Thomas Jefferson Quotes

To know your limitations is the hallmark of a wise person.

It illustrates vividly my incapacity of knowing when to be silent and when to speak.

He submits to be seen through a microscope, who suffers himself to be caught in a fit of passion.

There is a time to speak and a time to listen, and sometimes people need to shut up.

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

One learns in life to keep silent and draw one's own confusions.

My best attribute is knowing when not to answer stupid questions.

It's very important in life to know when to shut up. You should not be afraid of silence.

Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.

Sometimes you usually know the point where to keep your mouth shut.

If I could go back in time and give Rookie C.J one piece of wisdom, it would be that sometimes less is more. Off the court, sometimes it's just better to shut up and be quiet.

I don't vocalise things that don't deserve attention.

I'm fairly in control and I don't like to flirt particularly. I mean, obviously if I meet someone who I think is hot, of course I'll want to flirt with him, But in general I don't use it in day-to-day life.

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual now-a-days to find a man who can hold his tongue than to find one who cannot

I was quiet. If I really wanted to say something, I would. I just wasn't interested in saying anything.

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

Let there be a door to thy mouth, that it may be shut when need arises, and let it be carefully barred, that none may rouse thy voice to anger, and thou pay back abuse with abuse.

I think that's good that I have to watch how I act and what I say. I think that's a part of growing up.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

My ego every day is more and more polite. I tame it.

I'm realising now that I can't just blurt things out.

I learned early in my career, where you get so wrapped up and so excited, that all of a sudden you don't think. So I worked very hard to keep myself suppressed. And that's one of the reasons I wasn't gregarious with the gallery.

When you have nothing to say, say nothing.

I've learned when to speak out. You do have to learn when to bide your time and when to speak out, and I don't always get it right.