Algernon Charles Swinburne Quotes

Sometimes you have to know when to shut the f - - up.

And in the wreck of noble lives Something immortal still survives.

...we can all shut-up and go back to our caves.

That's the secret: be interesting. If you can't be interesting, shut up. There's nothing wrong with silence.

Watchin' and listenin' is the thing at present; not talking.

Unity, agreement, is always silent or soft-voiced; it is only discord that loudly proclaims itself.

It is most difficult to speak when we are ashamed of being silent.

Be quiet or I'll be forced to flick you." "Ooh," he mocked. "The ultimate threat. I don't think I've ever been flicked before." "Are you suggesting I can't hurt you?" "On the contrary, I think you have the power to do great damage.

Silence sweeter is than speech.

Sometimes, the hardest thing was doing nothing.

Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

No man can give me any word but Wait.

Too much talking," I say. "Not enough running.

When mouths close, it’s because there’s something important to be said.

You can't improve on saying nothing.

The band never actually split up - we just stopped speaking to each other and went our own separate ways.

... it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence.

Whispering can be a rest from a noisy world of words.

Permit us to labor on in obscurity, and at the end of twenty years you may hear from us again.

Be plain in dress, and sober in your diet; In short, my deary, kiss me, and be quiet.

If you have nothing to say, say nothing.

He never complained. He seemed to have no instinct for the making much of oneself that complaining requires.

Silence and chaste reserve is woman's genuine praise, and to remain quiet within the house.

If a man keeps his trap shut, the world will beat a path to his door.