Kevin Durant Quotes

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

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.

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

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.

Sometimes you've got to keep your mouth shut.

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

You have to know when to prod and when to be quiet, when to let things take their course.

Never miss an opportunity to just shut up.

Being a good director is knowing sometimes when not to say something.

If it requires great tact to speak to the purpose, it requires no less to know when to be silent.

Silence, when nothing need be said, is the eloquence of discretion.

Knowing when to speak up and when to shut up will get you very far not only in business, but in life.

Knowing when to keep your mouth shut is invariably more important than opening it at the right time.

If you have nothing to say, say nothing.

Why must you speak your thoughts? Silence, if fair words stick in your throat, would serve all our ends better.

Knowing when to say something and when not to say something is important.

I don't vocalise things that don't deserve attention.

Now the thing is not to get into unnecessary quarrels by talking too much and not to indicate any weakness by talking too much; let our actions speak for themselves.

If you keep your mouth shut you will never put your foot in it.

Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech.

It's not so much knowing when to speak, when to pause.

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

Also, when I didn't like something, I could keep my opinion to myself.

There is a time to speak and a time to listen, and sometimes people need to shut up.

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