George Colman Quotes

For some of us, the less said about the way we do things the better.

They are fools who kiss and tell'-- Wisely has the poet sung. Man may hold all sorts of posts If he'll only hold his tongue.

I'm guarded; I don't talk much.

I never talk about auditions. Even if I've got the role, I won't tell people until we're literally filming it.

I think there's a lot to be said for keeping your own counsel.

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

Think a lot, say little, and write nothing.

Sometimes you've got to keep your mouth shut.

Keep your secrets Keep your silence It is a better gift than truth

Gossip is the currency of the discourse, so you should shut up about yourself. Never confess, never explain, never apologize, and never complain.

Some information I just keep to myself.

It is given to few persons to keep this secret well. Those who lay down rules too often break them, and the safest we are able to give is to listen much, to speak little, and to say nothing that that will ever give ground or regret.

What thou intendest to do, speak not of before thou doest it.

It is safer to be silent than to reveal one's secret to any one, and telling him not to mention it.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

If you don't know, it's not always necessary to admit it.

If you must be indiscrete, be discrete in your indiscretion.

It don't do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing.

I have tales to tell, but I don't tell them. Discretion. Discretion.

Hear, see, and be silent.

Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.

Safety lies in silence. It is easier to rectify what you miss by silence, than to secure what you lose by speaking.

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

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

I don't name sources.