Bob Woodward Quotes

Sometimes the highest form of action is inaction.

They also serve who only stand and wait.

If you don't know what to play, play nothing.

Sometimes, the hardest thing was doing nothing.

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

The only thing better than "hands-on" experience is hands-off experience - enough experience to understand that some things will turn out better if left alone.

The key is to wait. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to do nothing.

Doing nothing is sometimes one of the highest of the duties of man.

Sometimes doing nothing is doing something.

It is useless to try to stir the dirt Out of the muddy water, As it will become murkier. But leave it alone, And if it should be cleared; It will become clear by itself.

Being still and doing nothing are two completely different things

So finally, I decided that the best response — the safest — was none at all.

As before, there is a great silence, with no end in sight. The writer surrenders, listening.

Silence is the language of inertia.

Into a mouth shut flies flie not.

We are used to the actions of human beings, not to their stillness.

The most important thing we do is not doing.

Doing nothing is opting for the sweetness of stillness...Instead of fighting with that which you cannot control, you might as well just see it through.

Some things are best left alone. Such as interfering in things which are beyond our powers.

Let things alone; let them weigh what they will; let them soar or fall.

Tis by no means the least of life's rules: To let things alone.

Who can wait quietly until the mud settles? Who can remain still until the moment of action?

Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.

When in doubt, stand still.

And when you cannot prove that people are wrong, but only that they are absurd, the best course is to let them alone.