I'm a songwriter. I need silence to hear the melodies, so I don't fill the days with a lot of sound.
Amidst the chaos of the cities, a part of you always yearns for the silence of the woods.
Thoughts will lead you in circles. Silence will bring you back to your centre.
She says his eyes address her like the silence of the snow.
If there's a silence in a room I'll try to fill it as soon as humanly possible.
When sounds of the world around you vanish, what is left but screaming silence.
When the sounds of the world around you vanish, what is left but screaming silence.
Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent.
When you are seeking love, from the distance, in silence, love is attracting you.
For a word to be spoken, there must be silence. Before, and after.
The problem of freedom in America is that of maintaining a competition of ideas, and you do not achieve that by silencing one brand of idea.
When it comes to true humility in the face of history, nothing beats complete silence.
Applause, it's very nice, of course. But when you're giving, and creating, and then there is the silence of everyone sitting there, listening, waiting, that is great.
The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has words which are clear; the great truth has great silence.
If you are a great dramatic actor then you often don't know if people are enjoying your stuff at all because they are sitting there in silence.
Listen to the silence. Listen to your life. Be present, not just think about what's going on next week, next month.
In the silence of night I have often wished for just a few words of love from one man, rather than the applause of thousands of people.
Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.
It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.
If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet...maybe we could understand something.
Never grant someone the power to silence your inner voice.
