something, this is the surest proof that you have gone astray. Therefore, not to have is to have, silence is thunder, ignorance is enlightenment.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				D. T. Suzuki
			
		
	
	
  
	 
	
		
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		I know you are going to be embarrassed. We're all embarrassed by it, but to hide the embarrassment... silence has never protected women or helped them. We need to talk about it more with our, you know - whoever - our friends, our family.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Cybill Shepherd
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		One of the greatest sounds of them all - and to me it is a sound - is utter, complete silence.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Andre Kostelanetz
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		I couldn't imagine a day without music. It relaxes and stimulates me in equal measure and I hate the sound of silence - the concept, I mean, not the track by Simon and Garfunkel.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Charles Kennedy
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		Meekness is marked by silence in the face of abuse and infamy, by submission to God's way, which is higher than our way as heaven is higher than the earth, by submissiveness to others for their welfare. It is the source of inexpressible joy and contentment.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				V. Raymond Edman
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		But there is a Pope in the breast of each of us whom is hard to silence. Long ago a lady said to me, when I asked her the composers she liked: 'Dvorak.' I said before I could stop myself: 'Dvorak!' How many times, and with what shame, I’ve remembered it. And now I like Dvorak...
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Randall Jarrell
			
		
	
	
  
	 
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		May my silences become more accurate.
	
	
	
		
			
				
					
						
					
				
				Theodore Roethke