I Prefer Silence Quotes

#1. Some comics have long routines to get them in the mood - I just prefer to sit down, write out the same jokes in a different order and then have a little prayer that I won't be met by silence.

Jack Whitehall

#2. If we understood the awesome power of our words, we would prefer silence to almost anything negative.

Betty Eadie

#3. I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.

Abraham Lincoln

#4. I prefer silence. Then you can hear thoughts and see into the past.
In silence you can't hide anything ... as you can in words.

August Strindberg

#5. He might be famous (local newspaper or television) for finding it, true - but if fame takes away the thing it celebrates, then Sebastien would prefer the inspired silence. We're all famous in our own hearts anyway.

Simon Van Booy

#6. Cities vary widely in the use of DNA testing.

Bill Dedman

#7. 'What if?' history is a tricky game, but there is no doubt that the senior planners of D-Day - including Eisenhower and the British general Bernard Montgomery - believed that the Double Cross operation had played a pivotal role in the victory.

Ben Macintyre

#8. It is difficult to realize how great a part of all that is cheerful and delightful in the recollections of our own life is associated with trees.

Wilson Flagg

#9. I never talk when I'm drawing a person, especially if I'm making line drawings. I prefer there to be no noise at all so I can concentrate more.

David Hockney

#10. Some actors like encouragement. Some actors prefer to have pressure. And sometimes, for some actors, its better to give your comment by silence, because they are so skillful, so gifted, that they understand without talking too much.

Wong Kar-Wai

#11. I prefer not to elaborate on the various stages of our dealings over the next few days - disbelief, anger, recrimination, the raking up of old sores, bitter silence and so on - but I can say that they gave lasting strength to our relationship, like a thick scar is stronger than the skin around it.

John Mole

#12. Doubt is the essence of Christ.

Thomas Pynchon

#13. The Religion Of The Blue Circle
Religious Leader Petra Cecilia Maria Hermans
I prefer my love of silence in respect and dignity
of my mission.
December 6, 2016

Petra Hermans

#14. We need to create the beauty and the quality first. The quantity will follow.

Alan Chadwick

#15. I prefer a kind of sweet, deep, rich prayer in which a person goes in and says, Take me down deep into the reason you gave me life. Take me down deep. It silences the chaos in me.

Caroline Myss

#16. One word of praise from a woman is dearer to me than a whole ode from a man .

Maxim Gorky

#17. On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence.

Bebe Neuwirth

#18. If I don't already know a song's chord progression, I'll stop writing and try to figure it out. I can occasionally listen to unstructured, amelodic ambient music, but I prefer no music. I don't need silence - I can write just about anywhere - but music is a major distraction.

F. Paul Wilson

#19. Most people can't stomach silence; it provides too much opportunity to think about things they prefer to avoid.

Ann Aguirre

#20. Our community belongs to us and whether it is mean or majestic, whether arrayed in glory or covered in shame, we cannot but share its character and destiny.

Frederick Douglass

#21. I feel a sudden wave of homesickness, but not the kind that makes you sad. The kind that reminds you of who you are and where you come from.

Emily Giffin

#22. I'd prefer silence and random jokes about the passing billboards and scenery, but I know how he likes music. I just hope he doesn't start singing.

C.B. Cook

#23. Wolf," said Ran, enunciating it very carefully. "What an unusual name. Did your parents give it to you?"
"Does it matter?" said Wolf, tossing away his bone.
"I'm only making conversation."
"I'd prefer silence," Wolf said, a growl in his tone.

Marissa Meyer