Chris O'Donnell Quotes

It is well for one to know more than he says.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

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.

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

Discretion is a very valuable asset.

One thing I like to tell founders is the more you talk, the more you have an opportunity to say something that people don't like. Talk less, and it will probably be better.

All truth is not to be told at all times.

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

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.

Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised; and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.

I am really cautious about what I say and do.

If the quickness of the mind and the fluency of the tongue are too punctilious and sharp, moderate them in your activity and rest.

He is forever poised between a cliche and an indiscretion.

No one has a finer command of language than the person who keeps his mouth shut.

You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.

I always think 12 times before saying anything.

A man is known by the silence he keeps.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.

I have to chose my words carefully.

In politics you'll never get into trouble by not saying too much.

Where Mr. McKinley was patient, cautious, tactful and a very good listener…, Roosevelt is impetuous, impatient, and wholly lacking in tact.

Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.

Unrestrained zeal to make the world better could make it worse. Promoting democracy must be undertaken with humility, care, and wisdom.