Orson Scott Card Quotes

Sometimes a mind is like a mouth: you just got to shut it.

She shouldn't speak her thoughts; nothing good ever came of speaking your thoughts.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

The best time for you to hold your tongue is the time you feel you must say something or bust.

I have never been hurt by what I have not said.

Think a lot, say little, and write nothing.

I chose not to react to everyone's opinion.

Everybody has said or done the wrong thing and regretted it later, but at the time, you really couldn't help it! As you get older, you're more guarded, but that's a really tough process of learning, to be brutally honest, about some things and keeping your mouth shut about others.

Everything dictated silence and self-control but I couldn't restrain myself and spoke my mind.

The tongue should not be suffered to outrun the mind.

Let thy words be few when in the midst of many.

When anger rises, think of the consequences.

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.

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

It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing.

Don't talk - keep it in your heart.

There is a lot of silence in me, and I feel that silence is often better than spoken words.

If you have nothing to say for yourself then kindly keep your mouth shut!

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

I regret things all the time. I've never regretted not saying something. I've only regretted saying something.

I'm of the opinion that it's okay to be silent, to not speak if you don't have anything to say.

I've had to learn when not to tweet. Like, you learn how to keep your mouth shut? Learn to keep your tweet shut.

We should not, however, proceed with the adventure simply because we are wound up and cannot stop.