James Carville Quotes

It is possible to have words come to your mind, and still refrain from speaking them aloud.

Be a listener only, keep within yourself, and endeavor to establish within yourself the habit of silence, especially in politics.

Buddhism teaches that a craving for things outside ourselves causes an unhappy and pointless search for security. It teaches me to stop following every impulse and to learn restraint. Obviously I lost track of what I was taught.

There are two things over which you have complete dominion, authority, and control – your mind and your mouth.

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

I was quiet. If I really wanted to say something, I would. I just wasn't interested in saying anything.

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.

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

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

I have not yet learned to keep still.

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

The problem is to keep the monkey mind from running off into all kinds of thoughts.

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

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

The wisdom of silence is a great asset.

Think a lot, say little, and write nothing.

Let your thoughts be abundant, but let your mouth be under restraint.

When you have nothing to say, you don't talk.

I chose not to react to everyone's opinion.

Being able to control your mind is a beautiful thing.

If I could go back in time and give Rookie C.J one piece of wisdom, it would be that sometimes less is more. Off the court, sometimes it's just better to shut up and be quiet.

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.

Sometimes you've got to keep your mouth shut.

The mind has to be gradually and systematically brought under control.

Never miss an opportunity to keep your damn mouth shut.