Ernest Hemingway Quotes

I have not yet learned to keep still.

Silence is the greatest ornament of the woman.

I used to be one of those kids who couldn't keep my mouth shut.

Dishonesty is not the only alternative to honesty. There is also the highly underrated virtue of shutting up.

Silence is the eternal duty of man.

There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, self-discipline and humility are required.

You are most powerful when you are most silent.

Silence is difficult and arduous, it is not to be played with.

Silence sweeter is than speech.

Sometimes, the hardest thing was doing nothing.

I think the other thing that's important is getting to a place, which very, very rarely happens with improvising groups, where somebody can decide not to play for a while. You watch any group of musicians improvising together and they nearly all play nearly all the time. In fact I often say that the biggest difference between classical music and everything else is that classical musicians sometimes shut up because they're told to, because the score tells them to. Whereas any music that's sort of based on folk or jazz, everybody plays all the time.

Only silence is great; all else is weakness.

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

You can't improve on saying nothing.

Discipline is like cabbage. We may not care for it ourselves, but feel sure it would be good for somebody else.

Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak.

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.

Be still: There is no longer any need of comment. It was a lucky wind That blew away his halo with his cares, A lucky sea that drowned his reputation.

The less I say the more my work gets done.

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

These are the signs of a wise man: to reprove nobody, to praise nobody, to blame nobody, nor even to speak of himself or his own merits.