Caroline B. Cooney Quotes

If you're not sure of what to say, don't say anything.

Have you ever heard the phrase, it is better to keep your mouth closed and have people wonder if you are stupid than open it and remove all doubt? (Hakim al Harbi)

Give thy thoughts no tongue.

Be sure your wisest words are those you do not say.

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

Never miss an opportunity to keep your damn mouth shut.

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

Never miss an opportunity to just shut up.

There's nothing wrong with keeping your mouth shut if you don't have anything nice to say.

Never miss a chance to shut up

Never miss an opportunity to shut up.

Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a good thing to say.

I have been cautioned to talk but be careful not to say anything. I do not consider this a difficult task.

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.

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

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

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.

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

There isn't much I have to say, that I wouldn't rather just shut up and do.

It is more noble by silence to avoid an injury than by argument to overcome it.

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

It is well for one to know more than he says.

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

Silence and tact may or may not be the same thing.